Report : Review of Housing Vulnerability: Implications for Climate Resilient Houses This paper, Review of Housing Vulnerability: Implications for Climate Resilient Houses, looks at the impact of typhoons in Da Nang and Vietnam and how housing, especially the semi-permanent housing which covers higher percentages, still has many technical weaknesses in structure that may be easily destroyed by strong winds or typhoons.

Report : Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective This brief, Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective, summarizes the damages caused by Typhoon Nari, puts forward lessons learned and concludes that storm resistant preparation is most cost-effective than post-disaster recovery, informed planning is necessary for a resilient future and good emergency response is not enough

Report : Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan 2013: Guide to extreme heat planning in Ahmedabad, India Ahmedabad's 2013 Heat Action Plan is the first comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events in India. The Plan creates immediate and longer term actions to increase preparedness, information sharing, and response coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations.

Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Slum Communities in Ahmedabad This paper, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Slum Communities in Ahmedabad, looks at how, in the city of Ahmedabad, slum communities have greater exposure to extreme heat, and residents are more susceptible to its negative health effects.

Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations to Prepare Outdoor Workers in Ahmedabad This report, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations to Prepare Outdoor Workers in Ahmedabad, looks at the vulnerability of outdoor workers to extreme heat, examining construction workers' perception of, and vulnerability to, extreme heat exposure.

Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Health Professionals in Ahmedabad This report, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Health Professionals in Ahmedabad, suggests that urban health centers and link workers could be key to addressing heat vulnerability on the local level because of their direct access to the public and the long-term relationship of trust they have built.

Policy Brief : Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Ahmedabad’s Government Officials This paper, Rising Temperatures, Deadly Threat: Recommendations for Ahmedabad’s Government Officials, makes recommendations to Ahmedebad's Government officials, on the current or potential disaster relief and adaption initiatives in Ahmedebad, inlcuding initiatives at a central government level, state government level and makes policy recommendations for building resilience to extreme heat in Ahmedebad.

CDKN launches new resource pack to communicate key findings of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report Introducing CDKN’s new resource pack ‘The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for developing countries?’ which launches online today with an initial focus on Africa and South Asia.

Observed temperature and rainfall in South Asia maps The following are infographics from What's in it for South Asia and are intended to encourage understanding and discussion of the report worldwide.

Tailoring a Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programme for the African continent Gracia Munganga looks at energy policy and emissions pathways in Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia, and the potential for a ‘MAPS approach’ to development and mitigation on the African continent in the light of recent research.

Report : Sustainable energy for whom? Governing pro-poor, low carbon pathways to development: Lessons from solar PV in Kenya This paper analyses the evolution of the Kenyan photovoltaics (PV) market using a combination of insights from innovation studies, socio-technical transitions theory and the STEPS pathways approach.

Policy Brief : Low carbon energy and development in low-income countries: Policy lessons from a study of the off-grid photovoltaics sector in Kenya This briefing summarises key policy lessons from historical research explaining the success of the market for off-grid photovoltaics (PV) in Kenya.