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1. ADAPTATION: Rising San Francisco Bay threatens the Silicon Valley high-tech mecca (EE News, Dec 20, 2012)
   22-12-2012 to adaptation, climate change, san srancisco, tech industry
2. Designing a Bretton Woods Institution to Address Climate Change (Kennedy School of Government, May 2012)
   Paper proposing the design of a 'Bretton Woods Climate Institution'.
   14-10-2012 to adaptation, change, climate, development, financing, incentives, institutions, investment, mitigation, policy
3. Climate adaptation through migration: A role for charter cities (VOX, Mar 06 2012)
   Article outlining the application of the charter cities concept to the development of resilient cities in risk prone countries.
   07-03-2012 to adaptation, charter cities, cities, drr, governance, reform, resilience
4. Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Experimental evidence with lessons for climate change adaptation (Nov 2011)
   Study on the impact of a program that combined a traditional safety net with enhancement of households’ ex-ante risk management though income diversification.
   28-12-2011 to adaptation, agriculture, cca, climate change, diversification, livelihoods, nicaragua
5. Harmonising Climate Risk Management: Adaptation Screening and Assessment Tools for Development Co-Operation (OECD, Jul 2011)
   'This OECD Environment Working Paper ... draw[s] upon growing bodies of experience with the development and implementation of tools designed to screen for climate change risks and facilitate adaptation. They explore the extent to which these tools are meeting user needs, and whether opportunities exist for streamlining the tools landscape.'
   31-08-2011 to adaptation, assessment, climate change, iisd, oecd, risk screening, vulnerability
6. Synthesis of Adaptation Options for Coastal Areas (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jan 2009)
   This guide provides a brief introduction to key physical impacts of climate change on estuaries and a review of onthe- ground adaptation options available to coastal managers to reduce their systems’ vulnerability to climate change impacts.
   31-08-2011 to adaptation, climate change, coastal areas, decision-making, epa, estuaries, planning, us, vulnerability
7. A scenario-based approach to assess Ho Chi Minh City’s urban development strategies against the impact of climate change (Cities, August 2011)
   This paper presents an approach to quantifying current and future city-wide flood risks to Ho Chi Minh City and notes that the influence of planned urban developments to the year 2025 on future flood risk is likely to be significantly greater than that of projected sea-level rise to the year 2100.
   31-08-2011 to adaptation, cities, climate change, flood, land-use, planning, scenarios, urban development, vietnam
8. Climate Science Rapid Response Team
   Website set up by a group of leading climate scientists to answer questions and provide rapid, high-quality information about climate science to media and government.
   03-12-2010 to adaptation, climate change, communications, guidance, science
9. Adapting to Climate Change : The Community Focus (CSDi)
   Online training course from the Center for Sustainable Development.
   23-06-2010 to adaptation, climate change, community, training
10. The Economics of Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events in Developing Countries - Working Paper 199 (Center for Global Development, Jan 2010)
    Paper exploring the impacts of climate change and the costs for adaptation that will have to be absorbed by both households and the public sector. The paper makes some interesting points about the potential for increased education and empowerment for women and girls to drive reductions in the vulnerability of affected communities.
    07-06-2010 to adaptation, development, economics, gender, households, impact, women

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