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Climate
Change

is one of the greatest challenges of our time

People and states worldwide are already affected by its destructive impacts. Especially developing countries are vulnerable to global warming and its consequences. With the adoption of the Paris Agreement, its global goal on adaptation has been set as an indispensable component of climate action equal to mitigation.

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The impacts associated with slow onset processes (e.g. sea level rise, desertification) and extreme weather events (e.g. floods, cyclones, heatwaves) are increasasing in frequency and intensity, resulting in growing climate-related risks. This highlights the urgent need for Climate Risk Assessments (CRA) which help to identify solutions for an effective management of risks. The CRA-Method Search Engine “CRAMSE” aims to support practitioners in identifying Climate Risk Assessment methods that fit best for their specific interests.

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  • Agroecology aims at transforming agricultural and food systems towards climate resilience and adaptiveness in order to achieve food security for all. 
  • Urban Climate Resilience refers to the ability of an urban system – and its components – to absorb, adapt to, and recover from the various shocks and stresses exacerbated by climate change, while ensuring the well-being of its inhabitants. 
 
  • Private Sector & Adaptation responds to climate-related economical risks and seizes business opportunities in order to safeguard operations, to strategically create sustainable growth and to increase societal resilience. 
  • The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process aims to integrate adaptation into development planning and to reduce vulnerability to climate change. As the primary national planning process for adaptation, it can support the implementation of NDC adaptation goals. 
  • Mainstreaming of Adaptation systemically includes climate risk and adaptation considerations in decision-making and planning processes. 
  • Climate Services (CS) provide decision-makers with customized ready-to-use climate information and products (forecasts or historical trends) to effectively manage climate risk. 
  • Economics of Climate Adaptation considers the need to assess the economic impact of climate risks and to develop adaptation options that contribute to economic development and human well-being in a systemic way. 

Climate Change and Migration looks at how extreme weather events and gradual changes impact human mobility: migration, (disaster) displacement, as well as planned relocation.  

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) helps keeping track of the implementation of adaptation measures and assessing their effectiveness and outcomes. The Paris Agreement encourages “M&E and learning from adaptation plans, policies, programmes and actions” (Article 7.9d). 

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The publication on the program "Scaling Up Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Measures in Rural Latin America (EbA LAC)" shows the impacts, benefits, and results of scaling up the implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation measures as a strategy to improve community resilience and biodiversity conservation in the face of the impacts of climate change...
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La publicación sobre el programa "Escalando medidas de adaptación basada en ecosistemas en América Latina rural (EbA LAC)" muestra los impactos, beneficios y resultados del escalamiento en la implementación de medidas de adaptación basadas en ecosistemas como estrategia para mejorar la resiliencia de las comunidades y la conservación de la...
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Climate change is driving internal displacement and migration across West Africa, threatening livelihoods and exacerbating inequality. The HMCCC II Programme supports the ECOWAS Commission and partners in advancing inclusive, gender-responsive, and climate-resilient responses to human mobility, guided by evidence, collaboration, and a human rights-based approach....

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