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In many water-stressed parts of the world there need to be improvements in decision-making around water resources to make climate change adaptation more effective and equitable in policy and practice. This commentary introduces the issues and a new project called BASIN that aims to draw insights from behavioural and psychological sciences to improve decision-making in this area. Read more

This policy brief examines the physical and socioeconomic factors that make Bangladesh so vulnerable to flooding, especially in a changing climate, and how it might respond better in the future. Read more

This Explainer explores the topic of water security, including definitions, how climate change affects the water cycle, and adaptation needed for more resilient management of water resources. Read more

This working paper considers how the geographical expansion of Ethiopia's social protection programme can address climate related risks in an adaptive way. Read more

This analysis shows that urban flood resilience as a concept has evolved over the last two decades. From an engineering concept with a strong focus on ensuring that the built environment can withstand a flood to a more recent definition as a transformative process with the aim to enable all parts of the urban system to live with floods and learn from previous shocks. Read more

Nature-based solutions to climate change are a collection of approaches that offer the potential to both reduce and remove emissions while addressing the interlinked crisis of biodiversity decline. This Explainer discusses the form that nature-based solutions take, their potential in mitigating climate change, and challenges and guidelines for designing and implementing them effectively. Read more

This explainer summarises the impacts India is facing as a result of climate change, its domestic policies and international climate commitments and diplomacy. Read more

The distinction between loss and damage from climate change and the ‘Loss and Damage’ policy debate Loss and damage refer... Read more

Climate change has been identified as the biggest health threat of the 21st century, with the potential to reverse years... Read more

This report and brief provide improved estimates of the likely economic damages from climate change to the UK, highlighting where the greatest risks and need for adaptation are. These are translated into loss of socioeconomic welfare and reported as an equivalent loss of the UK’s GDP under two different policy scenarios – one in which current policies continue and another in which strong mitigation policies are put in place. Read more