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This presentation was prepared as a part of the online courseware for the course on "Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Plans and Investments Toward Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development' organized by the Faculty of Management and development studies of University of the Philippines Open...

This is an online lecture delivered as a part of the training course on 'Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Plans and Investments Toward Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development' implemented by SEARCA. The 4-part lecture on agricultural insurance can be watched by accessing these links: Part 1...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in collaboration with Practical Action Nepal along with other research partners in the Gangetic Basin organized a workshop to share the proficiencies on the area of effective adaptation to climate change and develop guidelines. Likewise, to make the guidelines as wide as possible, the...

Here are some takeaway messages from our work on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) synergies of interventions. 1. There is an overwhelming agreement on and evidence for CCA and DRR synergies of DRR and CCA interventions respectively. CCA synergies were high when skill development and livelihood development activities...

There is a growing consensus among the development community that the insurance can provide an effective risk management tool for climatic and non-climatic disasters. Several insurance initiatives have been implemented at grassroots level for reducing the vulnerability of communities to disasters in most of the countries in Asia and the Pacific...

Agrarian and poor communities in general in the Asia-Pacific region are highly vulnerable to climate change. Effective reduction of vulnerabilities requires aligning sustainable development (SD), climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives. Insurance has been increasingly advocated as a risk management tool both by...

Agriculture is a major economic sector and a critical source of livelihood in many of the low and middle income countries in Asia and the Pacific region. However, this sector is subject to a very wide range of risks related to natural hazards, climate change and variability, pest and diseases. This study review literatures that focus on disaster...

This presentation introduces the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment Index (VCAI) developed for NABARD as a national implementation entity for implementing Adaptation Fund projects. The presentation takes the participants through the concept of vulnerability, literature related to related assessments and tools and distills necessary design...