The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched the complete version of the Synthesis Report, the concluding installment of the Fifth Assessment Report.

Bringing together the dual aims of low-carbon and climate resilient development has become a significant policy goal in planning for climate change.

A new report examines the options for assessment and review of Parties’ contributions to ensure they are aligned with mutually agreed goals and principles, ensure transparency, and raise ambition over time.

With more than a billion people lacking access to electricity, local power-generation solutions are essential to provide sustainable energy to all - particularly those consumers expected to remain isolated from national or regional grids for the foreseeable future.

This document focuses on the basics of disaster risk reduction (DRR) finance and the opportunities that the Post-2015 development finance landscape can offer. In the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction – the successor to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) – it is imperative that the discussion on financing is elaborated.

This paper seeks to highlight the differences and commonalities between ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (EBA) and ecosystem-based approaches to disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and suggests key integration points at the project level through examining a number of Eco-DRR, EBA and hybrid (Eco-DRR/CCA) projects.

The report forecasts an increased risk of global displacement caused by disasters, and calls for a stronger link between displacement and disaster risk reduction. It also applies the concept of risk to disaster-related displacement while quantifying human displacement risk around the world.

As India sets ambitious targets and turns the handle on market reform to attract foreign investment, opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa are being unlocked as public and private sectors work together to break down barriers.

This report presents data about natural disasters impacts (human and economic) at world scale for the last 20 years. The analyses focus on trends and patterns of impacts and how these varies regarding the income level or the geographical location.

Rural-urban migration continues to attract much interest, but also growing concern. Migrants are often blamed for increasing urban poverty, but not all migrants are poor.

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