Clare Stott

• MSc Anthropology, Environment and Development
• Consultant at Itad

Bangladesh is a country that is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and a broad range of practices have emerged to adapt to these impacts. The book presents a range of sectors that are affected by the impacts of climate change, such as agriculture, water and health, as well as covering thematic areas relating to responses to climate...

Due to its geophysical and socioeconomic characteristics, Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to the harmful impacts of climate change. The contributors to this volume generally agree that climate projects should prioritize reducing exposure to loss and damage for the most at-risk populations, infrastructure, and assets. These include women, migr...

Due to its vulnerability to a wide variety of climate change impacts, Bangladesh has become a laboratory for adaptation and resilience strategies in the developing world. The knowledge shared by experienced practitioners who have a deep understanding of the complex context of this country is an invaluable resource. The International Centre for Clim...

The Climate Finance Short Course was a five-day training programme designed for government officials, including those from Ministries of Finance, Planning and Environment. The course objective was to strengthen government capacity to manage climate finance more efficiently. Participants were provided with training in how to access, mobilise and del...

This paper examines the indicators put forward by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) for the targets we have identified as most significant for climate-proofing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. For each of these targets, it proposes new, revised or additional indicators for consideration by Member States and National S...

The conference brought together practitioners, researchers, government and media to connect, share and provide critical reflections and discussion around topical research issues. From 8-10 January, individual thematic sessions, hosted by institutes conducting research on climate change in Bangladesh, updated participants on the current state of kno...

There was anticipation that during COP19 progress would be made in more precisely defining the FVA in order to enable its initiation and adoption (C2ES, 2013). As such, a number of meetings were held during COP19 to discuss the FVA, NMAs and NMM in unison. A contact group initiated the negotiations of the FVA, NMAs and NMM (TWN, 2013). Further disc...

Effective mainstreaming of climate change adaptation (CCA) into related policy and development initiatives relies on comprehensive knowledge sharing between multiple stakeholders. In Bangladesh, community-based adaptation (CBA) practitioners are critical for facilitating communication among global, national and local scales. They can also take resp...

The Fifth Assessment Report of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released in 2014. It examines the impacts of climate change, inherent vulnerabilities and adaptation responses across the globe. The Least Developed Countries are identified as being particularly vulnerable to climate change due to economic and capa...

Agriculture represents the single most important sector in the economy of many low-income countries, and 75 per cent of the world's population is engaged in related activities (UNFCCC, 2006). In acknowledgement of the sector's vulnerability to climatic impacts (IPCC, 2014), countries have prioritised agriculture as a critical focus for climate chan...

Climate change will increase the natural variability of rainfall patterns and is likely to generate more extreme events, such as floods and droughts. These phenomena are expected to have significant effects on water safety and security, altering patterns of availability and distribution, and increasing water contamination (UN Water, 2007). Such cha...

The 8th international CBA conference reported on in these proceedings was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24-30 April 2014. The theme was “Financing Local Adaptation” in recognition of the need to understand how best to finance the growing number of CBA project and programme activities. Roughly 450 people from 58 different countries attended, including r...

The geographical location of Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal leaves the country susceptible to significant climate change impacts that exacerbate environmental hazards. In the urban context, disasters and hazards are posed by flood and waterlogging, earthquakes and fires. The residents of informal settlements, or slums, can be understood as most at...

The background paper gives an overview of stakeholders and bodies engaged in developing and implementing technologies for adaptation to climate change. Under the UNFCCC, there are a range of different bodies under the Convention working on adaptation and a dedicated mechanism for technology exists in the Technology Mechanism, as well as processe...

Knowledge flows between multiple scales are problematic due to inherent contradictions in discourse, perspectives and worldviews. In the case of climate change adaptation, global conceptions and responses take a long-term perspective. Conversely, local-level and natural resource dependent communities under pressure to adapt have differing prioritie...