Shardul Agrawala, Tomoko Ota, Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Maarten van Aalst et al.
This document is an output from the OECD Development and Climate Change project, an activity jointly overseen by the EPOC Working Party on Global and Structural Policies (WPGSP), and the DAC Network on Environment and Development Co-operation (ENVIRONET). The overall objective of the project is to p...
Hannah Nissan, Katrin Burkart, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Maarten van Aalst et al.
Abstract This paper proposes a heat-wave definition for Bangladesh that could be used to trigger preparedness measures in a heat early warning system (HEWS) and explores the climate mechanisms associated with heat waves. A HEWS requires a definition of heat waves that is both related to human health...
Shardul Agrawala, Maarten van Aalst
Climate change can affect the efficiency with which development resources are invested and the eventual achievement of many development objectives. Drawing upon illustrative case studies in six developing countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Tanzania, Uruguay, Nepal and Fiji, this article examines the syne...
Maria A. Martin, Emmanuel Amoah Boakye, Emily Boyd, Wendy Broadgate et al.
Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finan...
Shardul Agrawala, Maarten van Aalst
Climate change can affect the efficiency with which development resources are invested and the eventual achievement of many development objectives. Drawing upon illustrative case studies in six developing countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Tanzania, Uruguay, Nepal and Fiji, this article examines the syne...
Sahara Sedhain, Marc van den Homberg, Aklilu Teklesadik, Maarten van Aalst et al.
Impact‐based Forecast (IBF) is increasingly adopted for Anticipatory Action in disaster risk management, yet systematic comparison of the diverse models in use remains limited. To address this gap, we evaluated two existing IBF models that were developed by humanitarian agencies for tropical cyclone...
Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Md. Sabbir Mostafa Khan, Umme Kulsum Navera, J. Heun et al.
To enable effective short term actions, long term planning is important for the future of Bangladesh because the country is facing both climate change and development challenges. Water infrastructure and management plays a crucial role in coping with these challenges. Scenario development in integra...