| 50 |
50 |
Shock Waves : Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty |
World Bank |
2016 |
This report explores how climate change policies might contribute to poverty reduction and how poverty-reduction policies can contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22787 |
| 34 |
34 |
Rising Tides, Rising Capacity |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) |
2017 |
This report highlights the results of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) Support Programme managed by the UNDP and implemented by AOSIS and underlines the context of the programme, the results and lasting legacy of the programme and has special experiences listed out for countries that greatly benefitted by capcity building efforts of the programme |
https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Sustainable%20Development/Rising%20Tides%20Rising%20Capacity-Supporting%20a%20Sustainable%20Future%20for%20Small%20Island%20Developing%20States.pdf |
| 40 |
40 |
PROVIA guidance on assessing vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change: consultation document |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
2017 |
The report provides framework for professionals, researchers, sectoral planners and others for selecting relevant methods and tools for a given context and adaptation situation |
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/8555/-PROVIA%20guidance%20on%20assessing%20vulnerability,%20impacts%20and%20adaptation%20to%20climate%20change:%20consultation%20document-2013PROVIA.pdf?sequence=3&%3BisAllowed= |
| 49 |
49 |
Unbreakable : Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters |
World Bank |
2017 |
This report discusses how natural disasters affect the well-being of people, providing an understanding of the vulnerability of the world’s poor and presenting solutions for a more resilient population. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/25335 |
| 53 |
53 |
Adaptation Gap report 2017 |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
2017 |
This report focusses on the assessment of the progress of global climate change adaptation, presenting key challenges and opportunities as well as the concepts, methodologies and frameworks related to climate change adaptation progress assessment. |
https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/adaptation-gap-report-2017 |
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5 |
Sharing adaptation information across Europe |
European Environment Agency (EEA) |
2018 |
The reports evaluates the increasing body on adaptation knowledge in Europe and its capture and disemmination through the Climate-ADAPT platform |
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/sharing-adaptation-information-across-europe/at_download/file |
| 19 |
19 |
World Development Report 2018 |
World bank |
2018 |
This report focuses solely on education and its role in human welfare and in social and economic change by exploring the main themes connected to it. |
https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2018 |
| 20 |
20 |
Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2018 |
The report presents information on the impacts of climate change for marine and inland fisheries based on expert assessments, analyses of data and projectionds. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/I9705EN |
| 21 |
21 |
Drought risk management guidelines Western Balkan region |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2018 |
This report focuces on presenting guidelines for drought risk management planning for agriculture in the Western Balkans region, by providing an overview on the components, interventions and reponses to the effects of drought. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/I9148EN |
| 22 |
22 |
Policy analysis of nationally determined contributions (NDC) in Europe and Central Asia |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2018 |
This report presents the policies and regulatory frameworks related to climate change in Europe and Central Asia. It compiles commitments, policy and finance opportunities and gaps related to climate mitigation and adaptation and analyses the impact of climate change on relevant sectors. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA2684EN |
| 23 |
23 |
Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2018 |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UNECA |
2018 |
This report provides an overview of food security and nutrition in the African region by presenting assessments on the threats posed by the impacts of climate change and the opportunities to address these threats. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA2710EN |
| 24 |
24 |
Potential conflicts between agricultural trade rules and climate change treaty commitments. |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2018 |
This report discusses the differentiation of products with different carbon footprints under climate mitigation and adaptation policies and the potential problems and solutions related to the topic. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA2345EN |
| 25 |
25 |
Climate change for forest policy-makers |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2018 |
This report aims to assist decision-makers on preparing the forest sector for the climate change challenges as well as the opportunities on the sector. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA2309EN |
| 32 |
32 |
Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO) |
2018 |
This report is programme highlights of Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) Programme between 2015-2020 that works with 11 countries Africa, Asia and Latin America to integrate identified climate adaptation strategies into national planning and budgets with a focus on agricultural sectors |
https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Climate%20and%20Disaster%20Resilience/Climate%20Change/NAP-Ag-FAO-UNDP-Safeguarding_Livelihoods_Promoting_Resilience.pdf |
| 33 |
33 |
Climate Change Adaptation in Europe and Central Asia |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
2018 |
This report outlines learnings from the past few years of working with the national and sub-national governments in the region for adoption and implementation of climate adaptation projects in ECA countries and provdes valuable inputs on adaptation action. |
https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Climate%20and%20Disaster%20Resilience/Climate%20Change/UNDP%20CCA_ECA_15-11-2018.pdf |
| 38 |
38 |
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
2018 |
The report elaborates on the work of successful adaptation projects supproted by the UNDP over the last 15 years and the still persistent need for baseline development to meet poverty reduction targets and emphasises the need for new adaptation initiatives in the region to learn from previous experiences and also build upon improving adaptive capacity of the region. |
https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Climate%20and%20Disaster%20Resilience/Climate%20Change/CCA-Africa-Final.pdf |
| 48 |
48 |
The Economics (and obstacles to) Aligning Development and Climate Change Adaptation |
World Bank |
2018 |
This publication presents the costs, benefits and challenges of climate change adaptation in the context of economic development. |
https://cdn.gca.org/assets/2018-10/18_WP_GCA_Economics_1001_final.pdf |
| 51 |
51 |
Global Warming of 1.5 ºC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
2018 |
This report addresses the impacts of an 1.5°C global warming and the related greenhouse gas emissions pathways in the context of poverty eradication, sustainable development and climate change action. |
https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ |
| 54 |
54 |
Adaptation Gap report 2018 |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
2018 |
This report focusses its first part on the gaps in assessing the progress of climate change adaptation in many areas and its second part on the adaptation gap in the health sector, providing a global overview on this sector and its key climate-related areas. |
https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/adaptation-gap-report |
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4 |
Meta-analyses of factors motivating climate change adaptation behaviour |
Nature Climate Change |
2019 |
Meta-analysis to study motivating factors for adpatation behaviour based on data from numerous studies from different countries and outlines 13 motivational factors and how they relate to adaptation behaviours |
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0371-y |
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16 |
Adapt Now : A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience |
World Bank |
2019 |
This report provides recommendations and key insights for climate change adaptation on different sectors, providing a source inspiration for decision-makers. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32362 |
| 17 |
17 |
World Development Report 2019 |
World bank |
2019 |
The report presents a study on the changes on the nature of work due to the development of technology in recent times. It touches upon topics such as expansion of markets, new ways of production, opportuninites and other related themes |
https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2019 |
| 26 |
26 |
Dare to Understand and Measure (DaTUM). A literature review of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks for Climate-Smart Agriculture. |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2019 |
This report presents a review of climate-smart agriculture monitoring and evaluation frameworks, tools and guidelines related to climate change adaptation and resilience. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA5759EN |
| 27 |
27 |
Climate-smart agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare |
2019 |
This report assesses and map the linkages between climate-smart agriculture and the sustainable development goals, with the aim of enhancing synergies and reducing trade-offs between the them. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA6043EN |
| 28 |
28 |
Regional analysis of the Nationally Determined Contributions of the countries in Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2019 |
The aim of this report is to summarize the agriculture sectors' climate mitigation and adaptation commitments in the regions of Central Asia, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe. It identifies opportunities, synergies and different options for the Nationally Determined Contributions in the regions. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA3141EN |
| 29 |
29 |
State of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2019 |
This report presents an overview of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) structure and the development of the topic of agriculture in international negotiations. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA6910EN |
| 30 |
30 |
Decision-making and economics of adaptation to climate change in the fisheries and aquaculture sector |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2019 |
This report reviews the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation in the sectors of fishery and aquaculture. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA7229EN |
| 31 |
31 |
FAO's work on climate change - Fisheries & aquaculture |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
2019 |
This reports presents examples of FAO's support on climate change adaptation on the fisheries and the aquaculture sector and summarizes FAO's knowledge on the topic. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA7166EN |
| 36 |
36 |
FAO Framework Methodology for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments of Forests and Forest Dependent People |
FAO,FTA, CIFOR, ICRAF, Bioversity, CATIE, CIRAD, Tropenbos International, INBAR |
2019 |
This report provides a guide for assessing forest vulnerability posed by climate change. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA7064EN |
| 37 |
37 |
Climate change impacts and responses in small-scale irrigation systems in West Africa |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UNECA |
2019 |
This report presents information on climate change impacts on small-scale agriculture in West Africa and the strategies for building climate resilience. |
http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA6050EN |
| 41 |
41 |
The Ocean and Cryosphere in a changing climate |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
2019 |
The report's key findings strongly support the need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting and restoring ecosystems and managing the use of natural resources which in-turn enables
preserving the ocean and cryosphere as an important source of opportunities and livelihoods which can upport adaptation to future changes. |
https://report.ipcc.ch/srocc/pdf/SROCC_FinalDraft_FullReport.pdf |
| 45 |
45 |
Climate Change and Land |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
2019 |
This report presents a study on greenhouse gas fluxes related to climate change adaptation and mitigation in relation to land use, land management and ecossystems. |
https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/ |
| 47 |
47 |
Lifelines : The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity |
World Bank |
2019 |
This publication discusses infrastructure resilience presenting its obstacles and recommending actions and solutions for a more resilient society. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31805 |
| 52 |
52 |
Strengthening New Infrastructure Assets: A Cost-Benefit Analysis |
World Bank |
2019 |
This publication discusses the costs and benefits of making infrastructure assets more resilient. |
https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/1813-9450-8896 |
| 55 |
55 |
25 Years of Adaptation under the UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
2019 |
This report describes the UNFCCCs role in climate adaptation over the last 25 years. It is an update of the 2013 report, capturing various new milestones that have emerged including the 2015 Paris Agreement. |
https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/AC_25%20Years%20of%20Adaptation%20Under%20the%20UNFCCC_2019.pdf |
| 1 |
1 |
Urban adaptation in Europe: how cities
and towns respond to climate change |
European Environment Agency (EEA) |
2020 |
The report looks at the current adaptation situation specifically focusing on local governments especially of cities while underlying the climate risks to cities, possible adaptation solutions, locally undertaken planning and adaptation actions and possiblity of speeding up and scaling up of solutions |
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/urban-adaptation-in-europe/at_download/file |
| 2 |
2 |
Monitoring and evaluation of national
adaptation policies throughout the policy cycle |
European Environment Agency (EEA) |
2020 |
The report tries to evaluate adaptation policies, programmes and measures and tries to understand whether NAS and NAPs in the EU are improving reslience and identifies key challenges, knowledge gaps and opportunities for adaptation. |
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/national-adaptation-policies/at_download/file |
| 3 |
3 |
Climate change adaptation in SIDS: A systematic review of the literature pre and post the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report |
WIREs Climate Change |
2020 |
The articles explores the available literature on adaptation in SIDS and shift in knowledge production post AR5 and key themes and tensions withing developing literature and knowledge gaps |
https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.653 |
| 6 |
6 |
Adaptation Principles : A Guide for Designing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience |
World Bank |
2020 |
This report offer a guide for effective climate adaptation including instructions on how to design, implement and monitor national strategies. It also includes case studies on how the Covid-19 can influence priorities in the context of climate adaptation |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34780 |
| 7 |
7 |
Invention and Global Diffusion of Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation : A Patent Analysis |
World Bank |
2020 |
The report uses data on patents to assess the global diffusion and creation of climate adaptation technologies over the last decades with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries cases. The analysis is based on the data on technologies for climate change adaptation from the World Patent Statistical Database. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33883 |
| 8 |
8 |
Impacts of Climate Change on Georgia’s Coastal Zone : Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Options |
World Bank |
2020 |
This report aims to raise the ambition of the nationally determined contributions of Georgia, through a methodology based on geographic scope, projections, identifying risks and vulnerabilities, the impact of climate change on economic sectors and providing recommendations. It also presents adaptation targets for the coast of the Black Sea and the importance of blue economy for climate adaptation. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34886 |
| 9 |
9 |
Towards Climate Resilient Environmental and Natural Resources Management in the Lake Victoria Basin |
World Bank |
2020 |
This report focuses on assessing climate resilience as a result of environmental and natural resources management measures. It combines the main findings and results of technical reports. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33912 |
| 10 |
10 |
The Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan : Ramping Up Development-Centered Climate Action |
World Bank |
2020 |
The report presents the main development challenges and priorities that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa face in regards to climate action. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34098 |
| 11 |
11 |
Climate-Smart Agriculture Implementation Brief : A Summary of Insights and Upscaling Opportunities through the Africa Climate Business Plan |
World Bank |
2020 |
As many countries in Africa are adopting climate-smart technologies and practices, this report offers a synthesis of insights and opportunities for implementation within the Africa Climate Business plan. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33973 |
| 12 |
12 |
Using Social Work Interventions to Address Climate and Disaster Risks in Latin America and the Caribbean |
World Bank |
2020 |
This report focus on the role of Social Work intervetions and strategies for addressing climate related risks in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34137 |
| 13 |
13 |
Resilient Industries : Competitiveness in the Face of Disasters |
World Bank |
2020 |
This report focuses on industry resilience as climate change and natural intensify. It presents a framework for strengthening resilience to adapt to climate change and disaster risks. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34764 |
| 14 |
14 |
Making Social Protection Information Systems Adaptive |
World Bank |
2020 |
This report assess the potential of social protection information systems in building the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate change and disaster risks in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34134 |
| 15 |
15 |
Analysis of Heat Waves and Urban Heat Island Effects in Central European Cities and Implications for Urban Planning |
World Bank |
2020 |
This report discusses the problem of urban heat islands in cities in Central Europe and the existing adaptation and risk measures available to address it. |
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34335 |
| 18 |
18 |
World Development Report 2020 |
World bank |
2020 |
This report discusses the Global Value Chains and its path to development, presenting its opportunities and risks. |
https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2020 |
| 35 |
35 |
A typology and analysis of climate-related security risks in the first round Nationally Determined Contributions |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
2020 |
This report studies the inter-linkage between climate change and security based on a study conducted by UNDP on the first round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The findings suggest the importance of climate change as a concern that intenisifies security risks and vice-versa and these linkages that can hinder climate action and NDC targets. |
https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/climate-and-disaster-resilience-/A-typology-and-analysis-of-climate-related-security-risks-in-the-first-round-Nationally-Determined-Contributions.html |
| 39 |
39 |
Derisking Renewable Energy Investment |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
2020 |
The report provides a new quantitative framework for assiting policy makers in developing countries to cost-effectively promote and scale-up investment of private sector in renewable energy. The DREI framework regularly publishes key reports that highlight updates to the framework. |
https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/environment-energy/low_emission_climateresilientdevelopment/derisking-renewable-energy-investment.html |
| 42 |
42 |
Emissions Gap Report 2020 |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNEP-DTU Partnership |
2020 |
The Annual Emissions Gap Report reviews the difference between the emissions level predicted in 2030 and where they currently need to be to avoid the most negative impacts of climate change. The report finds stil higher emissions level despite the drop in CO2 levels due to the pandemic and makes a strong case for a low-carbon, green recovery pathway and effective action to put the world on track for the 2 degree Celsius pathway. |
https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/34426/EGR20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |
| 43 |
43 |
Regional Climate Outlook Forums: Highlights |
UNECA |
2020 |
Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) bring together experts from national and international climate centres to bring in their expertise and climate information products to predict temperature and rainfall patterns across Africa. These predictions merged to form a consensus-based, user relevant, real-time climate outlook which is used by practitioners and decision makers to reduce climate-related risks. |
https://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/fullpublicationfiles/WISER%20regional%20climate%20outlook%20forums%20best%20practice%20highlights%20EN.pdf |
| 44 |
44 |
Innovative Finance for Private Sector Development in Africa Development in Africa |
UNECA |
2020 |
The report underlines the importance of increasing private sector investment for meeting the SDGs by 2030 and also given the rapidly rising costs of reaching the same, the need to involve the private sector for improving resilience in the African region. |
https://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/fullpublicationfiles/ERA_2020_mobile_20201213.pdf |
| 46 |
46 |
Nature-based solutions for adapting to water-related climate risks (2020) |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
2020 |
This report assess coastal, riverine and urban flooding and drought and the nature-based solutions that can be considered for tackling these water-related issues. |
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/nature-based-solutions-for-adapting-to-water-related-climate-risks_2257873d-en |