Insurance For Climate Adaptation: Opportunities And Limitations
Informing the Global Commission on Adaptation’s flagship report for the UN Cimate Action Summit, a new report has been published on “Insurance for Climate Adaptation: Opportunities And Limitations”. Its content elaborates on climate and disaster risk insurance, its role, its making and recommendations.
Steering International Adaptation Finance Towards the Local Level
The provision of climate finance, especially for adaptation needs in vulnerable and local communities, is considered a key element and political goal in the international climate change space. In this paper, several key challenges and potential solutions for channeling money from the international to the local level have been identified and analysed.
Defining Adaptation – and Distinguishing It From Other Development Investments
How can we distinguish an adaptation project from a regular development project and what exactly is the additionality of adaptation? This question is often raised by ministries, funding institutions and development practitioners.
The Relation Between Climate Change Adaptation & Coastal Protection Planning in the Mekong Delta – The Role of Climate Services for the Decision Support System to Avoid Loss & Damage and Minimize Future Costs
This essay elaborates on the role of tailor made Climate Services for decision-making advice for coastal infrastructure planning and how Climate Services can be incorporated into the DST handled by the Vietnamese Government.
Assessment of Climate Service Providers Capabilities in Brazil
The Assessment of Climate Service Providers Capabilities in Brazil has been conducted as part of the baseline asssessment for the Climate Service for Infrastructure Investment (CSI) project. It demonstrates that a diverse set of stakeholders exist that provides Climate Services for different sectors and decision making context. The report is in Portuguese.
Adaptation to Climate Change: Promising Ways to Tackle Climate Risks
This paper describes the German approach and contribution to climate change adaptation in developing countries. It addresses topics such as adaptation finance, private sector adaptation and innovative climate risk finance solutions.
Rendre efficace l’adaptation fondée sur les écosystèmes – Un cadre pour définir critères de qualification et normes de qualité
Le présent document fournit un cadre d’évaluation pratique pour concevoir, mettre en œuvre et assurer le suivi des mesures d’EbA à travers un ensemble de trois éléments, cinq critères de qualification et vingt normes de qualité et indicateurs types.
Hacer que la adaptación basada en ecosistemas sea eficaz – Un marco para definir criterios de cualificación y estándares de calidad
El presente documento brinda un marco práctico de evaluación para diseñar, implementar y monitorear las medidas AbE, proponiendo un conjunto de 3 elementos, 5 criterios de cualificación y 20 estándares de calidad y ejemplos de indicadores.
Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation Effective – A Framework for Defining Qualification Criteria and Quality Standards (technical paper)
The paper was jointly developed by GIZ, IUCN and IIED together with active support from Friends of EbA (FEBA) members and the EbA Community of Practice.
Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks
The report analyzes how companies perceive, assess and manage climate change risks. It considers whether companies are taking advantage of the business opportunities arising from climate change and assesses common trends and factors affecting private sector adaptation.