Asian Development Bank Project search
(ADB)

Technical advice, knowledge and funding for environmentally sustainable growth, in particular in building resilience to natural hazards amongst the region's poor.

Publications

• Environment
• Risk Management
  
  

Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre Activities
(ADPC)

Reduces the impact of disasters on communities by training middle and senior management, clearing and managing information on disaster preparedness in Asia and disseminating this widely, and adaptation practice in cooperation with international and national development agencies.

Example outputs

• Training Resource Group

Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors
(AIACC)

Advances scientific capacity in developing countries to assess and effectively communicate knowledge of vulnerabilities for adaptation planning and action. To this end, vulnerbability assessments of regional and sectoral scope are developed.

Example publication

• A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the AIACC Project
• Electronic Library
• Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Developing Country Regions

Assistance to Improve Local Agricultural Emergency Preparedness in Caribbean countries highly prone to hurricane-related disasters (FAO)

Provides participatory assessment and recommendations to facilitate the development of disaster preparedness measures. Conducts cross-scale cooperative evaluation highlighting best practices with a goal of building capacity and resilience.

Reports

• Good Practices for Hazard Risk Management in Agriculture - Jamaica
• Good Practices for Hazard Risk Management in Agriculture - Grenada
• Good Practices for Hazard Risk Management in Agriculture - Haiti
  

At the Water’s Edge: Coastal resilience in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada (The Nature Conservancy)

Assists SIDS in sustainably protecting and managing coastlines vulnerable to climate change.

Atlas of Water Vulnerability to Climate Change in Mexico (IMTA)

Evaluates the impact of climate change in six main sectors based on the generation of climate scenarios allowing the effects of climate change on the national territory to be analysed and appreciated with great precision. Pinpointing where the availability of water resources would be reduced and to what extent.

Presentation

• Atlas to Vulnerability to Climate Change

Australian Government - International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative

Provides funding to develop climate change knowledge, implement adaptation measures, identify key vulnerabilities and adopt measures to strengthen resilience, and to extend community-based initiatives in partner countries.

Programs:

• Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning
• Pacific Adaptation Strategy Assistance
   

Australian Government - Pacific Islands Climate Prediction Project

Develops and installs PC-based climate prediction software and provides training to National Meteorological Services and their clients.  

Seasonal Climate Outlooks in Pacific Island Countries (SCOPIC)  

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies Activities
(BCAS)

Advancing knowledge on sustainable development and adaptation and implementing concrete action.

Example projects

• Capacity Building of LDCs for Adaptation of Climate Change (CLACC)
• Building Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change for Selected Drought and Flood Prone Areas of Bangladesh
• Ongoing Projects

BASIC project

Strengthening the institutional capacity of key developing countries to undertake analytical work to determine what kind of national and international climate change policies best fit within their circumstance and priorities, strengthening the bottom-up approach to international climate negotiations.

Final Report
Strengthening the capacity of developing countries to prepare for and participate in negotiations on future actions under the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol

Publications

• Building and Strengthening Institutional Capacity on Climate Change
• Lessons Learnt for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment from India’s First National Communication
• Handbook of Current and Next Generation Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Tools
• Vulnerability to Drought, Cyclones and Floods in India
• Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Management, and Linkages with Climate Change Adaptation
• Final Report of the International Workshop on Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change, From Practice to Policy

Biodiversity International project - Seeds for Needs

Pre-selects crops and seed varieties that are likely to perform well in changing conditions to minimise the impacts of climate change and achieve food security. 

Project
Helping women farmers in ethiopia adapt to climate change

Building Adaptive Capacity to Cope with Increasing Vulnerability due to Climate Change (ICRISAT)

Implements a capacity building intiative for institutions for the training of 'Future Change Agents'. Enhances knowledge of local scientists, organisations and decision-makers to inform on climate and adaptation issues particularly in agriculture.          

Article
Building adaptive capacity to cope with climatic vulnerability in Africa

Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change for Selected Southeast Asian Countries: Vulnerability assessment and economic analysis of adaptation (IDRC)

Maps and analyses vulnerabilities and designs appropriate adaptation strategies allowing for climate change to be mainstreamed.

Building Climate Change Resilience in Africa’s Agricultural Research Programmes (FANRPAN)

Provides policy advice for the mainstreaming of climate change considerations and strengthening institutional capacity. Facilitates development of adaptation and mitigation database, information dissemination and promotes partnership and collaboration between African organisations.

Capacity Building for Research and Monitoring of Marine Protected Areas: An Adaptive Mechanism for Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region (APN)

Provides technical training in marine protection. Training also given in formulating monitoring and evaluation planning, data management and communications.

Report
Final Project Report

Capacity Development for Policy Makers: Addressing climate change in key sectors (UNDP)

Raises awareness of climate change and its impacts at a national level. Facilitates understanding of need for adaptation. Identifies investment and financial capacities for implementing climate related measures. 

CapaSIDS: Capacity Building and Knowledge on Sustainable Responses to Climate Change in Small Island States (IDRC)

Creates socio-economic and climate change scenarios to inform long-term planning and decision-making in coastal zones with a view to incorporating and mainstreaming adaptation strategies. Training is provided to urban developers on incorporating chosen adapation measures into plans.

CARE International Activities

Developing community-level methodologies and concrete action, developing and applying a Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment tool (CVCA) and adressing key priorities in making livelihoods sustainable, reducing disaster risk, strengthening local capacity and supporting social mobilization and advocacy. Making seperate assessments for female and male needs.

Strategies
CARE’s Approach to Adaptation: Prioritising People and Community-based Action

Additional UNFCCC resources
Local Coping Strategies Database

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
(CCCCC)

Coordinating the Caribbean region's response to climate change, acting as a clearing house for regional climate change data, and providing climate change-related policy advice and guidelines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States through the CARICOM Secretariat. Implementing community-level projects, offering training and consultancy services for climate change programmes.

Caribbean Water Monitor: Small island states, water resources and climate change (CIMH)

Development of an internet-based tool monitoring water resources including drought and excessive rainfall data. Provides training, capacity building and knowledge exchange opportunities to enhance decision-making.

Barbados and Trinidad Project Features

CARIBSAVE - Climate Change Risk Atlas: Phase 1

Assesses adaptive capacity of Caribbean nations through climate modeling and vulnerability evaluation. Develops response strategies to climate change impacts. Facilitates collaborative work across sectors connected with tourism and livelihoods.

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• Briefing Note
  

CARICOM initiative - Special Program on Adaptation to Climate Change: Implementation of adaptation measures in coastal zones (SPACC)

Designs and implements pilots adaptation plans and investment measures, integrating lessons learned from previous projects, aimed at mitigating climate change impacts on biodiversity and land degradation.

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development Activities
(CAFOD)

Community-based adaptation projects.

Example projects

• Kenya: Surviving the drought

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment Activities
(CSERGE)

Interdisciplinary research in sustainable development and environment to inform UK and European decision-making and adaptation actions, with emerging focus on water issues.

Publications

• An ecosystem services approach to assess managed realignment coastal policy in England
• CSERGE Research Projects
  

CIP project - Participatory Development and Testing Strategies to Reduce Climate Variability of Poor Farm Households in East Africa through Innovations in Potato and Sweet Potato Technologies and Enabling Policies

Designs long-term technology and policy strategies to reduce the climate vulnerability of famers. Develops capacity to integrate research methods into analysis of farmer ability to adapt.

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