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This visual aid maps climate, food security and disaster threats that will impede the sustainable development of communities in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

The Atlas is one outcome of the World Food Programme’s Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping (VAM) work, which focuses on food security. The Atlas can help policymakers identify areas most in need of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and prepare to mitigate the consequences of cimate-related disasters, according to WFP Regional Director Miguel Barreto.

This activity report presents the results of the in-forum workshop on ‘cooperation on response strategies’ under the work programme on the impact of the implementation of response measures. During the workshop, an expert provided participants with an overview of the work of the forum, highlighting that the objective of the work programme is to improve the understanding of the impact of the implementation of response measures. The workshop also included sessions during which both parties and organizations presented information, experiences, best practices and views relating to the impact of implementation of response measures.

This policy brief discusses the potential negative effects of climate change mitigation programmes on biodiversity. It concludes biodiversity conservation can support climate change mitigation and adaptation goals if all potential impacts are weighed carefully in the policymaking process. Conserving biological diversity can also have the added effect of helping ensure the permanence of mitigation and adaptation benefits. The brief acknowledges that there may be trade-offs between biodiversity and climate change policies but argues these trade-offs can be minimized when mutual benefits are recognized and incorporated into policy design.

This technical document proposes a step-wise approach to assessing climate change risks to IDB projects in the Caribbean and identifying tools and methodologies that can be used by anyone assessing climate change risks specific to the region.

This analytical report identifies expected climate change risks for Trinidad and Tobago generally and by their potential impacts on six priority sectors, namely agriculture, human health, human settlements, coastal zones, water resources and energy. The study: calculates the economic impact of probable damages; identifies possible adaptation actions to reduce impacts and possible barriers to their implementation, and calculate their costs/benefits; and prioritizes adaptation measures. The prioritization was carried out through weighted scoring taking into account: the ability of the measure to decrease climate change impacts; the urgency for implementing a measure in order to gain maximum benefit; “no regret” strategies that can be justified in economic terms even without climate change; positive secondary effects; and possible climate change mitigation co-benefits.

This summary for policymakers of the International Panel on Climate Change Working Group III analitycal report outlines technological and behavioral changes that can limit the increase in global average temperatures to less than two degrees Celsius, the point at which science shows that climate impacts begin to overwhelm human coping efforts. The report further notes that only major institutional and technological change will result in a better than even chance that global warming will not exceed this threshold.

The discussion paper is intended primarily for policy makers, regulators, and implementing agencies to relook at the private sector initiatives under corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a driver for green growth and climate action as well to encourage the private sector and organizations interested in CSR to act with national / regional governments to align their CSR efforts with broader sustainable development goals.

The discussion paper is intended primarily for policy makers, regulators, and implementing agencies to relook at the private sector initiatives under corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a driver for green growth and climate action as well to encourage the private sector and organizations interested in CSR to act with national / regional governments to align their CSR efforts with broader sustainable development goals.

This technical document is intended to encourage and support urban decision-makers in this process. It starts with recognizing that action taken in towns and cities is essential for addressing global environmental problems such as climate change. It accepts that, with an increasing proportion of the worlds population living in urban areas in low- and middle-income countries, these are important sites for engaging with the environment. The report describes the social and economic benefits that can be generated by addressing environmental challenges such as cliamte change, and provides convincing evidence to support engagement with these issues.

This analytical report provides the first comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities that exist in agricultural production sectors in terms of quantification and qualification of greenhouse gas emissions, at global and regional level, covering the period 1990-2011. The data analysed is taken from the new FAOSTAT Emissions database, developed jointly by the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division and the Statistics Division, which is aimed at improving and disseminating agricultural statistical data for better quantification of greenhouse gas emissions and for the identification of the actions needed to reduce them.

This anylitical report underlines the increasingly positive role renewable energies are playing towards an increasingly low-carbon electricity and power supply that can build the confidence of nations to adopt a meaningful new agreement in Paris 2015. It covers the following subjects: investment by type of economy; putting sustainable energy into perspective; towards a cost-competitive clean energy; sources of investment; asset finance; small distributed capacity; public markets; venture capital and private equity; rsearch and development and acquisition activity.

This analytical report is a summary for policymakers. It considers the vulnerability and exposure of human and natural systems, the observed impacts and future risks of climate change, and the potential for and limits to adaptation. The chapters of the report assess risks and opportunities for societies, economies, and ecosystems around the world.

This analytical report confirms that 2013 tied with 2007 as the sixth warmest on record, continuing the long-term global warming trend, and highlights that 13 of the 14 warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century. The document also provides short synopses of the status of the climate in different regions, and describes the impacts of continuing and increasing global warming on the regions, including increased incidences of extreme weather events, as well as the loss of lives and livelihoods caused by these events. The statement includes a list and description of major weather and climate events around the world in 2013, such as Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) which devastated parts of the Philippines, and the severe floods in the Alps and various European countries. It also contains a case study into the record hot Australian summer of 2012/13 and record hot calendar year of 2013, concluding that the record hot summer “was about five times as likely as a result of human-induced influence on cliimate” and that the record hot calendar “would have been virtually impossible without human contributions of heat-trapping gases.”

This analytical report highlights disaster risk management (DRM) in the region Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The report identifies urbanization and associated increased flood risk, water scarcity and impacts of climate change as the main challenges facing the region. The report includes sections on: natural disasters in the MENA region; regional progress; World Bank DRM programming in the MENA Region; and proposed way forward. The report includes examples from a range of countries, including: Algeria, Djibouti, Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen.

This manual sets basic standards for open source creation and communication of disaster and climate change information. It builds on the World Bank’s Open Data initiative and seeks to: improve disaster and climate change resilience; ensure streamlined data sharing and collaboration among government agencies, the private sector, academia and civil society; and encourage data collaboration with humanitarian efforts. The Guide draws on a number of projects which provide tools to empower both governments and communities to develop mitigation strategies for storms, flooding, droughts and other natural hazards.

This analytical report examines some of the underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation. It describes possible solutions in the context of a wider transition to an inclusive Green Economy, which is vital to achieving the emerging post-2015 sustainable development agenda. The report seeks to improve knowledge about how REDD+ initiatives and a Green Economy transition can better inform each other and contribute towards poverty alleviation and sustainable development.

This fact sheet presents data on the presence of green technologies for climate change mitigation in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), presents several opportunities for green technology development in the area and provides an overview of what is already currently done by the agency region to promote green technologies.

This activity report presents the results of the a workshop which took place in Warsaw, Poland, on 12 November 2013, during the 39th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 39). Presentations from representatives of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) set the scene for the discussions by highlighting the scientific aspects of adaptation and adaptation co-benefits from a global perspective. They also outlined the challenges, opportunities and success stories regarding the practical implementation of adaptation and identification of co-benefits.

This analytical report considers sustainability impacts of scaling up production of biofuels for transport in contexts of varied industrial development in Mozambique, Argentina and Ukraine. It investigates land availability as well as environmental, social and economic impacts of biofuels projects, and offers best practice recommendations in over a dozen areas.

This toolkit have been developed to complement the products and results of the research project “Global assessment and guidelines for sustainable liquid biofuel production in developing countries”. The project was funded by the GEF and carried out by three UN agencies (UNEP/DTIE, FAO, UNIDO) in collaboration with several research institutes. The aim was to enable the GEF and other institutions to set clear policies and identify priorities for future work and investments in biofuel-related projects.