Currently the ENSO conditions over equatorial Pacific are in the border line between warm ENSO neutral and weak El Nino conditions. Latest forecasts from almost all ENSO prediction models indicate a transition to sustained El Nino conditions during the southwest monsoon with probability of about 70%.

Social protection measures are policy instruments that are widely used across a broad range of developing countries in pursuit of many different development objectives. In many cases social protection measures such as food or cash transfers were first introduced to ensure minimum levels of food security for vulnerable households.

The report looks back on the past years and discusses the evolution of NAMAs, it presents five case studies (Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, Tunisia, and Peru) and draws insights from hands-on NAMA experience and dialogues with peers, and it looks into the future of NAMAs as essential building block for a global climate regime.

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has established Ambient Air Quality Network in Maharashtra covering major cities to comply with the mandate of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and to disseminate status of air quality prevailing in the state of Maharashtra.

Water quality monitoring is one of the important function of State Pollution Control Board. It helps in evaluating the nature & extent of water contamination, assess the water quality trends, evaluate the success of pollution control measures taken & prioritization of efforts to be initiated.

This report presents the methodology and lessons learned from a climate change adaptation study conducted under the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Core Environment Program. The study yielded a framework and methodology for assessing climate vulnerability and adaptation options for rural communities in the GMS.

Some of the greatest challenges for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) practice relate to the connected themes agriculture, food security, and rural livelihoods. Asia is home to 87% of the world’s 500 million smallholder farms (Thapa and Ghaiha 2011), for whom the risks posed by climate change are significant and urgent.

Wind energy is a widely available, affordable, reliable, non-emitting, readily quantifiable and verifiable, and rapidly deployable electric generation method for significantly reducing air pollution, including emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2).

This paper argues that climate change adaptation policies often fail to gain priority status both nationally and locally. While the most severe impacts of climate change are being felt through major disasters, less dramatic events go unnoticed wreaking havoc on local livelihoods.

This publication presents the results and lessons learned from the FAO-Sida supported pilot project “Strengthening capacity for climate change adaptation in land and water management” in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.