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This 2014 briefing note examines the impact of climate change on Kenya's agricultural sector, which provides over 50% of the country's foreign exchange earnings. It highlights the sector's vulnerability to droughts and floods, its role as a source of 30% of Kenya's greenhouse gas emissions (mostly from livestock), and provides guidance for businesses on adaptation and low-carbon practices. It emphasizes that while mitigation is important, the Kenyan government prioritizes food security and export earnings over emission reduction targets.

This report, prepared by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), distils the findings of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report specifically for African decision-makers. It details the observed and projected climate changes across the continent, the resulting risks to food security, health, and economic growth, and the opportunities for adaptation and low-carbon development.

This executive summary distils findings from the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report specifically for South Asia. It details observed climate changes, projected risks to food and water security, and the necessity of integrating adaptation and mitigation strategies into regional development to protect vulnerable populations and economic growth.

This report by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) distils the findings of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) specifically for South Asia. It outlines how climate change is already impacting the region through temperature extremes and sea-level rise, and projects future risks including food and water shortages, flood damage, and heat-related mortality. The document emphasizes the necessity of integrating adaptation and mitigation into long-term development planning to avoid 'maladaptation' and leverage co-benefits across sectors such as agriculture, energy, transport, and urban planning.

This research paper describes the application of a participatory methodology to identify and address climate adaptation barriers in Seychelles. Through workshops involving the agriculture, fisheries, and tourism sectors, the study highlights a disconnect between national planning and local implementation, primarily driven by a lack of climate vulnerability data and the marginalization of local actors.

The CRiSTAL Food Security 2.0 User’s Manual describes a decision-support tool designed for local government staff and development practitioners to assess and strengthen the climate resilience of community-level food systems. The tool uses a conceptual 'spinwheel' framework to analyze five dimensions of food security—utilization, access, availability, supporting resources, and supporting organizations—and guides users through a process of risk screening, resilience analysis, and the selection of SMART indicators to monitor progress over time.

The FIPAT Guidebook describes the Food Security Indicator & Policy Analysis Tool, a Microsoft Excel-based framework designed for national and sub-national government decision-makers to identify climate vulnerabilities in food systems, establish resilience indicators, and assess the capacity of public policies to support these goals.

The Manual de la FIPAT provides a guide for using the Food Security Indicator & Policy Analysis Tool (FIPAT), a Microsoft Excel-based analytical framework designed to help decision-makers identify climate vulnerabilities in food systems and evaluate the extent to which public policies enhance system resilience.

This working paper examines the climate change agenda in Zambia, focusing on the national disaster management and climate change framework, the role of development aid, and the central government's interests regarding climate change.

This report presents a rapid institutional analysis of the readiness of Trinidad and Tobago's food production, coastal zone management, and tourism sectors to adapt to climate change. Using the Adaptation: Rapid Institutional Analysis (ARIA) tool, the study evaluates these sectors across five indicators: vulnerability assessment, prioritisation, coordination, information management, and mainstreaming. The findings reveal significant institutional gaps across all three sectors, including a lack of comprehensive vulnerability assessments, inadequate prioritisation of adaptation strategies, and the absence of formal mainstreaming processes in sectoral planning.

This briefing note details a vulnerability assessment conducted between 2011 and 2012 in the Monte Alén–Monts de Cristal landscape as part of the COBAM project. The analysis highlights how climate variability, specifically unpredictable rainfall and temperature increases, negatively impacts agricultural production and food security, with female-headed households and those lacking young labor being the most vulnerable social groups.

This research paper by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) evaluates the alignment of the G-20 food security agenda with the interests of the African continent. The analysis finds that while the G-20's commitments broadly align with African policy processes—particularly regarding food-price volatility, agricultural productivity, and nutrition—the G-20 has been slow to implement regulatory reforms and provide significant funding for African agriculture. The author argues that the G-20 often overlooks systemic issues requiring internal reform, such as biofuel policies and commodity speculation, which significantly impact food security in developing regions.

This policy briefing by the South African Institute of International Affairs evaluates the G-20's global food security agenda and its effectiveness in Africa. While the G-20 has established frameworks to address price volatility and agricultural productivity, the document argues that a lack of implementation of regulatory reforms and the persistence of protectionist trade practices within G-20 member states limit the actual impact on African food security.

This situation analysis, published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in July 2013, evaluates Pakistan's vulnerability to climate change and identifies priority adaptation actions. It examines the country's development, policy, and institutional contexts, and provides a set of proposed options for adaptation across policy, governance, technical, and capacity-building domains to support the implementation of Pakistan's National Climate Change Policy (NCCP).

This research paper examines the failure of the biofuels sector in Zambia, where government goals of poverty reduction and energy security were undermined by a lack of policy safeguards, poor infrastructure, and the inability of small-scale farmers to access international markets.

This fact sheet describes the support provided by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to the Government of Nepal to strengthen its climate change policy-making, economic impact assessments, and international negotiation strategies as of March 2013.

This case study by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network describes the implementation of 'evergreen agriculture' in Zambia since the mid-1990s. This approach, pioneered by Zambia’s Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) and the World Agroforestry Centre, integrates agroforestry with conservation farming to address the shared root causes of climate change vulnerability and food insecurity.

This report, commissioned by the UNDP and implemented by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), assesses climate risks for smallholder agriculture in Honduras. It identifies a high vulnerability to droughts, tropical storms, and floods, which threaten food security and national development goals. The report recommends a combination of local adaptive actions—such as improved water and soil management—and institutional reforms to mainstream climate risk into national agricultural policy.

This report, prepared by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), evaluates climate risks and management capacities for small-scale agriculture in Honduras. It identifies the sector's high vulnerability due to economic poverty, environmental degradation, and reliance on rain-fed crops. The document analyzes current climate threats—such as droughts, hurricanes, and floods—and projects a hotter, drier future that threatens national development goals, food security, and the livelihoods of small-scale farmers. It concludes with recommendations for local practical measures, institutional governance reforms, and further research to enhance adaptive capacity.

This report, commissioned by the UNDP, assesses climate risks for wetlands in Niger, specifically focusing on La Mare de Tabalak in the Tahoua region. It examines the vulnerability of the pond and its local inhabitants to recurring droughts and floods, the impact of environmental degradation, and the existing institutional frameworks for climate risk management. The document provides recommendations for sustainable wetland management, emphasizing intercommunal cooperation, improved monitoring, and the integration of gender issues into climate policies.