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India - Andhra Pradesh Drought Adaptation Initiative : Lessons from Community-based Adaptation Approaches to Strengthen Climate Resilience
World Bank - 2012
This report presents the impact and lessons learned from the Andhra Pradesh Drought Adaptation Initiative (APDAI). The APDAI was implemented as a package of pilot activities in two dryland districts in Andhra Pradesh (Anantapur and Mahbubnagar) with the aim of developing and testing approaches...
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India - Vulnerability of Kolkata metropolitan area to increased precipitation in a changing climate
World Bank - 2012
This study aims to strengthen the understanding of the vulnerability of Kolkata from increased precipitation caused by climate change effects with a specific goal to: compile a data base with past weather related information and damage caused by extreme weather related episodes; develop...
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Climate Change Impacts in Drought and Flood Affected Areas : Case Studies in India
World Bank - 2012
objective of this report is to promote the mainstreaming and integration of climate related risks in India's development …
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Climate Investment Opportunities in India's Cooling Sector
World Bank - 2022
India, recognizing the complex challenges of rising temperatures, was one of the first countries in the world to … develop a comprehensive Cooling Action Plan in 2019. The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) sets out a long-term vision of …-resilient economic growth. To help India achieve the ICAP's bold vision while identifying entry points for World Bank sectoral engagement …
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Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia : Lessons from Recent Experiences and Suggested Future Directions
World Bank - 2013
Like other regions, Eastern Europe and Central Asia is vulnerable to climate change and its potential socioeconomic impacts. While all countries are facing warmer temperatures, a changing hydrology, and more extreme events (for example, floods and droughts) and are concerned about the level of...
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Accessing International Climate Change Related Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank - 2013
Financing projects and programs to mitigate impacts of, and adapt to, the climate change is a matter of necessity not choice. This green expenditure policy note looks at factors facilitating the access to international financial instruments for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries...
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Building Resilience : Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development
World Bank - 2014
This report presents the World Bank Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient development and contends that it is essential to eliminate extreme poverty and achieve shared prosperity by 2030. The report argues for closer collaboration between the climate resilience and disaster risk...
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Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management : Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities in Northeast Brazil
World Bank - 2014
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors the world's greatest carbon sink in the Amazon....
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The Case of Climate Change Adaptation in Campeche, Mexico : Uncertain Future, Robust Decisions
World Bank - 2014
This documented case of climate change adaptation in Campeche Mexico grapples with a problem that is fundamental to addressing climate change risks in areas of high vulnerability, which is how to reach consensus and take decisions under an uncertain future. The state of Campeche in Mexico, is...
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Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Adaptation in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Nicaragua
World Bank - 2014
Climate change is at the top of the development agenda in Central America. This region, together with the Caribbean, is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change in Latin America. Climate change is manifesting itself through higher average temperatures and more frequent droughts that...
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