This infographic shows how more frequent and intense droughts and floods affect the most vulnerable households at risk of hunger, and what World Food Programme is doing to help people adapt and build resilience to climate change.
Organization: WFP
Theme: Other
Topic: Agriculture and Food, Environment
Type of material: Audio-Visual Resource
Publication date: 2015
Language: English, Spanish, French
This guidance document shows how to apply the concept of ‘climate resilience’ in an International Fund for Aricultural Development supported investment project and how to measure it. It is a tool for t staff and partners involved in investment projects with climate resilience objectives.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IFAD
Theme: Adaptation
Topic: Economic and Development Planning, Environment, Adaptation, Ecosystems
Type of material: Guidance Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This guidance document describes a range of multiple-benefit options for integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into interventions in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Most of the proposed measures have been proven time and again in practice to provide a range of benefits and increase the resilience of small-scale fishers and fish farmers, as well as the ecosystems on which they rely.
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Organization: IFAD
Theme: Adaptation
Topic: Agriculture and Food, Environment, Adaptation, Ecosystems, Mitigation
Type of material: Guidance Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This poster provides a window on the global future up to the 2080s, looking at how climate change may affect future vulnerability to food insecurity.
Download file: ENG
Organization: WFP, Met Office Hadley Centre
Theme: Adaptation
Topic: Agriculture and Food, Environment, Adaptation, Mitigation, COP23 List of UN Publications
Type of material: Audio-Visual Resource
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This activity report provides a review of the Bank’s operations in 2014 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank’s resources.
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Environment, Finance, Transport, Urban, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material: Activity Report
Publication date: 2015
Language: English, Spanish, French
This brief dentifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank investment’s for the tourism sector.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Environment, Tourism, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material: Other
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank investment’s for the transportation sector.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Environment, Transport, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material: Other
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank’s investments for the energy sector.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Energy, Environment, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material: Other
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank’s investments for the agriculture sector.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Agriculture and Food, Environment, Water, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material: Other
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This analytical document examines different aspects of vulnerability indexes to climate change, and emphasizes the importance of deriving vulnerability measures from sector-specific local studies.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Environment, Water, Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Governance – Territorial and Local
Type of material: Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This guidance document presents an overview of climate change issues and how it can potentially affect individuals’lifestyles.
Organization: IDB
Theme: Education
Topic: Education, Environment, Adaptation
Type of material: Guidance Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English, Spanish
This analytical document examines the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil to predict the potential impact of climate change.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, São Paulo University
Theme: Health
Topic: Environment, Health, Economic Analysis, Human Rights and Justice, Governance – Territorial and Local
Type of material: Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date: 2014
Language: English
This analytical document examines the literature of vulnerability indicators and explores their significance for effective adaptation to climate change using a selected sample of development projects from the Inter-American Development Bank.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Environment, Forestry, Water, Adaptation, Governance – General
Type of material: Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This analytical document examines the market constraints on the development of the agricultural insurance market in Colombia. The document also provides recommendations to fulfill its potential as a risk management tool in the country.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Agriculture and Food, Environment, Finance, Risk Reduction/Management, Governance – Territorial and Local
Type of material: Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into the Inter-American Development Bank’s investments for the water and sanitation sector.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Environment, Finance, Water, Adaptation, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material: Other
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This brief identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into Inter-American Development Bank’s investments for the urban infrastructure sector.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Other
Topic: Environment, Finance, Urban, Mitigation, Risk Reduction/Management, Financial Mechanisms
Type of material: Other
Publication date: 2015
This guidance document shows an initial portfolio of adaptation case studies to establish specific policies of adaptation to climate change with respect to impacts on water resources. The case studies are based on on-going Inter-American Development Bank activities in the Latin American region, and they are aiming at providing local information and analyses assisting the local water resources managers.
Organization: IDB
Theme: Adaptation
Topic: Environment, Water, Adaptation, Governance – Territorial and Local
Type of material: Guidance Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English, Spanish
This analytical document provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of Word Heritage sites to climate change impacts as well as the potential implications on global tourism. The report also examines the relationship between World Heritage and tourism, and how climate change is likely to exacerbate problems caused by unplanned tourism development and uncontrolled or poorly managed visitor access, as well as other threats and stresses.
Download file: ENG
Theme: Adaptation
Topic: Environment, Tourism, Adaptation, Mitigation, Governance – General
Type of material: Analytical-Technical Document
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
This guidance document seeks to encourage children and youth to use their creativity and energy to come up with feasible, sustainable, long-term strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Each set of lesson plans includes an introductory text about the topic that can serve as background material for the teacher or as a text for older students.
Download file: ENG
Organization: IDB
Theme: Education
Topic: Education, Environment, Children, Capacity Development
Type of material: Guidance Document
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
This activity report highlights the program’s progress and results during Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15). This year’s report showcases three focus areas in water: building resilience; helping service providers become more efficient and sustainable; and using integrated approaches to confront complexity.
Download file: ENG
Organization: WB
Theme: Adaptation
Topic: Environment, Finance, Water, Adaptation
Type of material: Activity Report
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
