Students and community members share their experiences on the site analysis exercise in Freedom Square Informal Settlement in Gobabis.
An analysis of the connections among population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risk reduction. Amongst the main findings are that public policies should increase governance and guide urban sustainable development in order to anticipate future levels of exposure, by enhancing land-use plans, climate change adaptation strategies and considering disaster risk management.
The Adaptation Forum is organized by the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (Adaptation Knowledge Platform) and the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (Adaptation Network).
CBA-X is a shared online resource designed to bring together and grow the CBA community. It provides a site for the exchange of up-to-date information about community-based adaptation, including news, events, case-studies, tools, policy resources, and videos.
The Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP) is a major research focus of the Global Cities Institute (GCI) at RMIT University. General information about the program and activities being undertaken can be found on the RMIT GCI-CCAP website (see link in list below). Here you will find a range of working files, materials and resources on CCA used by researchers involved.
UNDP, with funding from the Government of Japan, recently launched a new programme that uses an innovative approach to climate change adaptation in Africa. Under this programme, UNDP will assist 21 African countries in implementing integrated and comprehensive adaptation actions and resilience plans. The programme, entitled Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa, has a budget of US$92.1 million over three years. It will fund national activities supported by regional services.
The NCSP was funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to provide country needs-driven technical and policy support for the preparation of Second, Initial or Third, as appropriate, National Communications (SNCs) from Parties not included in Annex I (NAI Parties) to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Launched in June 2006, the NCSP has provided assistance to NAI Parties through a variety of support activities: analyses on the priority needs for assistance, organisation of initiation workshops and thematic training workshops, guidance on the design, planning and implementation of technical studies, development of guidance documents, and technical backstopping.
