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European Topic Centre on Climate Change Adaptation and LULUCF (ETC CA)

Project / A consortium of 16 European organisations supports the European Environment Agency on topics around climate change adaptation and LULUCF.

2022 - 2026 / About Adaptation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Person transporting tall stack of firewood by bicycle down mountain pass, Zomba, Malawi

Energy access and the ultra-poor: Do unconditional social cash transfers close the energy access gap in Malawi?

Journal article / This article explores the relationship between poverty and energy access in Malawi and whether unconditional social cash transfers help close the energy gap.

4 January 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Household energy, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Europe’s cross-border trade, human security and financial connections: A climate risk perspective

Journal article / A large-scale literature and data review to explore the potential climate impact transmission pathways between the EU and other world regions.

23 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains

Nyayo Gardens Park, Nakuru, Kenya provides shade and respite to workers and local residents

Assessing inequalities in wellbeing at a neighbourhood scale in low-middle-income-country secondary cities and their implications for long-term livability

Journal article / This article describes a mixed methods approach to understand inequalities in urban wellbeing in two rapidly changing cities in Kenya and Thailand.

10 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

Tibetan prayer flags on glacier on mountain top with higher peaks in background and large clouds under blue sky, Langtang National Park, Himalayas, Nepal

Glacial lake outburst floods: A shared risk across the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Feature / When glacial lakes breach their moraine dams, huge amounts of water are released, with devastating impacts across regions.

10 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk and Mitigation

Close-up photography of corn stalks, Canada, 2019

How corn links Jamaica’s food supply to climate change in the US Midwest

Feature / How will Jamaica's high dependency on maize from the American Midwest affect both the economy and food security in a changing climate?

9 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Business, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Mitigation and Supply chains

Climate finance needs to acknowledge the unmitigated debt crisis

Perspective / SEI's Zoha Shawoo outlines three key opportunities for climate finance negotiators at COP26 to start grappling with the debt crisis of developing countries.

2 November 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance, Geopolitics and Participation

Ravaged community following typhoon, Tacloban, Eastern Visayas, Philippines

Designing a fair and feasible loss and damage finance mechanism

SEI brief / Financial support for countries that bear disproportionate effects of climate change has stalled for years. COP26 must spur real progress, researchers argue.

27 October 2021 / About Finance

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Five ways climate adaptation finance falls short in Africa

SEI brief / Climate finance for adaptation in Africa falls short in five ways outlined in this fact sheet based on a Climate Policy journal article.

11 October 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation