Mark New Keywords climate change adaptation climate science university of cape town Read more about Mark New Mark New is Pro-VC for Climate Change and Director of the African Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI) at the University of Cape Town. He is also Professor in Climate Science at the University of Oxford.
Challenges and Opportunities in Applying Financial Instruments to Loss and Damage Read more about Challenges and Opportunities in Applying Financial Instruments to Loss and Damage Risk financing mechanisms at local, national, regional, and global scales contribute to increasing resilience to climate extremes and climate variability, but involve major design challenges.
The Maldives: Climate Change as Existential Threat Read more about The Maldives: Climate Change as Existential Threat This presentation showcases good practices on climate change adaptation in Maldives.
Leadership for Adaptation in Albay, Philippines Read more about Leadership for Adaptation in Albay, Philippines This presentation showcase how the Philippine province of Albay successfully mitigated socio-economic impacts of calamities through disaster risk reduction on a zero casualty goal. It also presented comprehensive information on it various activities and provincial policies through effective implementation.
Climate Change Policies and Governance: Empowering the Most Vulnerable Read more about Climate Change Policies and Governance: Empowering the Most Vulnerable This presentation highlights the importance of utilizing the vulnerable countries’ and communities’ experience in the development of global solutions and policies.
Adaptation Through Resilience Strengthening Read more about Adaptation Through Resilience Strengthening This presentation explains the characteristics of climate change adaptation, and distinguishes between climate change mitigation and adaptation. It also explains how resilience plays an integral part in the decision making process to address climate change.
Creating and Sharing Knowledge on Community-Based Adaptation Read more about Creating and Sharing Knowledge on Community-Based Adaptation This presentation explains the top-down approach of community-based adaptation and why local community good practices are at the center of the approach.
Leadership in Action: The Albay, Philippine Experience Read more about Leadership in Action: The Albay, Philippine Experience This presentation discusses the experience of Albay province in the Philippines in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation. It highlights the crucial role of leadership in making DRR efforts effective.
Innovative Strategies for Development Summit 2016 Read more about Innovative Strategies for Development Summit 2016 Innovative Strategies for Development Summit (ISDS) gathered a diverse set of stakeholders and participants to discuss, debate, and develop new strategies related to the use of technological innovations in order to achieve several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as in education, employment and entrepreneurship, sustainable agriculture, universal healthcare, smart cities, and connectivity.
Climate-Proofing Timor-Leste's Roads Read more about Climate-Proofing Timor-Leste's Roads A pilot project has taught Timor-Leste and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that climate change risks should logically be considered during rehabilitation when climatic changes impact roads to the point that their closure or threatened disappearance becomes commonplace.