29 Jun 2015
These standards were developed as a practical checklist to help local community leaders and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners ensure their risk reduction efforts are climate-smart and contribute to climate change adaptation, meaning that th...
Tags: Awareness material, Climate Change Adaptation
30 Mar 2015
The risk of a disaster can cause economic losses even before a disaster strikes. Investing in disaster resilience, therefore, can yield a ‘triple dividend’ by (1) avoiding losses when disasters strike; (2) unlocking development potential by stimu...
Tags: Awareness material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
21 Nov 2014
The Governments of Italy and Austria are implementing a wide range of energy and climate change related projects in 12 Pacific Island Countries with the overall goal of supporting sustainable development initiatives on islands. Six of these energy ef...
Tags: Video, Climate Change Adaptation