FACT SHEET

This fact sheet describes weADAPT, a collaborative platform launched in June 2007 to support climate adaptation through knowledge sharing, innovative tools, and data. The initiative is funded by UNEP and UNITAR and involves a network of partners including the Stockholm Environment Institute and the University of Cape Town.

• The weADAPT platform is designed to pool expertise from various organisations to provide guidance on climate adaptation science and practice, viewing adaptation as a "process of context-specific social learning."
• A review of over 30 websites by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), conducted as part of an OECD Task Team effort, identified weADAPT as one of three web-based resources with the highest potential for supporting knowledge sharing on adaptation for decision-makers and development cooperation practitioners.
• wikiADAPT serves as a collaborative component of the platform for learning and exchange, focusing on core themes such as communication, decision screening, and framing adaptation, while sharing experiences of what has worked well or poorly in adaptation projects.
• The Climate Change Explorer Tool, a collaboration led by AWhere Inc. and the University of Cape Town CSAG, allows users to analyse and visualise climate data. It uses an "envelope analysis" of multiple models to define a range of plausible futures rather than relying on a single model.
• Climate data provided by the tool is empirically downscaled to the local level by the University of Cape Town's Climate Systems Analysis Group. This data, including temperature and rainfall, is currently available for stations across Asia and Africa, with plans to expand to other global regions.

APA

Chiang, K. K., & Smith, B. (2008). FACT SHEET. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/weadapt081124.pdf

Chicago

Chiang, Kai Kim, and Ben Smith. FACT SHEET. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2008. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/weadapt081124.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |last1=Chiang |first1=Kai Kim |last2=Smith |first2=Ben |title=FACT SHEET |publisher=Stockholm Environment Institute |date=2008 |url=https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/weadapt081124.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{chiang2008fact, author = {Chiang, Kai Kim and Smith, Ben}, title = {{FACT SHEET}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2008}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/weadapt081124.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }