Need for Scientific Assessment by IPCC on Managing the Risk of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaption
This analytical report stresses that, given the urgency and the scale of the adaptation challenge, it is imperative to learn from long experience in managing— and reducing—the risk of extreme climate events, such as floods, droughts, storms and extreme temperatures. The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report recognises the opportunity to advance adaptation through the use of such policies and tools. In particular, it states that reducing vulnerability to current climatic variability can effectively reduce vulnerability to increased hazard risk associated with climate change.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2008
Language:
English
UNISDR System Views on Progress in Adaptation
This policy document draws upon efforts to track progress in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (Hyogo Framework). It summarizes reports prepared by over fifty national authorities designated with disaster risk reduction functions, focusing on the areas of risk assessment, early warning systems and sector specific risk reduction plans.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Policy Document
Publication date:
2008
Language:
English
Proposals for the AWG-LCA Chair’s Assembly Document on Enhanced Action on Adaptation
This policy document provides a set of suggested concrete actions in response to the Bali Action Plan’s call for enhanced action on adaptation through consideration of disaster risk reduction strategies, risk management and risk transfer mechanisms. It has been developed in consultation with a number of UN and international organizations concerned with disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Policy Document
Publication date:
2008
Language:
English
Disaster Risk Reduction Tools and Methods for Climate Change Adaptation
This analytical report provides a brief description of DRR and then reviews a selection of tools that can provide an effective framework for combining the knowledge and experiences from the disaster management and climate change communities to build adaptive capacity.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2004
Language:
English
Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and Risk Management Practices: Critical Elements for Adaptation to Climate Change
This technical document addresses the climate-related stresses and shocks already prominently present in the lives of many of the world’s people, particularly in the lives of the poor. Events such as droughts, floods and storms are often terrible experiences for those affected: they cause great loss of life, destroy countless livelihoods and leave millions of people devastated.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR, Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Topic:
Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2008
Language:
English
Bali Action Plan
The analytical report describes the Bali Action Plan, adopted by government delegations during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. The Plan provides the roadmap towards a new international climate change agreement to be concluded by 2009, and that will ultimately lead to a post-2012 international agreement on climate change.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2008
Language:
English
Climate Change and Disaster Risks, ISDR Recommendations for Action Now and Post-2012
This analytical report presents the efforts of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Working Group on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction and shows that they are soundly aligned with the United Nations’ Secretary-General’s messages on climate change: they also contribute to UN efforts for a coordinated, systemwide approach to tackling climate change.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2008
Language:
English
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters
This activity report includes the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) to promote a strategic and systematic approach to reducing vulnerabilities and risks to hazards. Disaster loss is on the rise with grave consequences for the survival, dignity and livelihood of individuals, particularly the poor, and hard-won development gains. Disaster risk is increasingly of global concern and its impact and actions in one region can have an impact on risks in another, and vice versa.
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ENG, SPN
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Risk Reduction/Management, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Type of material:
Activity Report
Publication date:
2005
Language:
English, Spanish
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
This document underlines that climate change and disaster risk reduction are closely linked. More extreme weather events in future are likely to increase the number and scale of disasters, while at the same time, the existing methods and tools of disaster risk reduction provide powerful capacities for adaptation to climate change.
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ENG
Organization:
UNISDR
Topic:
Science, Adaptation
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2005
Language:
English
Outreach – 17 December 2009 (International Governance and Public Participation)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Energy, Labour, Mitigation, Technology, Gender, Human Security, International Law and Policy, Governance – General, Public Participation
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 16 December 2009 (Adaptation)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Finance, Adaptation, Gender, International Law and Policy, Governance – General, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 15 December 2009 (Climate Change Impacts and Human Security)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Economic and Development Planning, Forestry, Water, Labour, Green Jobs/Economy, Gender, Human Security, International Law and Policy, Governance – General
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 14 December 2009 (Human Rights)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Water, Human Rights and Justice, Gender, International Law and Policy, Governance – Territorial and Local, Capacity Development
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 11 December 2009 (Climate Justice, Sustainable Development, Gender)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Economic and Development Planning, Water, Adaptation, Green Jobs/Economy, Human Rights and Justice, Gender
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 10 December 2009 (Water, Food Security, Women)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Energy, Water, Gender, International Law and Policy, Governance – General
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 9 December 2009 (Water, Green Jobs, Capacity Building)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Economic and Development Planning, Water, Labour, Green Jobs/Economy, Gender, Capacity Development
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 8 December 2009 (International Policy and Climate Sustainability)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Water, REDD, Gender, Human Security, International Law and Policy
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Outreach – 7 December 2009 (International Policy and Sustainability)
The newsletter covers the oft-overlooked social dimensions of climate change, including issues related to gender, labour and youth. The purpose is to provide a platform during COP15 for the opinions of various stakeholders.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Sustainlabour, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, UN Water
Topic:
Economic and Development Planning, Water, Human Rights and Justice, Gender, International Law and Policy, Governance – Territorial and Local
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
Adivasi Women – Engaging with Climate Change
This analytical report aims to decipher the gendered impact of climate change in indigenous societies in Asia with a particular focus on the Adivasi ethnic and tribal group of India. It also intends to increase understanding of how these impacts are exacerbated by structural shifts in Advasi socio-economic systems resulting from their colonial history and more recent efforts at privatization and gendered roles within the Adivasi communities. In conclusion, the study offers policy recommendations to enhance women’s resiliency to these impacts.
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ENG
Organization:
UNWOMEN, IFAD, Christensen Fund
Topic:
Culture, Adaptation, Gender
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2009
Language:
English
GGCA: Launch Principles of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance
This policy document contains the founding principles at the basis of the launch of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA). It also includes guidelines for its future action.
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ENG
Organization:
UNDP, UNDP, UNEP, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Women', s Environment and Development Organization, UNEP, UNDP, UNEP, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Women', s Environment and Development Organization
Topic:
Gender, International Law and Policy
Type of material:
Policy Document
Publication date:
2007
Language:
English
