Biodiversity
This case study describes restoration work in Bishop Wood - Identified priority target in local biodiversity planning, coupled with a need to alleviate flooding to Selby Dam.
Creating a resilient community refuge for flood events, UK
This case study describes how the community living in the village of Hoveringham identified an opportunity to increase resilience by improving their village hall so that it can be used as a flood refuge.
Vulnerable communities adapting to floods in Kenya
The changing climatic scenarios in the Lake Victoria basin, extreme climatic events including floods ravage the livelihoods of communities in Kano plains. In the past, long rains were mainly...
Mediation
Assessment of climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation requires a combination of generic and context-specific knowledge. Currently, the availability of such knowledge in Europe is...
Case Study: Tuscany
Tuscany is a very rural region, with an economy that is heavily dependent on agriculture, a sector that is highly sensitive to climate change, as highlighted in recent years by climate...
Adaptation Fund: reducing floods and droughts
Photo from http://www.adapcc.org
Status: ApprovedProject approved for funding by the Adaptation Fund Board, June 2010
Project descriptionNicaragua suffers...
Adaptation Fund: Reducing GLOF risks
Project approved for funding by the Adaptation Fund Board, June 2010
Project DescriptionAs glaciers retreat due to increasing temperatures glacial lakes start to...
Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
City of Alexandria coastline: Image ©Blueskyline.com
Impact of sea level rise in EgyptEgypt has a coastal zone of more than 3,500 km long and contains 40% of the...
Flooding
Bangladesh is located on a floodplain of three major rivers and their tributaries. One-fifth of the country is flooded every year, with up to two-thirds in extreme years, due to...
Sea Level and Infrastructure
A 1 m rise in sea level would inundate 18% of Bangladesh’s total land, directly threatening 11% of the country’s population. Impacts would be mostly around Dhaka and Khulna region....
Assessment
Led by the Environment Agency, the Thames Estuary 2100 project (TE2100) was established in 2002 with the aim of developing a long-term tidal flood risk...
ENDA Communities Matam Project
This project is concerned with enhancing food security in the context of the modification of floodplain functionality as a result of hydrological regime due to climate change, and changes in...
Adapting to Glacial Lake Outburst
A major proportion of Bhutan’s population is settled in fertile valleys along a number of river systems. When Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) occurs the lives and property of many...
Coastal community based adaptation in Bangladesh
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Adaptation contextMuch of Bangladesh, situated in the Ganges Delta, lies below 10m above sea level. As such, more than two- thirds of Bangladesh...
Video: Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in the Everest region
This programme focuses on the impact of climate change on the glacial ecosystem in the Himalayas and its people.
Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation
The National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) and the Initial National Communication (INC) established that a weak economy and widespread poverty in Bangladesh has...
Video: Glacial retreat in Nepal
Imja Tsho in 2004 (Source: WWF Nepal Programme)
Overview of the problemThe New Scientist magazine carried the article “Flooded Out – Retreating glaciers spell...
Scaling-up Early Warning Systems in Nepal (SEWIN)
Planning flood early warning systems in Nepal
Adaptation challengeNepal is prone to natural disasters, of which flood is the most damaging and recurring, mostly...
Business-focused adaptation: climate proofing agricultural infrastructure
Cambodia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, in particular due to the high dependence of its economy on climate-sensitive sectors, and...
Management of Flash Floods
The Himalayas are one of the youngest mountain ranges on earth and represent a high energy environment very much prone to natural disasters. High relief, steep slopes,...
Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Vietnam (CACC)
Location of communes who benefited from the CACC Project
Adaptation contextFollowing the 1999 flood, many international donors started assisting the Vietnam...
Helping Vietnam Improve Capacity for Disaster Risk Management
Vo Trung Kien/World Bank
Project overview The project has helped improve the disaster early-warning and forecasting capacity for the Southern hydrometeorology...
Building Community Resilience to Disasters in Upland Areas of Vietnam (BCRD)
The highland areas of Vietnam are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. This study describes a far-reaching prevention program in the Kon Tum province undertaken in 2007.
Reducing risk and building capacity in Bangkok
People row their belongings through a garbage-strewn flooded market. (Reuters/Sukree Sukplang)
Adaptation contextThailand's long coastline (a total of 2,615 km)...
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