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Monitoring and Evaluation for Climate Adaptation Initiatives: Lessons from the Philippines

August 29, 2019

Owen Scott

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Increasingly, cities are taking control of assessing local risks associated with climate change and implementing adaptation activities to build the...

Keywords:

adaptation, clean energy, Climate Risk Management, coastal, Monitoring & Evaluation, resilience, urban

Geography:

Asia

Bridging the gap to improve integration of climate information and health programming

July 31, 2019

Fernanda Zermoglio

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Changes in the frequency, location, and severity of climate impacts are placing more people at risk from health-related hazards such as reduced air...

Keywords:

adaptation, Climate Risk Management, health, resilience, weather & climate services

Geography:

Global

Woman hangs mosquito net in her house, Kenya.

Shifting Burdens: Malaria risks in a hotter Africa

June 12, 2019

Fernanda Zermoglio

Sadie J. Ryan

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Malaria is a treatable and preventable disease, yet malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, or about 3000 children every day . Nearly 92 percent of...

Keywords:

adaptation, Climate Risk Management, health, resilience

Geography:

Africa

Water Security in an Uncertain Future: Enhancing Water Resources Management and Planning by Reducing Climate- and Weather- Related Risks

May 20, 2019

Basil Mahayni

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Water security is integral to the health and sustainability of our communities and ecosystems. Achieving water security, however, is challenging for...

Keywords:

adaptation, biodiversity, Climate Risk Management, resilience, vulnerability assessment, water

Geography:

Latin America & Caribbean, Africa

Indian Red Cross Society gives out water in Bhubaneswar city.

Understanding and Addressing the Risks of Extreme Heat on Human Health

May 1, 2019

Joslin Isaacson

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Extreme heat is often referred to as a “silent killer.” Its impacts are not starkly visible like the destruction caused by a flood or hurricane, but...

Keywords:

adaptation, climate change integration, health, resilience, urban, weather & climate services

Feb. 21st ACM speakers address the audience.

A Read Out from USAID’s CEADIR Activity: Building Climate Resilience through Successful Approaches to Planning and Financing

April 9, 2019

Lorine Giangola

Eric L. Hyman

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Since mid-2014, the USAID-funded Climate Economic Analysis for Development, Investment and Resilience (CEADIR) Activity has provided technical...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, climate finance, private-sector engagement

Women washing clothes in a river, Nigeria.

Translating Research to Action: Global Fragility and Climate Risks

March 19, 2019

Ashley McIlvain Moran

Blog Post

At the February 7 Adaptation Community Meeting , Ashley Moran from the University of Texas at Austin presented the findings from a global USAID study...

Keywords:

adaptation, Climate Risk Management, conflict, governance

USAID/Rwanda agriculture extension personnel in the field

Can CIS Serve African Farmers’ Context-Specific Needs, at Scale?

February 12, 2019

Isabela Barriga

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Face-to-face participatory processes, merging weather station observations with satellite data, and bridging the supply and demand side of climate...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, climate change integration, food security, infrastructure, resilience, weather & climate services

Geography:

Africa

Broadening the Climate Adaptation Toolkit: Lessons from Social and Behavior Change

November 19, 2018

Veronique Lee

Blog Post

While awareness of the challenges around climate variability is on the rise, adoption of adaptive practices and behaviors by many communities has...

Keywords:

adaptation, biodiversity, health, resilience

An infrastructure worker takes notes while standing near a water delivery system during an Operations and Maintenance Training Project in Jordan.

A practical pathway for climate resilient infrastructure: removing barriers to design, finance, and construction

October 26, 2018

Joslin Isaacson

Blog Post

Rising temperatures and more frequent and extreme climate events, such as flooding and drought, are compromising existing infrastructure. At the same...

Keywords:

adaptation, climate screening, infrastructure, resilience

Managing for Climate Risk

July 20, 2018

Hailey Keuck

Blog Post

A changing and more variable climate —threatens to undermine development interventions or investments to improve the lives and livelihoods of...

Keywords:

adaptation, Climate Risk Management, climate screening, development donors

Geography:

Global

Methodologies to Promote Gender-Responsive Climate Resilience

June 15, 2018

Joslin Isaacson

Blog Post

Work is underway to identify areas where climate vulnerability, fragility and gender inequality overlap. Using desk research and technical mapping of...

Keywords:

adaptation, gender, governance

Geography:

Global

Building Resilience at Multiple Scales: Lessons from Nepal

March 5, 2018

Hailey Keuck

Blog Post

Unpredictable monsoons and increasing heavy rainfall events and droughts are wreaking havoc across communities and ecosystems in Nepal. Heavy...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, disaster, ecosystems, forest/forestry, governance, mitigation, sustainable landscapes, water

Geography:

Asia

Relationship-building Key to Reducing Conflict over Water and Grazing in Ethiopia

January 26, 2018

Erin Martin

Blog Post

Motivated by more frequent droughts that have eroded their livelihoods and intensified food insecurity, competing groups of pastoralists in one area...

Keywords:

adaptation, conflict, disaster

Geography:

Africa

Children gather at a cistern in Kananga, in the Leyte Province of the Philippines

Report from the Philippines: Building Climate Resilient Communities and Long-Term Water Security

December 8, 2017

Erin Martin

Blog Post

Water supply and sanitation systems have withstood three strong typhoons in facilities rebuilt after Haiyan, the typhoon that hit the Philippines in...

Keywords:

adaptation, climate change integration, infrastructure, resilience, water

Geography:

Asia

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Monitoring and Evaluation for Climate Adaptation Initiatives: Lessons from the Philippines

Bridging the gap to improve integration of climate information and health programming

Shifting Burdens: Malaria risks in a hotter Africa

Water Security in an Uncertain Future: Enhancing Water Resources Management and Planning by Reducing Climate- and Weather- Related Risks

Understanding and Addressing the Risks of Extreme Heat on Human Health

A Read Out from USAID’s CEADIR Activity: Building Climate Resilience through Successful Approaches to Planning and Financing

Translating Research to Action: Global Fragility and Climate Risks

Can CIS Serve African Farmers’ Context-Specific Needs, at Scale?

Broadening the Climate Adaptation Toolkit: Lessons from Social and Behavior Change

A practical pathway for climate resilient infrastructure: removing barriers to design, finance, and construction

Managing for Climate Risk

Methodologies to Promote Gender-Responsive Climate Resilience

Building Resilience at Multiple Scales: Lessons from Nepal

Relationship-building Key to Reducing Conflict over Water and Grazing in Ethiopia

Report from the Philippines: Building Climate Resilient Communities and Long-Term Water Security

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