The CCP Adaptation Initiative spent the 2007-2008 financial year creating such a sophisticated process, which incorporates learnings gained from the CCP program and the Department of Climate Change's Climate Change Impacts & Risk Management: A Guide for Business and Government.
Web-based Guidance on the Integration of Biodiversity within Adaptation Planning gathers information and tools from a number of relevant partners. Its purpose is to support Parties as they continue to integrate climate change impacts and response activities through their implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The list of things we need to think about which will be affected by climate change is endless. In this section we give you a few examples of how we will need to change the way we live in order to cope with changes to our climate.
The Earth's climate is changing. Rising global temperatures will bring changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather.
Across England and Wales we're focussing on how we can get ready to adapt to changes in our climate, highlighting the things we can all do to ensure that we are well prepared for the effects that climate change will bring.
Seminars were held in September 2008 in Edinburgh and Reading to provide a forum for active discussion of the institutional capacity of the UK to adapt to climate change, and to use the discussion to inform the direction and areas of detailed enquiry for the RCEP study "Adapting the UK to Climate Change". T
The CLIMPACTS Programme was initiated and created by IGCI and developed and implemented in collaboration with NIWA and AgResearch, Crop and Food Research, HortResearch, Landcare Research and SEMS, University of Auckland with funding from FRST-PGSF
Read the stories below to find out more about the Conservancy's exciting adaptation work around the world and find out why building nature's resilience to climate change is vital to reducing impacts on people and nature.
The National Agriculture and Climate Change Action Plan provides the overarching framework for climate change policy for Australian governments and the agricultural sector.
LGA Climate Change Strategy 2008-2012
The LGA Climate Change Strategy has now been finalised following Council feedback and LGA State Executive Committee endorsement.
The Pacific Regional Environment and Vulnerability Programme currently allocates NZ$6.5 million a year for regional programmes designed to protect and enhance the Pacific region's natural resource base for sustainable development and poverty elimination.
Physical impacts and adaptation
Scientists warn the expected impacts of climate change will include rising temperatures, sea level rise, changing rainfall patterns and increased storminess. Adaptation is the process of preparing for and adapting to the impact of these changes on our economy, environment, infrastructure and way of life, in order to minimise the risks and maximise the opportunities.
The EcoClimate Report: Climate change and agricultural production
New Zealand's climate is likely to change over this century in response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions. We need to know how those changes will affect land managers and primary production systems.
This programming site has been developed to provide guidance on preparing proposals on adaptation-related projects for submission to UNDP-GEF. The site is intended as a companion site to UNDP's intranet and UNDP/GEF's programming manual which outlines streamlined policies and procedures for submitting project proposals.
Climate change science is continually developing. In response, Auckland City Council is progressing initiatives to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.