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Call for Action 01 - Methods and tools
RELATED ONGOING WORK
Examples in alphabetical order
- FAO’s Climate Impact on Agriculture (CLIMPAG) contains methodologies and tools for a better understanding
and analysis of the effects of weather variability and climate on agriculture. It also includes data and maps.
http://www.fao.org/nr/climpag
- The Community-based adaptation exchange, CBA-X, supported by the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), is a
shared resource for the exchange of up-to-date and relevant information on community-based climate adaptation,
where lessons, methodologies, case studies and good practice can be shared.
http://www.cba-exchange.org
- The Insitute of Environmental Hydraulics of the University of Cantabria in Spain has developed a
methodology for impact, vulnerability and adaptation assessment in coastal zones which includes methods to obtain
regional vulnerability indices and projections of coastal dynamics to the end of the twenty-first century.
http://www.ihcantabria.com/
- The ProVention Consortium maintains a Community Risk Assessment Toolkit documenting various community risk
assessment methods and applications. The aim of this web-based tool is to assist users in identifying a method or
case study of relevance to their needs. It includes a collection of methodologies and case studies, a search tool,
a glossary and additional links. http://www.proventionconsortium.org/?pageid=39
- The Stockholm Environment Institute’s (SEI) WeAdapt is a platform for climate change adaptation. It aims
to pool expertise and develop and distribute methods, tools and datasets, and aid practical adaptation planning and
implementation, including through wikiADAPT, a flexible, interactive online space for sharing knowledge and
experience on adaptation. http://weadapt.org
- UNDP’s Adaptation Learning Mechanism website includes a section on Guidance and Tools under Adaptation
Resources, listing tools and resources for developing and implementing adaptation initiatives, some of which are
made available for downloading or online browsing. The site welcomes and encourages user submissions of relevant
guidance, tools or resources, including from national adaptation teams and others with completed adaptation
planning phases. http://www.adaptationlearning.net/resources/tools.php
- The UNFCCC Compendium on Methods and Tools, first developed in 1999 and updated several times, most recently in
2008, was designed to be used as a reference document to identify available frameworks and tools for assessing
vulnerability and adaptation. It provides users with key information about available frameworks and tools, special
features of each framework or tool, and information about how to obtain documentation, training, or publications
supporting each tool. http://unfccc.int/adaptation/nairobi_workprogramme/compendium_on_methods_tools/items/2674.php
- WMO’s numerous programmes and projects relevant to Methods and Tools include Climate Watches, the Climate
Information and Prediction Services project (CLIPS), the Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) (which have served
as a tool providing regional climate outlook products and bringing together experts, local meteorologists and end
users of forecasts encounraging interaction and learning), and the Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DPM)
Programme. http://www.wmo.ch/pages/themes/WMO_climatechange_en.html
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