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This document is a role-playing exercise guide designed for a group discussion. It provides a persona of a 32-year-old woman of African descent and a primary breadwinner who faces barriers to participating in climate change and flood mitigation consultations due to childcare needs and employment instability.

This document is a role-playing exercise designed for a group discussion to explore the intersection of climate change impacts, such as flooding, and the social vulnerabilities of marginalized individuals, specifically a young gay man of mixed race living with HIV.

This document is a role-playing exercise designed for a consultation meeting, where a participant assumes the persona of a 35-year-old indigenous woman experiencing domestic violence to explore the intersection of gender-based violence, social marginalization, and climate change adaptation.

This document is a role-playing exercise guide designed for a group discussion, featuring a persona of a 15-year-old student living in the marginal urban neighbourhood of Barrio Inundado who is affected by flooding.

This document is a role-playing guide featuring a persona of a 62-year-old woman in Barrio Inundado to illustrate how flooding affects vulnerable populations and to discuss the utility of volunteer networks for disaster support.

This document is a role-playing exercise guide for a simulation involving a 28-year-old male employee of a public institution living in Barrio Inundado. The scenario focuses on community responses to neighborhood flooding, the lack of risk information, and the social dynamics of forming a volunteer network to mitigate flood impacts.

This document is a role-playing guide designed to help a civil servant lead a climate vulnerability and risk assessment and develop adaptation plans for a specific neighborhood called Barrio Inundado.

This document is a role-playing exercise guide designed for a group discussion, featuring a persona of a 32-year-old mother and primary breadwinner in a flood-affected neighborhood.

This research paper evaluates the 'Shubh Kal' pilot project (2012-2013), which used community radio in the Bundelkhand region of Central India to bridge the knowledge gap between farming communities, scientists, and policy makers regarding climate change adaptation.

This policy brief argues for the systematic monitoring of sediment transport in Andean-Amazonian river basins as a critical climate change adaptation measure. It details how different types of sediment (wash load, suspended bed load, and bed load) support ecosystem biodiversity and how anthropogenic infrastructure—such as hydroelectric dams and dredging—can disrupt these natural balances, leading to environmental degradation and increased operational costs.

This policy brief analyzes land surface temperature (LST) trends in the central Andean region of Peru from 2000 to 2017 using MODIS satellite data. The study identifies a significant altitude-dependent warming trend, where higher elevations experience more intense temperature increases, posing risks to water supply and high-mountain ecosystems.

This policy brief introduces 'Minimum Standards' designed to transition local disaster risk reduction (DRR) from 'business as usual' to 'climate-smart' practices. The standards aim to bridge the gap between national climate adaptation strategies and local capacities by providing practical, achievable benchmarks for communities, civil society organizations, and governments to integrate changing climate risks into their planning and implementation.

This policy brief evaluates the quality of 13 Concerted Regional Development Plans (PDRC) in Peru, focusing on how they incorporate climate variables based on their Regional Climate Change Strategies (ERCC). The analysis finds that none of the plans reached half of the ideal quality score, with significant failures in integrating mitigation strategies, managing uncertainty, and aligning with legal requirements for climate integration.

This guide provides a methodology for city or government departments to prioritize climate resilience interventions. It outlines a two-exercise process: first, assessing interventions against five specific resilience indicators to determine an overall resilience score, and second, evaluating high-scoring interventions for feasibility and impact, with a strong emphasis on gender equality and social inclusion.

This problem tree analysis identifies the lack of micro-finance and access to credit for pastoralist women in Ethiopia as a central problem, driven by gender-blind norms and institutional failures, leading to increased poverty and low climate resilience.

This report evaluates the integration of REDD+ objectives into Indonesia's national development planning and the extent to which its legal and institutional reforms have improved the governance of land-based sectors. It highlights a gap between high-level climate policies and sector-specific development plans, noting that while REDD+ has catalyzed tools like the One Map Initiative and the Integrated Licensing System, institutional challenges persist due to the use of ad-hoc agencies.

This report documents a series of three outreach events held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from August 6 to 8, 2014, to launch and disseminate the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The events, which included a press conference, a formal launch for policymakers, and a session for young leaders, aimed to translate the global scientific findings of the AR5 into the local context of Bangladesh to support national development planning and climate resilience.

The 'Green Bond Market in Colombia ROAD MAP' is a report designed to assist the Colombian Government and the Finance Management Committee of SISCLIMA in developing a successful green bond market. It identifies the potential for green growth funding, analyzes existing barriers in both the green and ordinary bond markets, and proposes a two-phase action plan to establish foundations and expand the market.

This synthesis report details the Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) project, a pilot initiative designed to build capacity for extreme event attribution (EEA) and sea level rise risk analysis in developing countries. The project focused on Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and Bangladesh to bridge the gap between climate science, communication, and policy-making, helping stakeholders understand the role of human-induced climate change in specific extreme weather events to better manage future risks.

This document is an Amharic-language infographic produced by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) regarding climate change and development. It includes a disclaimer stating that the translation is provided for information purposes and that the original English version remains the authoritative source.