Novel and improved insurance instruments for risk reduction
In the context of natural disaster insurance and risk reduction this paper looks at how to assess existing insurance offerings and how to design new schemes. read more »
Topic: Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Understanding climate adaptation and transformation challenges in African cities
This critical assessment of climate adaptation and transformation challenges, agendas and actions across Africa draws on the principal findings and analyses of the papers in this special issue of COSUST. read more »
Editorial overview: Sustainability challenges: assessing climate change adaptation in Africa
Simon, D. and Leck, H (2015). In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Multinational corporations and climate adaptation – Are we asking the right questions? A review of current knowledge and a new research perspective
Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of all actors in society. Until recently, predominant research focus has been on governments, communities and the third sector as key actors in … read more »
Development Aid and Climate Finance
Eyckmans, J., S. Fankhauser, and S. Kverndokk (2015). In Environmental and Resource Economics
Tailoring the visual communication of climate projections for local adaptation practitioners in Germany and the UK
Visualisations are widely used in the communication of climate projections. However their effectiveness has rarely been assessed amongst their target audience. Given recent calls to increase the usability of climate information through the tailoring of climate projections, it is imperative to assess the effectiveness of different visualisations. This paper explores the complexities of tailoring through […]
What do we know about UK household adaptation to climate change? A systematic review
Porter, JJ, Dessai, S and Tompkins, EL (2014). In: Climatic Change, 127 (2). 371 – 379. ISSN 0165-0009
Knowledge and adaptive capacity
Willams, C., Fenton, A., Huq, S. 2015. Nature Climate Change, 5, 82-83
Social vulnerability in three high-poverty climate change hot spots: What does the climate change literature tell us?
This paper reviews the state of knowledge on social vulnerability to climate change in three hot spots (deltas, semi-arid regions and snowpack- or glacier-fed river basins) in Africa, Central Asia and South Asia, using elements of systematic review methods. read more »
The Role of Insurance in Reducing Direct Risk – The Case of Flood Insurance
This article explores the current understanding of flood insurance with a specific focus on the ability of flood insurance to contribute to direct risk reduction. read more »