9th Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
This year's conference theme is 'Measuring and enhancing effective adaptation'.
Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development
A book which argues that improving agricultural productivity in dryland environments is possible by working with climatic uncertainty rather than seeking to control it
Gender inequality and social exclusion undermine coping ability
Gender inequality and social exclusion are key factors undermining people’s and community’s capacities to cope with and recover from disaster risks and climate events
Cities and climate change funding proposals deadline
Proposals for research funding on cities and climate change due by Sept. 18, 015.
UN Summit for Adoption of Post-2015 Development Agenda
Negotiators meet in New York with the aim of adopting a new system of 17 Sustainable Development Goals that create "a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity."
Our Common Future Under Climate Change conference
This four-day conference is the largest forum for the scientific community to come together ahead of the COP21 of the UNFCCC in 2015
Managing the Boom and Bust: Supporting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in the Sahel
This issue paper explores the considerable potential of the Sahel’s dryland ecosystems and the inherent resilience within existing production systems based on exploiting climatic variability
Technology and innovation are critical to climate-resilient development
Technology and innovation are critical to climate-resilient development, particularly in agriculture
Access to markets and an effective private sector can catalyse development
Access to markets and the presence of an effective private sector are catalysts for economic development
Adaptation Futures 2016 deadline
Submit abstracts to highlight your research or findings to the Adaptation Futures 2016 conference in May 2016 by Oct. 4, 2015