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Adaptation & Resilience
Development
Finance
Global Issues
04 January, 2019

Understanding and Increasing Finance for Climate Adaptation in Developing Countries

Valerio Micale, Bella Tonkonogy and Federico Mazza
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The frequency and magnitude of natural hazards triggered by climate change has been increasing globally. However, current investments in adaptation constitute only a fraction of what is needed to avoid costly and catastrophic future impacts.This report explores the current state of finance for climate adaptation and proposes practical, near term solutions to both fill in knowledge gaps and to increase investment.

 

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Global Issues
20 December, 2018

Will climate adaptation move us toward peace?

Christie Nicoson, Uppsala University

Climate adaptation has been praised for its potential for contributing to peace. It is highlighted for the potential to remake systems and equip the world to better cope with the impacts of climate change. However, these remain hopeful claims until rigorous research is done on how this might take place and what type of peace we might expect to result from the implementation of climate adaptation.

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Blog: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
20 December, 2018

ECC Newsletter Edition 7/2018

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Paris is effective at COP24 in Katowice, Poland, but the negotiations lack symbolic success. Pakistan’s unprecedented climate impacts show that regional cooperation for managing shared waters is desperately needed. Luckily, a new study finds that water, often a source of instability, can also be a catalyst for peace. A major infrastructure project is underway across Latin America: the Bi-Oceanic Railway. The new V20-report points out climate risks and adaptation needs for the 20 most vulnerable countries.

Adaptation & Resilience
Cities
Civil Society
Climate Change
Global Issues
19 December, 2018

Disaster Lessons: Climate-Sensitive Planning is a Must

Lou del Bello

Responding to climate change has become more urgent than ever. Cooperation within communities is a precondition for urban resilience, as recurring heatwaves and hurricanes cannot be put down to chance any more. Lou del Bello argues that part of the response to disaster risks lies in digital communications, which will help build preparedness from the bottom up.

Adaptation & Resilience
Sub-Saharan Africa
South America
Central America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
Oceania & Pacific
Asia
19 December, 2018

The Vulnerable Twenty – From Climate Risks to Adaptation

Nikolas Scherer and Dennis Tänzler (adelphi)
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The so-called Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group was established in October 2015 with the inaugural meeting of the V20 Ministers of Finance at the Climate Vulnerable Forum in Lima, Peru. The V20 can be considered as an example of the importance of early action in the field of adaptation in order to initiate a transformative change towards resilient societies.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
19 December, 2018

International climate policy has once again gotten away with it

Dennis Tänzler, adelphi

Almost 200 states have agreed on measures to limit global warming in Katowice, Poland, after a two-week marathon of negotiations. The state representatives participating at the Conference of the Parties (COP24) agreed on a 156-page rulebook on Saturday night, listing measures and controls to limit the global rise in average temperatures to well below two degrees Celsius.

Climate Action Summit 2019

The United Nations Secretary-General will host a summit on climate change on 21-23 September 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York with the aim to mobilize political will and to demonstrate transformative action in the real economy in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019

The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019. The theme will be "Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality".

Bonn Climate Change Conference

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) will convene in Bonn, Germany, from 17-27 June 2019. The Bonn Climate Change conference will address numerous implementation issues under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
18 December, 2018

Emissions Gap Report 2018

UN Environment
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The annual UN Environment Emissions Gap Report presents an assessment of current national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement. 

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