Publication | 2009
The ocean and climate change : tools and guidelines for action
The ocean continues to get only peripheral attention in climate change research and policy, despite its enormous importance in regulating global climate and its sensitivity to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. This report provides an overview of the interactions between the…
Publication | 2009
The management of natural coastal carbon sinks
Grey literature | 2009
Training manual on gender and climate change
In 2007, IUCN, UNDP, UNEP and WEDO recognized the need for a coordinated strategy among global institutions working on gender and climate change. The result was the establishment of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA). The primary goal of the GGCA is to ensure that climate change…
Publication | 2009
Environmental guidance note for disaster risk reduction : healthy ecosystems for human security
Investment in sustainable ecosystem management can offer cost-effective solutions to reducing community vulnerability to disasters. Healthy ecosystems are beneficial to local populations for the many benefits and products they provide, whilst acting as natural buffers to hazard events for flood…
Publication | 2008
Adapting to global change : Mediterranean forests
This book, in English, French and Spanish, provides an overview of the Mediterranean forest conservation and management challenges posed by climate change. It addresses relevant issues, like forests vulnerability to climate change and past climate change responses which may guide future…
Publication | 2008
Managing seagrasses for resilience to climate change
Publication | 2006
Managing mangroves for resilience to climate change
Building resilience into mangrove conservation plans requires an understanding of how mangroves will respond to climate changes, what factors help them survive these changes, and, consequently, which mangroves are most likely to survive these changes. This publication provides a welcome…