United Nations Development Programme & Climate Change Adaptation - A Quarterly Update of Activities - Issue 4

Author(s):
UNDP
Year:
November 2010
Volume:
Issue 4
Pages:
4
Summary:

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released the fourth issue of its Climate Change Adaptation Bulletin, a quarterly publication that provides an overview of the technical assistance to countries at the national, sub-national and community-level.

Funding Source:
Adaptation Fund
GEF-LDCF
GEF-SCCF
GEF-SPA
Government of Japan

United Nations Development Programme & Climate Change Adaptation - A Quarterly Update of Activities - Issue 6

Author(s):
UNDP
Year:
May 2011
Volume:
Issue 6
Pages:
4
Summary:

The bulletin provides the latest information on UNDP's support to countries on Climate Change Adaptation at the national, sub-national and community-level. It includes updates on a range of topics including the status of ongoing projects, new project approvals, performance indicators, project impacts and results, policy and mainstreaming work, and noteworthy announcements.

Funding Source:
Adaptation Fund
GEF-LDCF
GEF-SCCF
GEF-SPA
Government of Japan

United Nations Development Programme & Climate Change Adaptation - A Quarterly Update of Activities - Issue 2

Author(s):
UNDP
Year:
December 2009
Volume:
Issue 2
Pages:
4
Summary:

The bulletin provides the latest information on UNDP's support to countries on Climate Change Adaptation at the national, sub-national and community-level. It includes updates on a range of topics including the status of ongoing projects, new project approvals, performance indicators, project impacts and results, policy and mainstreaming work, and noteworthy announcements

Funding Source:
Adaptation Fund
GEF-LDCF
GEF-SCCF
GEF-SPA
Government of Japan

Adapting to Climate Change: UNDP-GEF Initiatives Financed by LDCF, SCCF and SPA

Author(s):
UNDP
Year:
May 2011
City:
New York
Summary:

The Report showcases the UNDP-GEF adaptation portfolio, focusing on both the principles underlying the UNDP-GEF approach to adaptation programming and the key processes involved in removing barriers to successful adaptation measures. The report highlights emerging achievements of UNDP-GEF initiatives around the world and explores the future of low-emission climate-resilient development.

Funding Source:
GEF-LDCF
GEF-SCCF
GEF-SPA

United Nations Development Programme & Climate Change Adaptation - A Quarterly Update of Activities - Issue 5

Author(s):
UNDP
Year:
February 2011
Volume:
Issue No. 5
Pages:
4
Summary:

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released the fifth issue of its Climate Change Adaptation Bulletin, a quarterly publication that provides an overview of the technical assistance to countries at the national, sub-national and community-levels.

Funding Source:
Adaptation Fund
GEF-LDCF
GEF-SCCF
GEF-SPA
Government of Japan
SDC
Other

(Ressources de Formation) Infrastructures Résistantes au Changement Climatique : Considérations Conceptuelles et Actions Recommandées (Français)

Summary:

Le PNUD, en collaboration avec Coastal Zone Management, a produit et mis en forme les ressources de formation sur infrastructures résistantes au changement climatique.

(Materiales de capacitación) Aumentando la resistencia ante el clima en la infraestructura: Consideraciones conceptuales y acciones recomendadas (Español)

Summary:

El PNUD, en colaboración con Coastal Zone Management, ha producido y empacado los materiales de capacitación sobre aumentando la resistencia ante el clima en la infraestructura. Estos materiales incluyan un diapositivas y una guía complementaria de recursos.

(Training Materials) Climate-Proofing Infrastructure: Conceptual Considerations and Recommended Actions (English)

Summary:

UNDP, in collaboration with Coastal Zone Management, has produced a package of training materials on climate proofing infrastructure. These materials include a training video, presentation slides and an Introductory and Supplementary Resource Guide.

Incorporating Weather Index Insurance with Territorial Approaches to Climate Change (TACC) in Northern Peru

Author(s):
Grant Cavanaugh, Benjamin Collier, and Jerry Skees
Year:
2010
Summary:

Extreme El Niño flooding events occur on a regular basis in northern Peru, particularly in Piura. Even with advanced warning, poor households struggle to manage a risk as large as that posed by El Niño flooding; they lose their productive assets that defined their livelihoods, and as a result endure unrecoverable economic hardship.

Adaptation Fund: Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Climate Finance Mechanisms

Author(s):
Erich Vogt and Stacy Alboher
Year:
2010
Publisher:
UNDP
Summary:

"Established at the 13 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2007, the Adaptation Fund was set up to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change....