climate change adaptation

Central banks and financial supervisors are essential to securing finance for a low-emissions, resilient world. This commentary explores how to make progress on this goal, an important part of the Paris Agreement. Read more

The health and productivity of the workforce in Bangladesh are under increasing threat in a warming world. This policy brief considers how policymakers can better ensure workers are protected from extreme heat while pursuing sustainable development pathways and a just transition to a low-carbon economy. Read more

Private climate finance has channelled significantly more into climate change mitigation than adaptation. But is private investment in adaptation as weak as the figures suggest? This commentary explores the reality and calls for a more enabling policy environment to unlock greater finance flows. Read more

This paper develops a method to estimate the ‘probability distribution’ of future temperatures to be used in long-term climate change adaptation strategies, investing and insurance. Read more

Disasters such as hurricanes can open a window of opportunity when these act as ‘focusing events’ on the policy agenda. This paper explores the ‘focusing power’ of Hurricane Sandy in the context of New York City during 2012 and beyond. Read more

This paper is the first to quantitatively compare the power of subjective and objective resilience measures to predict future wellbeing in the face of socio-environmental shocks and stressors. It uses data from rural Kyrgyzstan. Read more

Government ministries are increasingly mainstreaming climate change adaptation within policies and plans. However, government staff in key implementing ministries need... Read more

The United Nations and its refugee agency, UNHCR, should define the legal status of environmental migrants, according to a study published today (Monday 19 October) . Read more

This paper presents evidence of current engagement and expectations, from official submissions to the UNFCCC, L&D literature, and relates this to experiences from the fields of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA). Read more