This project studied the systemic factors contributing to flood resilience under changing climate conditions in Gorakhpur district. It sets to identify practical measures for integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) into planning.

Taking the examples of flash floods in Leh (2010) and Bramer (2006) districts in India, the project examines the policy positions adopted by district planners post disaster, and assesses the extent to which these integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) concerns into long term recovery and development planning.

Understanding food system climate resilience and developing practical indicators for communities, development practitioners and policy-makers.

This research develops an innovative set of strategies, including an early heat-health warning system, to be implemented by local government officials in the city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, India.

This project investigates the coping strategies developed by the families in rural areas in the Department of Atlántico, Colombia, which were affected by the hard winter, or rainy season, that hit Colombia in the last year.

The Global Islands’ Vulnerability Research, Adaptation, Policy and Development (GIVRAPD) project will integrate scientific and local knowledge from four comparative ‘learning study’ sites in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean by using a common, community-based vulnerability assessment (CBVA) framework.

CDKN helps developing countries to design and deliver climate compatible development. When decision makers in government, business and civil society speak to us about their aims and needs, they often ask about ‘best practice’ in other countries or, indeed, mistakes to avoid.