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This analytical report seeks to document the perspective of children from seven Asia countries on how disasters and climate change affects their lives and their rights. It highlights their views on what they believe their role can be in addressing disaster risk and climate change in their community and what they are expecting from their government, NGOs and the private sector. By presenting their own experiences of participating in disaster risk reduction activities, it aims to highlight the capacity of children in order to inspire other children and youth, as well as encourage local governments, NGOs, and the private sector to support child-centered community risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

This analytical report presents an analysis of the connections among population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risk reduction. Amongst the main findings are that public policies should increase governance and guide urban sustainable development in order to anticipate future levels of exposure, by enhancing land-use plans, climate change adaptation strategies and considering disaster risk management.

This analytical report shows the relationship of specific activities to the five priorities for action of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and the strategic objectives governing them. It reveals the overall connection of national efforts to the expectations of the HFA and makes clear the significance of the progress that has been made since 2005, as described in voluntary self-reporting from countries and regional organizations. The report: (i) highlights some catalysts that engender progress in disaster risk reduction (DRR); (ii) presents an overview provided by individual countries regarding progress toward each of the three HFA strategic goals the five HFA priorities for action; and (iii) provides updates obtained about the activities of some regional and international organizations and institutions.

This analytical report aims to respond to the question of how the five priorities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Children’s Charter for DRR can be achieved, exploring the enabling factors and challenges in implementing the Charter priorities. The Children’s Charter for DRR was launched at the United Nation’s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Global Platform for DRR in 2011 and consists of five priorities for DRR, including addressing climate change, identified by children from 21 hazard-prone countries. These are: safe schools; child protection; information and participation; safe community infrastructure and “building back better, safer and fairer”; and reaching the most vulnerable. 

This activity report synthesizes consultations held at the regional, national and community levels throughout the Asia-Pacific region on the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (the successor of the Hyogo Framework for Action or HFA2). The document is particularly targeted at countries and stakeholders from Asia Pacific for their engagement at the global deliberations on HFA2 at the Fourth Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (4th GPDRR) in May 2013. It also informs all stakeholders and countries engaged in the HFA2 discussions.

This analytical report explores and unpacks what were the drivers and process to develop joint national action plans on disaster risk management and climate change (JNAPs) and sustainable development plans addressing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Pacific islands countries. Their impact and potential in facilitating effective disaster risk management and climate change adaptation is assessed, as well as potential linkages between legislation and policy documents. The three Pacific islands countries (PICs) included in this report are Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Tuvalu.

This technical document investigates the capacity of the national hydrological and meteorological services (NHMSs) in Viet Nam and recommends improvements through a regional approach. Initial assessments in the report show the cost-effectiveness of strengthening national hydro-meteorological services through regional cooperation for reducing adverse impacts of natural hazard-induced disasters and climate change which know no national boundaries.

This technical document investigates the capacity of the national hydrological and meteorological services (NHMSs) in the Philippines and recommends improvements through a regional approach. Initial assessments in the report show the cost-effectiveness of strengthening national hydro-meteorological services through regional cooperation for reducing adverse impacts of natural hazard-induced disasters and climate change which know no national boundaries.

This technical document investigates the capacity of the national hydrological and meteorological services (NHMSs) in Lao PDR and recommends improvements through a regional approach. Initial assessments in the report show the cost-effectiveness of strengthening national hydro-meteorological services through regional cooperation for reducing adverse impacts of natural hazard-induced disasters and climate change which know no national boundaries.

This technical document investigates the capacity of the national hydrological and meteorological services (NHMSs) in Indonesia and recommends improvements through a regional approach. Initial assessments in the report show the cost-effectiveness of strengthening national hydro-meteorological services through regional cooperation for reducing adverse impacts of natural hazard-induced disasters and climate change which know no national boundaries.

This technical document investigates the capacity of the national hydrological and meteorological services (NHMSs) in Cambodia and recommends improvements through a regional approach. Initial assessments in the report show the cost-effectiveness of strengthening national hydro-meteorological services through regional cooperation for reducing adverse impacts of natural hazard-induced disasters and climate change which know no national boundaries.

This educational cartoon strip aims to educate young people in an entertaining and attractive way about environmental degradation caused by climate change and global warming, and the actions that can be undertaken by them and their families to attenuate these negative impacts. Also available in Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Papiamento, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish.

This analytical report highlights the importance of the polar regions in the entire Earth system, particularly in climate. It describes some of the major environmental changes that have taken place in the Arctic and Antarctic in recent years and considers possible changes over the next century.

This analytical report illustrates some of the linkages among climate, carbon dioxide and coral reefs, while describing the necessary steps to appropriately assess the threats at the local and regional scales, as well as to devise suitable monitoring, conservation and mitigation strategies.

This technical document seeks to highlight areas where interaction between the meteorologist, climatologist and the water manager can be demonstrated for the mutual information and understanding of all parties. It contains a discussion on both particular topics that link these professions together and issues and opportunities for current and future applications.

This analytical report covers the first decade of the 21st century and aims at providing a decadal perspective of climate variability and change and its observed impacts on different sectors. Its six chapters cover temperature assessment, precipitation assessment, large-scale climate variability modes and related oscillation indices, extreme events, climate and composition of the atmosphere and cryosphere and sea level.

This activity report provides an overview of country-led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF-managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA) funds. It presents the principles underlying the approach of both UNDP and GEF to adaptation programming and the key processes involved in removing barriers to successful adaptation measures. It also highlights the main challenges and achievements of the partnered organisations and provides several lessons learned concerning work on adaptation.

This brochure presents key activities implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to pro-poor and pro-growth adaptation that encourages sustainable economic development and livelihoods in the face of climate change. It provides links to various resources that pertain to adaptation.

This analytical report presents media coverage of the African Adaptation Programme (AAP) in 2010 and describes some of the on the ground experiences of the programme. The AAP is a strategic climate change initiative designed to help create more informed climate change adaptation decision-making and more effective implementation of those decisions in each of the 20 participating countries.

This technical document presents the main results of a climate risk and risk management capacity assessment for Peru, with a thematic focus on the agricultural sector in the regions of Junín and Piura. The combination of scientific and participatory research streams, including literature reviews, community consultations, agroclimatic risk evaluation, policy and capacity assessments, provides a basis for identifying climate risks in the focus sector and regions and prioritizing measures to manage them. A range of national government agencies and consultants were involved in the research.