POLICY BRIEF: Lessons from Jamaica: Promoting resilience through institutional arrangements, social networks and community empowerment Jamaica is highly vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate change. The GIVRAPD project focused on a number of thematic clusters, including participatory planning of adaptation interventions through a mapping process.

Image of an Ethiopian farmer To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

Image of a girl after heavy rains, Ethiopia To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

Aerial image of the Southwest Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Ethiopia To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

Harar, Ethiopia To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

Image of a man tending to his livestock To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

Children playing in a microburst, Ethiopia To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

Women weathering a microburst To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

Women queuing for water To accompany the project Raising Risk Awareness, CDKN is offering high-quality i

POLICY BRIEF: Lessons from Seychelles: addressing climate change vulnerability through integrated coastal planning and micro-finance The Seychelles islands are highly vulnerable to climate change due to their geographic location and high exposure to hazards including storms, flooding, landslides, and destruction of coastal property and livelihoods.

POLICY BRIEF: Reconciling national adaptation policies with local level implementation in SIDS: Insights for replication This brief and GIVRAPD research offers opportunities to address disconnects between national adaptation policies and local level implementation.

POLICY BRIEF: 'Saving for a rainy day': Micro-insurance as climate change adaptation strategies for SIDS Climate change impacts and weather related risks have financial ramifications on the economies of SIDS especially in vulnerable coastal sectors such as tourism, fisheries, and agriculture.