Developing Climate Change Resilience

 

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Cities of the future... 50% of the global population currently live in cities and this is expected to increase to 70% (or 6.4 billion people) by 2050. Asian cities are expected to see more than 60% of this increase and 46% of all urban population growth will occur in cities with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants.

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Publications

  • Index-Based Weather Insurance

    January 18, 2010
    Global efforts to reduce the impact of climate change on livelihoods and food security are increasing. >

  • Asian Cities Climate Change Resillience Network

    2009
    ACCRN Brochure >

  • Shaping Climate Resilient Development

    2009
    Global warming, which could see the Earth’s surface temperature rise by 2.5-5.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century compared to preindustrial levels, could greatly heighten this vulnerability, triggering more frequent and severe weather disasters, shifts in rainfall patterns and climate zones, and a rise in sea levels. >
New Reports on Climate Change Resilience in Asian Cities

In this inaugural edition of the ACCCRN newsletter, our communications grantee reports on the outcome of the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) and the progress being made in building resilience to climate change in 10 Asian cities.

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Climate Change Adaptation

The New Great Challenge for the Developing World.

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Climate Change:
Images of Impacts and Adaptations

See this online exhibit created by The Foundation with the American Museum of Natural History and other partners.