http://www.climateprep.org adaptation stories, lessons, and explorations Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2011/03/07/developing-differently-to-build-adaptive-capacity-of-women-in-bangladesh/ http://www.climateprep.org/2011/03/07/developing-differently-to-build-adaptive-capacity-of-women-in-bangladesh/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:04:54 +0000 Carina Bachofen http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2481 By Carina Bachofen Last year marked the three-year anniversary of Cyclone Sidr, which ravaged the southern coast of Bangladesh and claimed the lives of 3,500 people. Loss of life was exacerbated by loss of development potential as the fierce storm decimated the mud and thatch homes of countless families, destroyed key infrastructure, and damaged productive land, [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2011/03/07/developing-differently-to-build-adaptive-capacity-of-women-in-bangladesh/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/12/08/the-complicated-truth-about-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/12/08/the-complicated-truth-about-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:37:46 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2299 By Eilif Ursin Reed Just like the swimming polar bears have become symbols for disappearing sea ice in the Arctic, the remote atolls of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean have become emblematic for the consequences of sea level rise. It just makes plain sense that islands on which the highest elevation is sometimes less than [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/12/08/the-complicated-truth-about-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/feed/ 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/23/in-the-news-the-un-on-the-pivotal-role-of-water/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/23/in-the-news-the-un-on-the-pivotal-role-of-water/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:54:55 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1824 By Eliot Levine, WWF-US A recent UN policy brief discusses why water-related climate change adaptation is critical for achieving sustainable development around the world. As significant water shortages already exist, water is the medium through which climate impacts are going to be felt most immediately and most severely by many people. “Adaptation to climate change is urgent. Water plays [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/23/in-the-news-the-un-on-the-pivotal-role-of-water/feed/ 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/09/community-solutions-for-sea-turtle-and-coastal-protection/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/09/community-solutions-for-sea-turtle-and-coastal-protection/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:34:56 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1597 By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Junquillal Beach in the north Pacific of Costa Rica is a representative example of many places in Latin American and the Caribbean where wildlife and communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change. In 2005, with the support of the community, WWF started the project “Conservation of Pacific Leatherbacks” (in Spanish, [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/09/community-solutions-for-sea-turtle-and-coastal-protection/feed/ 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/03/04/holding-back-the-flood-waters-the-draining-of-northern-bhutan%e2%80%99s-glacial-lakes/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/03/04/holding-back-the-flood-waters-the-draining-of-northern-bhutan%e2%80%99s-glacial-lakes/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:48 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1139 By Eliot Levine, WWF-US The Lunana area of Northern Bhutan is surrounded by a stunning array of pristine mountains and the glaciers that move slowly through them. Amidst this serene beauty, however, is a growing danger that has the potential to be cataclysmic. As the ancient glaciers melt, their runoff collects and eventually forms pools of [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/03/04/holding-back-the-flood-waters-the-draining-of-northern-bhutan%e2%80%99s-glacial-lakes/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2010/02/12/building-climate-adaptation-in-amazon-floodplain-communities-3/ http://www.climateprep.org/2010/02/12/building-climate-adaptation-in-amazon-floodplain-communities-3/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:33:23 +0000 Freelance http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1001 This story is part of a series on adaptation in the Brazilian Amazon. Located in the lower Amazon floodplain of Brazil, the Santarém region harbors important fisheries that many people depend on for employment, food security, government tax revenues, and items to export to both domestic and foreign markets. Climate change is creating difficulties, but not [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2010/02/12/building-climate-adaptation-in-amazon-floodplain-communities-3/feed/ 1 http://www.climateprep.org/2009/12/18/voices-from-the-kathryn-fuller-symposium-jim-jarvie/ http://www.climateprep.org/2009/12/18/voices-from-the-kathryn-fuller-symposium-jim-jarvie/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:41:26 +0000 Eliot Levine http://www.climateprep.org/?p=846 http://www.climateprep.org/2009/12/18/voices-from-the-kathryn-fuller-symposium-jim-jarvie/feed/ 0 http://www.climateprep.org/2009/12/04/building-mangrove-resilience-to-climate-change/ http://www.climateprep.org/2009/12/04/building-mangrove-resilience-to-climate-change/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:49:48 +0000 Jonathan Cook http://www.climateprep.org/?p=604 by Jonathan Cook, WWF-US For the past six months, I have managed a WWF project, supported by the Global Environment Facility and United Nations Environment Program, that tries to address the significant adaptation challenges facing a fascinating but often neglected ecosystem: mangrove forests. Mangroves – the guardians of tropical coastlines – are among the many ecosystems [...]]]> http://www.climateprep.org/2009/12/04/building-mangrove-resilience-to-climate-change/feed/ 3