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The background document on UN-Water agency programme and activity mapping on Climate change was prepared for the workshop “Key challenges to adaptation in the water sector” (06-05-2010). The discussion paper includes a Mapping and Gaps Analysis Exercise on water and climate change related activities originates from the aim of UN-Water to strengthen collaboration and increase coherence between UN-Water organizations.

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On the occasion of the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, the Global Partnership on Climate, Fisheries and Aquaculture (PaCFA) hosted at the European Environment Agency on 15th December a side event on “Fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic systems in a changing climate”.

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Background Paper for the Asia Regional Meeting of the Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management, January 19-21, 2009.

This “Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management” aims to facilitate the exchange of information, experiences and lessons learned among experts in land and water management in Africa and Asia in order to:

• Increase understanding of the implications of climate change for sustainable development;
• Promote understanding of integrated land and water management response strategies, including local coping strategies, and t

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Built-in resilience: learning from grassroots coping strategies Fifth Urban Research Symposium 2009

This paper attempts to establish the relations between adaptation, disaster risk reduction and coping strategies for urban areas. It summarizes some of the existing coping strategies of the urban poor in Korail area – the largest informal settlement in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The paper discusses how local planning, adaptation, and governance mechanisms can support the existing coping strategies in urban areas.