Retreat

This webinar will be presented by CSIR, member organization of the CTCN Consortium.

IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Research Institute for Development) - is a research organization based in France that is working with its partners in the South to address international development issues. Improving health, understanding social changes, and protecting the environment are the main pillars of its work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). IRD work includes interdisciplinary scientific research, capacity building and nurturing innovation in more than fifty countries worldwide. 

"MRV, leadership and groups/clubs/coalitions" were the buzzwords at the Summer Retreat of the International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV held in Mexico in September 2015. This knowledge product builds upon the discussions from the Summer Retreat and aims at demonstrating that building a coalition of countries to lead the way in Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) can be an effective way of ensuring countries rise above the floor of minimum requirements for transparency in their climate actions.

This case study analyzes the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology in the context of the PRAA project. First, it presents an overview of the project, the areas of intervention by country, the results of the analysis itself, and lastly, the main lessons learned and recommendations that arose from the application of the tools contained in the CVCA Handbook in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

This World Bank policy research working paper reviews the literature on the potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. The review was limited mostly to peer reviewed journal articles, with some documents published by national and international agencies also included. Caution was taken to ensure non-statistically significant or uncredible data was not included.

Agriculture employs about a third of the population in the Peruvian regions of Junín and Piura. Yet agricultural productivity is impeded by low technology and investments, as well as fragmented land tenure. Climate events already have massive impacts on the agricultural sector and climate change is likely to further intensify these effects. This report argues that climate risk management strategies in agriculture must address current climate variability while preparing the sector for the eventual impacts of warming and glacier retreat.

JBA Consulting include engineers, environmental consultants, scientists and designers, managing weather and environmental risks and opportunities for  clients. They work across the following key service streams, providing services to clients in core sectors including government and regulatory, energy, sustainable development, third sector, transport and infrastructure and utilities. The service streams include marine and coastal risk management, engineering, environmental management, flood and water management and software development.

AfriCoast Consulting Engineers is one of Africa's leading independent multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy firms. Headquartered in Nelson Mandela Bay, the firm specialises in the design and implementation of all major engineering disciplines: civil engineering (water, sanitation, roads, transportation - port, road and rail - and storm water), structural engineering (buildings, bridges, water retaining structures and wind turbine bases) and infrastructure management in South Africa.

This case study analyses the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology in the context of the Project for Adaptation to the Impact of Rapid Glacier Retreat in the Tropical Andes (PRAA) project. First, it presents an overview of the project, the areas of intervention by country, the results of the analysis itself, and lastly, the main lessons learned and recommendations that arose from the application of the tools contained in the CVCA Handbook in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.