Adaptation

The governance of adaptation financing: pursuing legitimacy at multiple levels

Journal article / This paper aims to assess how climate change adaptation funds have been legitimized – that is, how they have been justified and made acceptable.

22 February 2017 / About Adaptation and Finance

In the search for food security, how can African scientists make themselves heard?

Feature / Large parts of the Horn of Africa are in the midst of a drought and 15 million people are facing food and water shortages. In Kenya 1,3 million need food relief

16 February 2017 / About Adaptation, Food and agriculture and Public policy

To what extent are land resource managers preparing for high-end climate change in Scotland?

Journal article

6 February 2017 / About Adaptation and Land use

Broader, ubiquitous, ambiguous: What does mainstreaming adaptation mean, and when is it appropriate?

SEI brief

2 February 2017 / About Adaptation and Climate policy

Members of a fishing community in Cambodia

Both research for adaptation and research on adaptation are needed to inform society’s response to climate change impacts

SEI brief

1 February 2017 / About Adaptation

Are adaptations self-organized, autonomous, and harmonious? Assessing the social–ecological resilience literature

Journal article

31 January 2017 / About Adaptation and Ecosystems

Two fishermen put out a net to catch reef fish in Fumato’o, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands.

Analysis shows how climate finance to Pacific Islands varies across countries

Feature / In 2010–2014, a total of US$748 million in official development assistance focused on responding to climate change flowed to the 15 nations, mainly bilaterally.

30 January 2017 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation

Climate change and hydropower in the Southern African Power Pool and Zambezi River Basin: System-wide impacts and policy implications

Journal article

23 January 2017 / About Adaptation, Fossil fuels and Water-energy-food nexus

Why data access matters: the NDC Explorer reveals new insights on national climate action plans

Perspective / A new interactive tool shows how countries address priorities in their nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement.

19 January 2017 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation