Biblioteca

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of priority country briefs.

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in Vietnam. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of priority country briefs.

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in The Philippines. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of priority country briefs.

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of priority country briefs.

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in Vanuatu. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of priority country briefs.

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in Sri Lanka. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of priority country briefs.

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in Papua New Guinea. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of priority country briefs.

This technical document includes a country profile synthesizing the most relevant data and information for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in the Solomon Islands. It is designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and operations. This profile is part of a series of 31 priority country briefs.

This policy document sets out 10 core principles to guide International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)’s support for clients in environment and natural resource management (ENRM). The principles include both the core issues to be addressed and suggested approaches. In summary, IFAD will: 1) scale up multiple benefit landscape approaches; 2) strengthen governance of natural assets; 3) promote valuation of the national environment; 4) build smallholder resilience; 5) promote green innovative financing; 6) promote a climate smart IFAD; 7) promote value chains to drive green growth; 8) promote gender and indigenous peoples; 9) promote livelihood diversification; 10) reduce IFAD’s environmental footprint.

This analytical report provides a summary of the third workshop to further the understanding of the diversity of nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties, underlying assumptions, and any support needed for implementation of these actions. The workshop was held in Bonn, Germany, on 18 May 2012, during the first part of the fifteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention. The workshop addressed, through presentations, subsequent question and answer sessions and general discussion, the following issues: the diversity of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs); their underlying assumptions; methodologies, sectors and gases covered; the global warming potential value used; the support needed for NAMA implementation; and the estimated mitigation outcomes.

This analytical report provides a summary of the third workshop to further the understanding of the diversity of nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties, underlying assumptions, and any support needed for implementation of these actions. The workshop was held in Bonn, Germany, on 18 May 2012, during the first part of the fifteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention. The workshop addressed, through presentations, subsequent question and answer sessions and general discussion, the following issues: the diversity of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs); their underlying assumptions; methodologies, sectors and gases covered; the global warming potential value used; the support needed for NAMA implementation; and the estimated mitigation outcomes.

This activity report provides a summary of the third workshop on quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets by developed country Parties. The workshop was held in Bonn, Germany, on 17 May 2012, during the first part of the fifteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention. It addressed, through presentations, subsequent question and answer sessions and a general discussion, the following issues: clarification of the nature and level of the targets communicated by developed country Parties; assumptions and conditions associated with the targets; commonalities and differences of approach in measuring the progress towards the targets; comparability of emission reduction efforts by developed country Parties, and options and ways to increase the level of ambition of the pledges; relevant policies and measures to support the targets, and experience with low-emission development strategies; and possible ways forward.

This technical document addresses the question: what really is different about ‘climate-smart’ smallholder agriculture that goes beyond regular best practice in development? It suggests three major changes: 1) project and policy preparation need to reflect higher risks, where vulnerability assessments and greater use of climate scenario modelling are combined with a better understanding of interconnections between smallholder farming and wider landscapes; 2) this deeper appreciation of interconnected risks should drive a major scaling up of successful ‘multiple-benefit’ approaches to sustainable agricultural intensification by smallholder farmers; 3) climate change and fiscal austerity are reshaping the architecture of public international development finance. This calls for: (i) new efforts to enable smallholder farmers to become significant beneficiaries of climate finance and (ii) better ways to achieve and then measure a wider range of multiple benefits beyond traditional poverty and yield impacts.

This analytical report presents a set of grassroots women’s development innovations that build community resilience, including to disasters and climate change. Part I presents a framework through which to view grassroots women’s resilience building activities, illustrating the multiple entry points through which grassroots women approach resilience-building. Part II presents select case studies of resilience-building strategies led by grassroots women’s organizations.

This technical document explores the implications of climate change, its impacts on the world of work and the need for the work of the International Labour Office (ILO) to adapt to it. It takes stock of the relevant ongoing work and identifies the needs for further development.

This training module is the third of a series of modules on gender and climate change for a range of practitioners and policy makers in Africa. It provides basic information and learning tools needed to understand, advocate and influence climate change polices at the regional, national, and community levels so that they integrate gender perspectives. In particular it focuses on gender and energy, and covers the following themes: gender-differentiated aspects of rural energy production, use and distribution in Africa; climate stress on the energy sector and the gendered results of these changes; and the need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in energy policy and the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies.

This training module is the fourth of a series of modules on gender and climate change for a range of practitioners and policy makers in Africa. It provides basic information and learning tools needed to understand, advocate and influence climate change polices at the regional, national, and community levels so that they integrate gender perspectives. In particular it focuses on gender, agriculture and food security, and covers the following themes: the different roles of men and women in agriculture and food security in Africa; climatic stresses on agricultural production, and food and nutritional security and the gender dimensions of these stresses; and the need and options for integrating gender perspectives in agricultural and food security policies. 

This training module is the second of a series of modules on gender and climate change for a range of practitioners and policy makers in Africa. It provides basic information and learning tools needed to understand, advocate and influence climate change polices at the regional, national, and community levels so that they integrate gender perspectives. In particular it focuses on climate change adaptation, both planning and financing, and covers the following themes: gender-differentiated impact of climate change in Africa; gender-differentiated impact of adaptation planning and financing; and need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in adaptation responses.

This training module is the first of a series of modules on gender and climate change for a range of practitioners and policy makers in Africa. It provides basic information and learning tools needed to understand and advocate for the integration of gender perspectives into regional, national, and community-level climate change initiatives. It covers the following topics: effects of climate change in Africa; basic facts on gender equality; gender-differentiated impacts of climate change; need and options for gender-sensitive responses to climate change.

This analytical report aims to help policymakers and their advisors wishing to initiate or develop policies promoting energy efficiency in buildings to assess the most efficient mix of policy measures for a given environment as well as to design new initiatives. In particular, chapter I presents and discusses international experience with policies and measures to promote energy efficiency in buildings and chapter II offers some guidelines for future initiatives on prioritising targets, choosing types of policies, and designing mechanisms. The report focuses on the building itself, its envelope, and major equipment for space conditioning (i.e., heating and cooling) and ventilation.