The Climate Technology Centre is seeking proposals for resilience to climate variability in the building sector of Antigua and Barbuda.
Hurricanes, floods, and droughts are becoming increasingly destructive in Antigua and Barbuda. The recent hurricane Irma left behind three casualties, 1,800 evacuated inhabitants and 95 percent of Barbuda's buildings and infrastructure damaged or destroyed.
Upon a request by the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), the Climate Technology Centre and Network is assisting Uganda on adaptation to climate change through improved information and planning tools for Lake Victoria.
REN21 published its Renewables 2017 Global Status Report (GSR), the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy.
Additions in installed renewable power capacity set new records in 2016, with 161 gigawatts (GW) installed, increasing total global capacity by almost 9% over 2015, to nearly 2,017 GW. Solar PV accounted for around 47% of the capacity added, followed by wind power at 34% and hydropower at 15.5%.
This document presents a draft impact assessment, and the national adaptation strategy and action plan (NASAP) to address climate change in the tourism sector of Saint Lucia.
The report has been divided into two volumes: which present the Impact Assessment and NASAP respectively.
These include the contextual background, methodology and limitations for the study; present the climate variability and change assessment; and the tourism sector vulnerability issues and threats as well as economic analysis and a policy, legislative and institutional review.
WMO's series on the key climate events of 2014 and an in-depth analysis of regional trends.
This 2014 series is part of a WMO drive to provide more information at regional and national levels to support adaptation to climate variability and change. This Statement draws on data provided by leading global and regional climate centres and research institutes as well as National Meteorological and Hydrological Services.
Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of severe weather events are posing major challenges to global food security and livelihoods of rural people. Agriculture has evolved through adaptation to local circumstances for thousands of years. Local experience in responding to severe weather conditions, accumulated over generations and centuries, is valuable for developing adaptation options to current climate change.
