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This analytical report highlights how ICTs can help address some issues related to the current global water crisis such as water security, water accessibility, climate change, aging infrastructure and management.

This Toolkit aims to provide University staff and students with a selection of strategies, tools and resources, gleaned from the literature, from global case studies and from practice which are intended to inspire, encourage and support Universities to develop and implement their own transformative strategies for establishing green, resource-efficient and low carbon campuses.

This analytical report summarizes the evidence for the impact of climate change on water and sanitation technologies in the near to medium term. It aims to help policy-makers, planners, operators and communities in making practical decisions based on clear criteria, to improve the resilience of their water and sanitation services.

This flyer provides an overview of the Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) is a joint initiative of the WMO and the Global Water Partnership. Its objective is to promote the concept of Integrated Flood Management (IFM) as a new approach in dealing and living with floods.

This flyer provides an overview of the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP). Together with our partners, the IDMP aims to provide preventive and demand-driven support mechanisms for the communities, countries and regions affected by drought.

This Tool introduces strategies for climate change adaptation and implementation of the strategies in the context of flood management. Nine case studies are extracted from the following countries and a regional organization, namely US, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, China, South Korea, and EU. The adaptation strategies are described especially from the point of flood risk assessment.

This analytical report takes as given the existence, probable course, and projected effects of climate change and explores the question: “How does one adapt the management of urban floods to the likely effects of climate change?”

This policy document is the baseline reference document outlining Integrated Flood Management (IFM) as a viable development policy option. Since IFM is essentially a dynamic notion, the perception presented in this third revised edition also includes a number of emerging issues, such as risk management, urban floods, climate variability and change, and adaptive management. Through this new edition, WMO hopes that the concept paper will continue to play a key outreach role to flood managers, policymakers and development planners, as well as to those responsible for formulating flood management strategies and policies.

This policy document is part of the ‘Integrated Drought Management Tools and Guidelines Series’, being compiled by the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP). These National Drought Management Policy Guidelines are based on available literature, and draw findings from relevant works wherever possible. These guidelines address the needs of practitioners and policy makers.

This flyer provides an overview of the PEARL project, which aims to develop adaptive risk management strategies for coastal communities against extreme hydro-meteorological events, minimising social, economic and environmental impacts and increasing the resilience of coastal regions in Europe.

This visual aid provides a brief introduction to the Global Framework for Climate Services.

This analytical report provides a summary of current climate change findings and figures.

This workshop was organised by the Global Union Research Network (GURN) and coordinated by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The aim was to discuss academic research on the employment aspects of climate change and identify research gaps.

This bulletin reports on the atmospheric burdens and rates of change of the most important long-lived greenhouse gases (LLGHGs) – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, CFC-12 and CFC-11 – and provides a summary of the contributions of the other gases.

This bulletin reports on the atmospheric burdens and rates of change of the most important long-lived greenhouse gases (LLGHGs) – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, CFC-12 and CFC-11 – and provides a summary of the contributions of the other gases.

This analytical report explores the nature of the green economy and the implications for labour markets. It shows that a double dividend – encompassing greater decent work opportunities and a greener economy – is possible, provided that adequate complementarities between environmental, economic and social policies are created. The report draws upon a series of background discussion papers also produced as part of the cooperation project.

This bulletin reports on the atmospheric burdens and rates of change of the most important long-lived greenhouse gases (LLGHGs) – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, CFC-12 and CFC-11 – and provides a summary of the contributions of the other gases.

This paper outlines how Climate and health are inextricably linked in a number of ways. Climate affects some of the most fundamental determinants of health: air, water, food, shelter and disease.

Construction of new buildings and refurbishment of existing buildings alike represent the largest potential for technically feasible and economically viable reductions of emissions and of energy consumption, while encouraging the development of new professional skills and generation of significant employment opportunities. South Africa was the first country studied by the ILO in specific regard to Green Jobs in Construction.

This analytical report shows that a total of eight new carbon markets opened in 2013, and another launched in early 2014. With these additions, the world’s emissions trading schemes are valued at about US$30 billion. China now houses the second largest carbon market in the world, covering the equivalent of 1,115 million tons of carbon dioxide, after the EU ETS, with its 2,039 MtCO2e cap in 2013.