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Urbanization and Climate Change in Small Island Developing States
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): UN-HABITAT
Date: Jul 2021
Location: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans and the Caribbean, Mediterranean and South China seas)

This document can also be found on the official website of the United Nations: https://sdgs.un.org.The purpose of this briefing paper is to provide a...

Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): World Bank
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

Th is study analyzes the key challenges facing the urban poor, given the risks
associated with climate change and disasters, particularly with regard to the
delivery of basic services...

Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): World Bank Publications
Date: Sep 2023
Location: Global - Multiple countries

This Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions is a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world. It includes practical guidance for...

ADB and the Climate Investment Funds: Climate Change Innovation and...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Asian Development Bank
Date: Jul 2021
Location: Asia and the Pacific

This document can also be found on the official website of: www.climateinvestmentfunds.org. This document presents ADB’s experience in...

Guide to climate change adaptation in cities
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
Date: Jul 2021
Location: All

This document can also be found on the official website of the World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/...

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): UN
Date: Oct 2022
Location: Worldwide

The world is at a breaking point. Conflicts are lasting ever longer and human rights are routinely and systematically violated. Climate-related disasters are growing in frequency and intensity....

For People and Planet
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): United Nations Environment Programme
Date: Oct 2022
Location: Worldwide

UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy for 2022—2025, and the programme and work and budget for 2022–2023, focus on responding to three planetary crises - climate change, biodiversity and nature loss,...

WUI Fire Evacuation and Sheltering Considerations: Assessment,...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce
Date: Sep 2023
Location: United States

This report uses lessons learned to establish a methodology for use by Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities when developing notification and evaluation plans. It enables the integration of...