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This analytical report highlights a number of successful initiatives that improved regional urban sustainability while also addressing other local problems, thus achieving co-benefits. The report and cases presented here not only detail the magnitude of the co-benefits that certain sectors achieved, but also provide insights into the conditions, which enabled local co-benefits to continue to evolve. They provide ideas on how positive changes can be attained as well as an understanding on how cities can generate solutions that have large, short and long-term positive benefits in terms of climate change mitigation and how this approach can be effectively embedded into local policy settings to contribute to cities’ ability to generate co-benefits at local level. Consequently, valuable lessons can be learned on how to promote win-win situations in climate change mitigation, environmental quality and local development across cities.

This analytical report presents the results of a study compiling the impacts of natural disasters in 16 countries in Latin America. It gives an overview of the material and financial damage and formulates recommendations for the future.

This analytical report presents the World Bank’s experience in climate and disaster resilient development, including case studies on mainstreaming, risk identification, risk reduction, preparedness, financial and social protection,  resilient reconstruction and costs, and aims to contribute to discussions on loss and damage.

This technical document aims to inspire and arm those who want to try to improve things so that power is used well for forests; it describes how practical tools can be used to shape better governance of forest tenure.

This toolkit presents the links between food waste and climate change, and proposes various ways to reduce the carbon footprint of the food systems by reducing food waste. It is articulated around the 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and presents examples and lessons learns from different countries.

This resource guide contains a wealth of learning resources on integrating climate change in education at the primary and secondary level. It includes first guide which directs a user to specific learning materials and courses, as well as selected reference materials relevant for learning.

It can be considered a guided tour to existing climate change learning resources on integrating climate change in education at the primary and secondary level. It is written from the perspective of a learner seeking to obtain an understanding what learning materials are available for a specific learning topic.

This resource guide contains a wealth of learning resources on predicting and projecting climate change available that have been identified as important from a country perspective. It includes first guide which directs a user to specific learning materials and courses, as well as selected reference materials relevant for learning. This guide is a part of the UN CC:Learn Series of Resources Guides for Advanced Learning on Climate Change.

This resource guide contains a wealth of learning resources on the fundamentals of climate science available that have been identified as important from a country perspective. It includes first guide which directs a user to specific learning materials and courses, as well as selected reference materials relevant for learning. This guide is a part of the UN CC:Learn Series of Resources Guides for Advanced Learning on Climate Change.

This manual aims to support developing countries in the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) development and implementation process by providing guidance and good practices on the key aspects of NAMAs, including the policy framework; potential types of actions; financing; institutional arrangements and the roles of different actors; and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) procedures. The NAMA concept is an emerging one, and since by its very nature it is a “nationally appropriate” tool, its overall definition may remain incomplete. This being the case, the objective of this guide, is to take stock of what has been agreed upon with regards to NAMAs, as well as to provide a few insights on what will be considered as falling within the domain of “good practices.”

This analytical report summarizes the changes already being observed in the following five major cryosphere regions: the Andes, Antarctica, Arctic, East African Highlands, and the Himalayas.

This technical document aims to inform policymakers of the shortcomings and opportunities for adaptation to climate change in Africa. It details adaptation costs under three scenarios. According to the document, annual adaptation costs due to past emissions are estimated at US$7-15 billion by 2020. Under a scenario where warming is kept below 2°C by 2050, annual adaptation costs are estimated at US$35 billion per year. Under the scenario where present emissions policies remain unchanged and the world experiences warming to 3.5-4°C by 2100, the adaptation cost could reach US$50 billion per year by 2050.

This technical document presents the latest estimates of the emissions gap in 2020 and provides plentiful information, including about current (2010) and projected (2020) levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, both in the absence of additional policies and consistent with national pledge implementation; the implications of starting decided emission reductions now or in the coming decades; agricultural development policies that can help increase yields, reduce fertilizer usage and bring about other benefits, while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; and, international cooperative initiatives that, while potentially overlapping with pledges, can complement them and help bridge the emissions gap.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Prospects for large additional infusions of public funds from industrialised countries have declined for a variety of reasons, including the financial crises in the USA and the EU.
-Private sector sources will be needed to help meet climate finance commitments.
-Modest levies on international air and marine transport services could easily raise the equivalent of US$10-33 billion per year for climate finance.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-The impact of climate change on health occurs both directly and indirectly.
-Africa is particularly vulnerable to the health effects of climate change.
-African countries have begun to address climate and health issues.
-More research is needed to enable the design of effective responses and policies to address the health impacts of climate change.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Africa has considerable fossil fuel resources and must use them to improve energy access and increase economic growth.
-Use of cleaner fossil fuel technologies must be emphasised if greenhouse gas emissions are to be kept to a minimum.
-Tradable permits and other policy instruments could be used in Africa to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Africa has a vast potential to produce bio-energy.
-Bio-energy has significant potential to mitigate greenhouse gases.
-Bio-energy production may also help create rural livelihoods, earn foreign exchange, and reduce dependence on imported sources of energy.
-Some important challenges, including land use and environmental challenges, must be properly addressed.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Use of renewable energy technologies can help mitigate greenhouse gases and enhance access to clean energy.
-Barriers to the introduction of renewable energy must be overcome to benefit from their promise.
-Consistent and achievable targets must be set for renewable energy development.
-Policies that encourage low carbon renewable.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Climate change is likely to intensify the water scarcity challenges that Africa is already facing.
-Improving crop, livestock, and water productivity is central to agricultural water management.
-Many options exist for improving agricultural water management and adaptation to climate change.
-Many of these options can also improve the profitability of smallholder agriculture and reduce vulnerability.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Even without the effects of climate change, the agricultural sector in Africa is facing numerous challenges that are responsible for its perennially low productivity.
-Climate change and climate variability threaten to diminish the ability of African agricultural producers to provide enough food for the expanding population of Africa.
-Many win-win options exist to help the agricultural sector in Africa adapt to climate change.
-The African Climate Policy Centre has an important role to play in facilitating considerations of these options.

This policy document provides the following key messages to decision makers in Africa:

-Groundwater represents a vast untapped source of water in Africa, but technical, socio-economic, and institutional factors, have constrained its use.
-Groundwater management in Africa can be an essential component of climate change adaptation strategies.
-However, important gaps in knowledge of groundwater resources exist in Africa that must be narrowed if groundwater is to play a major role in assisting adaptation to climate change.