Building climate resilience : a training manual for community based climate change adaptation

Solar R.W. - Adaptation Knowledge Platform, 2014

This training manual aims to provide climate change adaptation trainers and learners with a practice-based adaptation knowledge, and a process to assess, analyze, and plan for focused climate change adaptation initiatives within their work profiles. The manual is sectioned into four training modules, setting a common understanding around climate change concepts, vocabulary and sectorial adaptation frameworks, then moving to more integrated knowledge regarding enabling environments for community adaptation and resilience building. Each module is comprised of several learning sessions and each s ...

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 Building climate resilience: a training manual for community based climate change adaptation

  Available online: http://globalchange.mit.edu/files/document/MITJPSPGC_Rpt264.pdf

R.W. Solar

Published by: Adaptation Knowledge Platform ; 2014

This training manual aims to provide climate change adaptation trainers and learners with a practice-based adaptation knowledge, and a process to assess, analyze, and plan for focused climate change adaptation initiatives within their work profiles. The manual is sectioned into four training modules, setting a common understanding around climate change concepts, vocabulary and sectorial adaptation frameworks, then moving to more integrated knowledge regarding enabling environments for community adaptation and resilience building. Each module is comprised of several learning sessions and each session has a step-by-step facilitation guide noting important concepts and knowledge to stress, and key information and advice on how to deliver the session.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

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Understanding the policy contexts for mainstreaming climate change in Bhutan and Nepal: a synthesis

Davis Marion; Li Lailai - Adaptation Knowledge Platform, 2013

This report is a synthesis of two Adaptation Knowledge Platform studies that sought to understand the policy contexts for addressing climate change adaptation and key conservation issues in Nepal and Bhutan. The report is divided into six main sections: (i) section one introduces the background of the study; (ii) section two explains the methodology used; (iii) section three presents overviews of the two countries; (iv) section four reviews the policies relevant to climate change adaptation which exist in each country; (v) section five outlines the key insights derived from the policy review; ...

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 Understanding the policy contexts for mainstreaming climate change in Bhutan and Nepal: a synthesis

  Available online: http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/akp [...]

Marion Davis ; Lailai Li

Published by: Adaptation Knowledge Platform ; 2013

This report is a synthesis of two Adaptation Knowledge Platform studies that sought to understand the policy contexts for addressing climate change adaptation and key conservation issues in Nepal and Bhutan. The report is divided into six main sections: (i) section one introduces the background of the study; (ii) section two explains the methodology used; (iii) section three presents overviews of the two countries; (iv) section four reviews the policies relevant to climate change adaptation which exist in each country; (v) section five outlines the key insights derived from the policy review; and (vi) section six offers a synthesis of the key priorities identified in the reports.

Language(s): English

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Tags: Climate change ; Climate policies ; Bhutan ; Nepal Add tag

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Desktop Study on Assessment of Capacity Gaps and Needs of South East Asia Countries in Addressing Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Climate Change

Alam M.; Asian Institute of Technology ; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Adaptation Knowledge Platform, 2011

This report presents the findings of desktop research that examined the extent to which Southeast Asian countries are prepared for anticipated climate change impacts. It is divided into separate country profiles and includes analysis of the following countries: Lao PDR, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Union of Myanmar and Malaysia. Each profile describes an individual country’s attributes, anticipated climate change impacts, vulnerability, necessary adaptation measures and cross-sectoral institutional settings. Each profile concludes with a summary of key gaps, constr ...

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 Desktop Study on Assessment of Capacity Gaps and Needs of South East Asia Countries in Addressing Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Climate Change

  Available online: https://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/document/desktop-study-on-assessme [...]

M. Alam ; Asian Institute of Technology ; International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Published by: Adaptation Knowledge Platform ; 2011

This report presents the findings of desktop research that examined the extent to which Southeast Asian countries are prepared for anticipated climate change impacts. It is divided into separate country profiles and includes analysis of the following countries: Lao PDR, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Union of Myanmar and Malaysia. Each profile describes an individual country’s attributes, anticipated climate change impacts, vulnerability, necessary adaptation measures and cross-sectoral institutional settings. Each profile concludes with a summary of key gaps, constraints and challenges.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Vulnerability ; Case/ Case study ; Region II - Asia ; Lao People’s Democratic Republic ; Viet Nam ; Philippines ; Indonesia ; Thailand ; Cambodia ; Myanmar ; Malaysia ; Region V - South-West Pacific Add tag

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