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Risk insurance can provide an effective means of catastrophic risk reduction and climate change adaptation in developing countries. Case studies from within and outside the Asia-Pacific region provide valuable lessons, which could be used for promoting risk insurance for future climate regimes. Issues such as high basis risk, lack of qualified...

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This presentation introduces the APN and APAN projects on training needs assessment and developing training modules, principles and processes involved, tools employed and outputs. Relevant for anybody wanting to embark upon capacity building. Advised to refer to this report in conjunction with this presentation: Training needs assessment report...

Remarks: 「クライメート・エッジ」は、気候変動問題を巡る国際交渉の動向や研究成果等、最新の情報を紹介し、官公庁、研究者・学会、マスコミ向けに発行しているIGES気候変動とエネルギー領域のニュースレターです。 気候変動対策の国際交渉や研究に関する旬な話題、日本国内やアジア各国の気候変動およびエネルギー政策の制度設計や将来への展望についてのエッジをきかせた提言、アジア地域を含む主要国の気候変動およびエネルギー政策に関する最新の動きや専門家からの特別寄稿も織り込んでいます。

This lecture along with a class exercise was designed to introduce the Seminar students to the intricacies involved in adaptation decision making at global and local scales and to come up with an architecture of solutions for a given scenario in the future. The session starts with a lecture followed by group discussion by students to derive an...

The recent extreme shocks, originating from both climatic and non-climatic factors, have unearthed several hidden vulnerabilities that cities are characterized by emphasizing that these vulnerabilities need to be addressed for comprehensive risk reduction. This presentation shows the evidence from food security and livelihood related impacts of...

Keeping in view the various pressures operating on water resources, this chapter elicits various tools for prioritizing adaptation actions within water sector, evaluates different adaptation options including structural and non-structural adaptation and identify barriers that could undermine the rapid expansion of these adaptation options. Managing...

The international community has progressively reached at a consensus that there will be residual impacts associated with climate change despite implementing adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation and that there is a need to address these impacts in research and development efforts. Recognizing the importance of loss and damage, the COP18 that met...