• Publication 16 August 2021 Scoping the Adaptation Gap Report
• Publication 16 August 2021 The Adaptation Gap Report. Towards Global Assessment. The Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, established the global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of the temperature goal. The 2017 Adaptation Gap Report, which is the third global Adaptation Gap Report by UN Environment – prepared in collaboration with the Global Centre of Excellence on Climate…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Institutional capacities for NDC implementation: a guidance document Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are commitments by parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Each party defines its own NDC, which in all cases includes mitigation-related goals and, in most cases, adaptation-related goals too. For most parties, the time horizon for implementing NDC goals is 2030.By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement of the UNFCCC, parties commit to submitting revised NDCs every five years. The revised NDCs must have an…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Ecosystems - Benefits, Barriers and Decision‐Making Ecosystems are central to the livelihoods of many people and at the same time highly vulnerable to climate change. This research, which focuses on ecosystems and land use, investigates how households dependent on ecosystems can benefit from climate change adaptation and mitigation. Adaptation and mitigation are two different approaches to minimising the impact and extent of climate change. The possible synergy between adaptation and mitigation is a topic that is currentlyattracting increasing…
• Publication 16 August 2021 The Economics of Adaptation: Concepts, Methods and Examples Adaptation is increasingly at the forefront of climate change discussions and action. We see this reflected in the Paris Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We see it in the high prominence of adaptation in national and sectoral level strategies, plans and policies. Furthermore, we see it at the local level, where people are already adapting to the early impacts of climate change that affect livelihoods through,…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Cost-benefit analysis of adaptation Investments for Flood Risk Management for Industrial Estates in Mumbai
• Publication 16 August 2021 Towards zero-emission efficient and resilient buildings. The Global Status Report 2016 was prepared by the GABC on the occasion of the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The report was coordinated by UN Environment and made possible through the generous support of the Government of France.
• Publication 16 August 2021 The Best of Two Worlds. Article 6 mechanisms shall contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were two milestone achievements in 2015. The Intended Nationally DeterminedContributions (INDCs) put forward by Parties before the Climate Conference in Paris will have to be fully embedded in the 2030 agenda to achieve truly transformational, lasting impacts for low carbon and SDGs and, ultimately, resilient communities that are able to quickly respond to and recover from adverse situations.

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