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Iloilo City, Philippines, implemented a Participatory Housing and Urban Development project to protect vulnerable urban poor communities from flood risks. Through a partnership between the local government and the Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines Inc. (HPFPI), the city moved 1,250 households from flood-prone waterways to secure, within-city housing. The initiative replaced forced evictions with community-driven planning and innovative financing, including over 560 collective savings groups, and integrated urban poor representatives into city government boards for land use and disaster risk.

This case study describes the "Enhancing climate change adaptation in the North Coast and Nile Delta Regions in Egypt 2018-2025" project, co-financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. The project aims to mitigate coastal flooding risks caused by sea level rise and extreme storm events through physical infrastructure and strategic planning.

This briefing from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) emphasizes the necessity of localized climate data for policymakers and highlights two free online tools provided by the NGO Climate Central to map sea-level rise and coastal flood risks across the United States and globally.

This briefing features an interview with Dr. Rob Young of Western Carolina University regarding a project to map and evaluate the vulnerability of National Park Service (NPS) coastal assets to sea level rise and flooding to inform adaptation decisions.

This briefing transcript features Rob Young, Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, discussing a multi-year collaboration with the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct asset-level vulnerability assessments for coastal parks. The project aims to guide adaptation and resilience policy by quantifying the exposure and sensitivity of individual infrastructure assets to coastal hazards, providing a science-based framework for funding allocation and planning.

This report describes a project aimed at integrating indigenous flood prediction knowledge with scientific methods—such as GIS-based risk maps, weather stations, and flood gauges—to improve coastal flood management and adaptation in rural communities within the Niger Delta of Nigeria.

This research paper evaluates the impact of mitigation and adaptation strategies on coastal flooding during the 21st century using the DIVA and IMAGE models, focusing on sea-level rise and dike maintenance.

This report, published by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network in 2012, synthesizes findings from the IPCC's Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) with a specific focus on Asia. It examines the interplay between climate extremes, human vulnerability, and exposure, providing policy recommendations for Asian decision-makers to integrate disaster risk management (DRM) with climate change adaptation and sustainable development.

This report provides a vulnerability assessment of sea level rise (SLR) and coastal flood risk in Bangladesh, utilizing high-resolution elevation data and population maps to project land and population exposure by 2100 under two carbon emission scenarios (RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5).

This guide presents a scenario involving Barrio Inundado, a low-income coastal neighborhood in South America, to illustrate the process of consulting residents on climate vulnerability and developing resilience plans.

This guide presents a scenario based in Krishna Nagar, a low-income neighbourhood in an Indian coastal city, to illustrate the process of climate vulnerability assessment and the development of resilience plans through community consultation.

This executive summary from the World Resources Institute analyzes the economic value of coral reefs in Jamaica, focusing on their contributions to tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection, while highlighting the threats posed by local mismanagement and global climate change.

This World Resources Institute fact sheet discusses the impacts of Hurricane Sandy and its relationship to human-induced climate change, framing the storm as an indicator of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather in the United States and globally.