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It also highlights the development of a participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tool for community-based adaptation (CBA) by the ARCAB partnership, which has been scaled up to Somalia and Ethiopia. Additionally, it mentions research on climate-induced displacement in Bangladesh conducted by the University of Sussex and the University of Bangladesh.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000372#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Government of Bangladesh, supported by CDKN, has played a leading role in advancing the issue of Loss and Damage within UNFCCC negotiations, contributing to the inclusion of the term in an international legal document and securing funding pledges from industrialised countries at COP 18.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000372#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Action-Research on Community Based Adaptation Bangladesh' (ARCAB) project developed a participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tool for community adaptation initiatives. This tool has been adopted internationally, specifically by Save the Children for projects in Somalia, Somaliland, and Ethiopia, and is used by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in its logical framework.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000372#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"CDKN is facilitating research on climate-induced migration in Bangladesh through a partnership between the University of Sussex and the University of Bangladesh to analyze the impact of climate change on human displacement and review existing policy frameworks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000372#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["loss and damage","Community based adaptation","climate migration","United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change","climate finance","Low carbon development"],"geography_discussed":["Somalia","Ethiopia","Africa","Latin America","Asia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["project summary","policy advocacy"]},{"id":"sei-000398","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-000398","title":"Current knowledge of the impacts of ozone on food crops in South Asia","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2012-08-31","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/publications/current-knowledge-of-the-impacts-of-ozone-on-food-crops-in-south-asia/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document highlights that rapid industrialization and economic growth in Asia have led to higher ozone precursor emissions and concentrations. 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In Asia, while the increase in extremes over the next two to three decades may be small compared to annual variations, the effect of climate change will become increasingly significant as impacts become more dramatic.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000459#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Observed trends since the 1950s show a likely increase in warm days and warm nights across North, Central, East, and Southeast Asia, and a very likely increase in warm days in Western Asia. Heavy precipitation trends vary spatially, with an increase noted in some regions of North Asia and East Asia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000459#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Projections for 2071-2100 suggest a likely increase in warm days, warm nights, and the frequency or length of heat waves and warm spells across almost all Asian sub-regions. 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