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Title Partner Regional focus Sector Adaptation delivery activity NWP work area

Climate and Development Knowledge Brokers Workshop, May 2012

CDKN: Climate and Development Knowledge Network  

All regions
Other
Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Knowledge management
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Climate related risks and extreme events
Data and observations
Economic diversification
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation

Addressing the Challenge: Recommendations and Quality Criteria for Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change

German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV)

All regions
Other
Disaster risk reduction
Humanitarian assistance
Climate related risks and extreme events
Methods and tools

Refining the Agenda? Humanitarian Assistance in Times of Climate Change

German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV)

All regions
Other
Disaster risk reduction
Humanitarian assistance
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Methods and tools

Building evidence concerning displacement and migration related to the impacts of climate change

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

All regions
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Early warning systems
Education
Humanitarian assistance
Knowledge management
Monitoring and evaluation
Risk/vulnerability mapping
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation

Developing and disseminating tools to evaluate agricultural risk and generating a framework adapted for the amplification and diversification of the markets of assurances and insurance for the agricultural and forest sector of Argentina

Office of Agricultural Risk of Argentina (ORA)

South America
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Water resources
Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Early warning systems
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Climate related risks and extreme events

Action pledge to the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change

Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (ITDT)

Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
South America
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Oceans and coastal areas
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Terrestrial ecosystems
Tourism
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Water resources
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Education
Monitoring and evaluation
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Economic diversification
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation

Increasing the portfolio of adaptation projects, especially trans-frontier projects, trans-sectoral projects and/or pan-sectoral projects

Iberoamerican Network of Climate Change Bureaus (RIOCC)

Caribbean and Central America
South America
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Oceans and coastal areas
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Terrestrial ecosystems
Water resources
Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Education
Financial support
Training
Adaptation planning and practices

Strengthening global partnerships to develop strategies - including bamboo and rattan for regional specific adaptation measures against climate change threats

International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
South America
Business
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Terrestrial ecosystems
Tourism
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Disaster risk reduction
Education
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Economic diversification
Methods and tools
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation

Research on tropical forests and climate change adaptation

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Caribbean and Central America
South America
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Risk/vulnerability mapping
Adaptation planning and practices
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information

Christian Aid's climate change framework

Christian Aid

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
Polar Regions
Small Island Developing States
South America
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Communications and awareness-raising
Humanitarian assistance
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Adaptation planning and practices
Methods and tools
Socio-economic information

Use of tools and plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to secure implementation and management methods to enhance capacities of poor farmers to face climate changes

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Africa and the Arab States
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Education
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Economic diversification
Socio-economic information

Raising awareness of climate change adaptation in West Africa

CSR-in-Action

Africa and the Arab States
Business
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Oceans and coastal areas
Terrestrial ecosystems
Tourism
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Water resources
Communications and awareness-raising
Education
Adaptation planning and practices
Socio-economic information

Cities and Climate Change Initiative

United Nations Human Settlements Agency (UN-HABITAT)

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
South America
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Education
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Risk/vulnerability mapping
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation

Promoting the development and dissemination of methods and tools for assessment and improvement of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) planning, measures and actions, including integration with sustainable development

International Union for Conservation of Nature (World Conservation Union , IUCN)

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Oceans and coastal areas
Terrestrial ecosystems
Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Methods and tools

Using climate data, observations, and forecasts to improve adaptive decision-making in multiple sectors in Africa

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Africa and the Arab States
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Water resources
Knowledge management
Data and observations

Mitigating the impact of current and future climate-induced production risk and improving the livelihood resilience of farming communities in the semi-arid tropic of Africa and Asia

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics  (ICRISAT)

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Water resources
Capacity building
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Methods and tools
Socio-economic information

Adaptation to Climate Change in the Coastal Zones of West Africa (ACCC)

UNESCO - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

Africa and the Arab States
Education and training
Oceans and coastal areas
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling

Concrete contribution to an enhancement of adaptive capacity and socio-ecological resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa through a series of interconnected field based and knowledge management activities

Environmental Development Action (ENDA)

Africa and the Arab States
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Oceans and coastal areas
Terrestrial ecosystems
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Research
Socio-economic information

Pilot projects on uses of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to put strategic plans into action to promote sustainable use and management of land for adaptation to climate variability

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Africa and the Arab States
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Research

Monitoring and production of strategic plans for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture based on poor farmer’s agricultural practices to climate variability

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Africa and the Arab States
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Climate-resilient development planning
Knowledge management
Monitoring and evaluation
Risk/vulnerability mapping
Adaptation planning and practices
Methods and tools

Assistance to Nigeria in assessing adaptation requirements in the agriculture sector

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Africa and the Arab States
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Methods and tools

Pilot initiative on climate change-influenced risk ranking of selective districts in India

Community Enterprise Forum International (CEFI)

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Caribbean and Central America
South America
Business
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Knowledge management
Risk/vulnerability mapping
Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Methods and tools

RADOST: Regional Adaptation Strategies for the German Sea Coast

Ecologic Institute

Africa and the Arab States
Europe
North America
Business
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Oceans and coastal areas
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Tourism
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Water resources
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Education
Financial support
Knowledge management
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Risk/vulnerability mapping
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Climate related risks and extreme events
Data and observations
Economic diversification
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation

Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP) for Africa

CARE International

Africa and the Arab States
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Terrestrial ecosystems
Water resources
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Disaster risk reduction
Financial support
Monitoring and evaluation
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate related risks and extreme events
Methods and tools
Socio-economic information

Review of Adaptation Action

Adaptation Partnership (AP)

Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Caribbean and Central America
Least Developed Countries
Small Island Developing States
South America
Business
Education and training
Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Human health
Oceans and coastal areas
Science, assessment, monitoring and early warning
Terrestrial ecosystems
Tourism
Transport, infrastructure and human settlements
Water resources
Capacity building
Climate-resilient development planning
Communications and awareness-raising
Training
Adaptation planning and practices
Climate modelling, scenarios and downscaling
Climate related risks and extreme events
Data and observations
Economic diversification
Methods and tools
Research
Socio-economic information
Technologies for adaptation
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