Climate Finance and Buildings – A Handbook For Local Governments
This guidance document provides an overview of the main climate finance mechanisms, and discusses their relevance to the urban context. It also discusses considerations for measurement, reporting and verification to build trust and keep track of climate change mitigation activities.
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ENG
Organization:
UNEP
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Environment, Finance, Urban, Mitigation, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material:
Guidance Document
Publication date:
2014
Language:
English
UN CC:Learn Annual Report Year 1 / 2014 -2017 Implementation Phase
This activity report presents a summary of the Green Development and Climate Change Programme challenges and successes during its first year of the implementation phase (2014 – 2017)
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ENG
Organization:
UN CC:Learn, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Theme:
Adaptation
Topic:
Education, Environment, Training, Adaptation, Mitigation
Type of material:
Activity Report
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
UN CC:Learn Annual Report Year 2 / 2014 -2017 Implementation Phase
This activity report presents a summary of the Green Development and Climate Change Programme challenges and successes during its second year (March 2015 – February 2016). The report outlines the efforts of the UN CC:Learn partnership on upscaling; on getting the free courses out to many more people in several languages; on continuing to expand the partnership of UN CC:Learn countries – now at 16 in total; and on increasing its visibility so as to provide the necessary knowledge and understanding about climate change related issues.
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ENG
Organization:
UN CC:Learn, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Education, Environment, Training, Adaptation, REDD, Mitigation
Type of material:
Activity Report
Publication date:
2016
Language:
English
UNDP Innovation Facility: 2015 Year in Review
This report shows 62 initiatives in 45 countries that tested or scaled new approaches and emerging technologies to eradicate poverty, protect the planet, manage climate risk and natural hazards, advance gender equality and prevent conflict.
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ENG
Organization:
UNDP, Government of Denmark
Theme:
Adaptation
Topic:
Environment, Adaptation, Governance – General
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2016
Language:
English
The Agriculture Sectors in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Analysis
This analytical document provides an overview of how agriculture sectors have been included in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. It also shows the role of these sectors in meeting national mitigation and adaptation goals and a basis on which to identify priorities for international support for climate action in the agriculture sectors.
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ENG
Organization:
FAO
Theme:
Adaptation
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Adaptation, Mitigation
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2016
Language:
English
Renewables: Global Status Report
This analytical document is a report on the global renewable energy market, industry and policy landscape. It is the result of the collaboration of a multi-stakeholder network that shares its insight and knowledge about renewable energy related issues.
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2018, 2017, 2016
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Energy, Environment, Transport, Urban
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2016
Language:
English
Food in un Uncertain Futute
This analytical document shows food security risks in the Middle East and North Africa from climate change, as well as other vulnerability interactions, e.g. with population growth, urbanisation, and conflict.
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ENG
Organization:
WFP, Overseas Development Institute
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Urban, Human Security, Governance – General
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
Two Minuts on Climate Change and Hunger – A Zero Hunger World Needs Climate Resilience
This brief shows how the World Food Programme helps build the climate resilience of the world’s most food insecure populations, most of whom live in fragile, disaster-prone areas.
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ENG, FR, SPN
Organization:
WFP
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Adaptation
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English, Spanish, French
A World With Zero Hunger Needs Resilience to Climate Change
This infographic shows how more frequent and intense droughts and floods affect the most vulnerable households at risk of hunger, and what World Food Programme is doing to help people adapt and build resilience to climate change.
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ENG, FR, SPN
Organization:
WFP
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Environment
Type of material:
Audio-Visual Resource
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English, Spanish, French
How to Do – Measuring Climate Resilience
This guidance document shows how to apply the concept of ‘climate resilience’ in an International Fund for Aricultural Development supported investment project and how to measure it. It is a tool for t staff and partners involved in investment projects with climate resilience objectives.
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ENG
Organization:
IFAD
Theme:
Adaptation
Topic:
Economic and Development Planning, Environment, Adaptation, Ecosystems
Type of material:
Guidance Document
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
How to Do – Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change
This guidance document describes a range of multiple-benefit options for integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into interventions in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Most of the proposed measures have been proven time and again in practice to provide a range of benefits and increase the resilience of small-scale fishers and fish farmers, as well as the ecosystems on which they rely.
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ENG
Organization:
IFAD
Theme:
Adaptation
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Adaptation, Ecosystems, Mitigation
Type of material:
Guidance Document
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
Food Insecurity and Climate Change
This poster provides a window on the global future up to the 2080s, looking at how climate change may affect future vulnerability to food insecurity.
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ENG
Organization:
WFP, Met Office Hadley Centre
Theme:
Adaptation
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Adaptation, Mitigation, COP23 List of UN Publications
Type of material:
Audio-Visual Resource
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2014: The Year in Review
This activity report provides a review of the Bank’s operations in 2014 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank’s resources.
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ENG, SPN, FR
Organization:
IDB
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Environment, Finance, Transport, Urban, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material:
Activity Report
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English, Spanish, French
Climate Change Risk Management Options for the Tourism Sector
This brief dentifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank investment’s for the tourism sector.
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ENG
Organization:
IDB
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Environment, Tourism, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
Climate Change Risk Management Options for the Transportation Sector
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank investment’s for the transportation sector.
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ENG
Organization:
IDB
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Environment, Transport, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
Climate Change Risk Management Options for the Energy Sector
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank’s investments for the energy sector.
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ENG
Organization:
IDB
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Energy, Environment, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
Climate Change Risk Management Options for the Agriculture Sector
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank’s investments for the agriculture sector.
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ENG
Organization:
IDB
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Water, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material:
Other
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
Local Vulnerability Indicators and Adaptation to Climate Change: A Survey
This analytical document examines different aspects of vulnerability indexes to climate change, and emphasizes the importance of deriving vulnerability measures from sector-specific local studies.
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ENG
Organization:
IDB
Theme:
Other
Topic:
Environment, Water, Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Governance – Territorial and Local
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English
What Is Climate Change?
This guidance document presents an overview of climate change issues and how it can potentially affect individuals’lifestyles.
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ENG, SPN
Organization:
IDB
Theme:
Education
Topic:
Education, Environment, Adaptation
Type of material:
Guidance Document
Publication date:
2015
Language:
English, Spanish
Climate Change Impacts on Birth Outcomes in Brazil
This analytical document examines the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil to predict the potential impact of climate change.
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ENG
Organization:
IDB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, São Paulo University
Theme:
Health
Topic:
Environment, Health, Economic Analysis, Human Rights and Justice, Governance – Territorial and Local
Type of material:
Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date:
2014
Language:
English
