Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

In addition to IOM training and employing 175 men and women in the ancient skill of terracing, IOM has also completed the first purpose built hurricane shelter in the country while reinforcing 26 schools by either relocating them out of the flood plain or building second floors that double up as hurricane shelters...

This issue addresses disaster risk and climate change through a series of case studies and research summaries focusing on increasing 'natural' disasters, such as droughts and floods, as well as on people’s vulnerability to already existing hazards in

A synthesis of APN adaptation activities in the Asia-Pacific region will be presented at the 2010 Climate Adaptation Futures Conference in Queensland, Australia on next week, 29 June - 1 July 2010.

This report documents the impact of climate change on pastoral livelihoods in the two districts of Salaxley and Balli-Gubadle in the semi-arid Haud region of Somaliland. It emphasizes the need to develop scenarios for the impact of climate change on

Climate change can significantly reverse the progress towards poverty reduction and food security in Africa, according to a paper presented to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) regional Conference for Africa being held in Luanda, Angola this week...

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on the vulnerability, impact and adaptation of African agriculture and natural resources to climate change. It presents a summary of the key issues and challenges that climate change will bring to African

This brochure presents an initiative which aims to bring the knowledge and concerns of vulnerable communities into global climate change debates. It highlights stories from around the world on early impacts and adaptation cases such as drought and related

Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, drew the international community’s attention to the impacts of climate change on indigenous and local communities pointing to an overall adaptation strategy drawing on traditional knowledge...