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Resilience synergies in the post-2015 development agenda
(NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, Macmillan Publishers Limited., 2015-12-15)
Avoiding and reducing loss and damage associated with the impacts of climate change is an implicit goal within three high-profile international policy processes: the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 ...
Knowledge flows in climate change adaptation: exploring friction between scales
(Climate and Development, Taylor & Francis, 2014-11-14)
Effective mainstreaming of climate change adaptation (CCA) into related policy and development initiatives relies on comprehensive knowledge sharing between multiple stakeholders. In Bangladesh, community-based adaptation ...
Bangladesh and the Global Climate Debate
(CURRENT HISTORY, 2015-04-01)
The yearly international climate change negotiations, also known as Conferences
of Parties (COPs), are large and formidable affairs. Under the aegis of the United Nations Framework Convention on ...
Meaningful Measurement for Community-Based Adaptation
(New Directions for Evaluation,Wiley Online Library, 2015-09-01)
Evidence indicates ongoing tensions over effective climate change adaptation
measurement. Focusing on community-based adaptation (CBA), we stress that
some of these tensions stem from a lack of transparency around the ...
Commentary: Debt relief and financing of climate change action
(NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, Macmillan Publishers Limited., 2014-08-01)
Slow progress in scaling-up climate finance has emerged as a major bottleneck in international negotiations. Debt relief for climate finance swaps could provide an alternative source for financing mitigation and adaptation ...
Commentary: Loss and Damage
(NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, Macmillan Publishers Limited., 2013-11-01)
Loss and damage is a relative newcomer to the climate change agenda. It has the potential to reinvigorate existing mitigation and adaptation efforts, but this will ultimately require leadership from developed countries and ...
Mainstreaming community-based adaptation into national and local planning
(Climate and Development, Taylor & Francis, 2014-11-07)
Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change can be defined as ‘a community-led process, based on communities’ priorities, needs, knowledge, and capacities, which
should empower people to plan for and cope with the ...
Climate resilient planning in Bangladesh: a review of progress and early experiences of moving from planning to implementation
(Development in Practice, Routledge, 2014-08-01)
Bangladesh is one of the first least developed countries (LDCs) to develop a long-term climate change strategy, the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP). Two funds were set up after developing the ...
A people-centred perspective on climate change, environmental stress, and livelihood resilience in Bangladesh
(Sustain Sci (2016), 2016-06-11)
The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta enables Bangladesh to sustain a dense population, but it also exposes people to natural hazards. This article presents findings from the
Gibika project, which researches ...
Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change
(NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 2014-01-18)
The resilience concept requires greater attention to human livelihoods if it is to address the limits to adaptation strategies, and the development needs of the planet’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Although the ...