Adaptation and Human Development
The regions and populations most under threat from climatic changes and extreme weather are predominantly in the developing world, in countries least able to deal with these changes. The links between climate adaptation, resilience and human development are therefore strong.
This section contains material on the links between adaptation and development at a broad scale, and some of the human and social development issues through the lens of climate adaptation.
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Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Cooperation. Policy Guidance
Type: Report
Author: OECD
Date: 2009
This Policy Guidance outlines priorities for governments and donor agencies to mainstream and integrate adaptation into development practices. It also encourages the capacity building of local governments to assess current policies to see if they are resilient to expected changes. More...
Linking Adaptation to Development
Type: Report
Author: Bonizella Biagini
Publisher: Global Environment Facility
Date: October 2006
Provides a background of GEF's take on sustainable development, illustrated with examples of adaptation projects in key development sectors such as Health, Infrastructure and Tourism. More...
Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific. The threat from Climate Change to Human Development and the Environment
Type: Report
Author: Hannah Reid (IIED), Andrew Simms, Dr Victoria Johnson (nef), Working Group on Climate Change and Development
Publisher: New Economics Foundation and IIED
Date: November 2007
This report focuses on the effects of climate change on the Asian region, where 60% of the world's population live. It emphasises positive examples of action being taken by governments, civil society and individuals. It makes a series of recommendations on a set of topics: food & farming, Energy, Health, Migration, Cities, Gender, Water and Drought, Seas and Coasts, Biodiversity and Disasters. More...
Towards pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries
Type: Discussion Paper
Author: Moser.C, Satterthwaite.D
Publisher: IIED (Human Settlements Discussion Paper Series, Climate Change and Cities #3)
Date: October 2008
This paper describes how a large number of climate change-vulnerable communities are concentrated in urban centers in low and middle income countries, and proposes a framework for adaptation in these centers. It highlights the synergies between poverty reduction and resilience to climatic changes. More...
Adapting to climate change in urban areas: the possibilities and constraints in low and middle income nations
Type: Working Paper Series
Author: David Satterthwaite, Saleemul Huq, Hannah Reid, Mark Pelling and Patricia Romero Lankao
Publisher: IIED
Date: Oct 2007
This report was prepared for the Rockefeller Foundation's Global Urban Summit in July 2007. Urban areas in low and middle-income countries home a third of the world's population. The report classifies the risk of climate change posed to different nations, cities and populations, and suggests that many cities have no infrastructure to adapt, and international organizations have not favoured funding urban programs that address these infrastructural capacity deficits. More...