Although the challenge of climate change is universal, the ability to effectively mitigate climate change and cope with its effects is not. Many of the world’s developing countries have seriously limited capacities to plan and implement adequate climate policies and actions, and these countries “cannot mitigate or adapt to climate change without first having the capacity to do so.”1 Implementation …
Climate change induced loss and damage in Pakistan:
An investigation of Impacts on Society and the Economy
This paper aims to raise awareness about Loss and Damage (L&D) and ignite conversation about how Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Loss & Damage (L&D) can be linked in order to ensure more sustainable strategies for building resilience in Pakistan. Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: …
Impact of climate change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will define the priorities of the UN’s development agenda beyond 2015. But the reality of climate change impacts will render these aspirational goals almost impossibly challenging for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) unless the current level of ambition in development and climate action is urgently increased. This briefing summarises our analysis of the projected impacts …
Loss and Damage in INDCs
An investigation of Parties’ statements on L&D and prospects for its inclusion in a Paris Agreement
This paper discusses individual nations’ experiences with Loss and Damage (L&D), their plans to respond, and their calls for international support, as expressed in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). It also considers the developed-developing nation divide that persists in support for addressing loss and damage within the COP and the importance of including L&D in a Paris agreement. Example …
The Green Climate Fund accreditation process: barrier or opportunity?
As the largest pot of climate funding available to developing countries, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) holds huge promise. As it enters into operation, national institutions, including government, can apply to access GCF’s resources ‘directly’. But the rigorous accreditation process appears a barrier to many, which coupled with unclear benefits is likely to undermine the zeal for direct access in …
Defining Loss and Damage: Key challenges and considerations for developing an operational definition
The idea of support for vulnerable countries that experience loss and damage (L&D) from climate change is nothing new, and countries have been proposing such an arrangement from the beginning of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. Pressure to institutionalize a UNFCCC mechanism on L&D has increased in response to the shortcomings of mitigation policy and the …
Urban climate change resilience: Role of multi-stakeholder collaboration
An improved multi-stakeholder collaboration in the water and sanitation sector can contribute towards urban climate resilience in the Dhaka city. But how can the stakeholders come forward to improve the present situation or how the multi-stakeholder collaboration can work? At present, the slums of Dhaka are developing in haphazard manner with increasing number of rural migrants. A good number of …
A brief overview of Community-Based Adaptation
Many consider Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to be a ‘vital approach to the threat climate change poses to the poor.’1 However, no concise yet comprehensive overview of CBA exists. This briefing paper seeks to fill that gap by providing an overview of CBA, its core principles and challenges. Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF …
What does the IPCC say about Bangladesh? – ICCCAD Briefing
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific body established to provide a scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its impacts. The IPCC was first established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The IPCC is the leading international body for the assessment of …
Mainstreaming and Decentralizing Climate Change Adaptation Finance
We already live in a climate changed world. Such is the conclusion reached by the IPCC AR4 and the latest findings of Working Group I of the AR5. The impacts are manifest already in different parts of the world in varying degrees of sea level rise and greater frequency and severity of climate disasters. The LDCs are particularly vulnerable to …