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Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)

12 entries

Informal settlements around Laguna Lake near Manila in the Philippines (Photo: Arlynn Aquino EU/ECHO, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Climate responsive cities: a road towards the 'New Urban Agenda'?

Insight, 15 November 2016

A partially obstructed drain in Gangtok city, Sikkim (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)

Fieldnotes from two cities in India: learning about social learning and climate uncertainty

Insight, 21 July 2016

Women harvesting brinjal near the Indian city of Gorakhpur. Peri-urban agriculture helps to ensure local food supplies, especially of fruit and vegetables (Photo: Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group)

Farming on the city's periphery to enhance resilience

Insight, 09 June 2015

Semarang, Indonesia: One of the ten initial cities in the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network, Semarang has been a pioneer in integrating climate change resilience into city planning and management. (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)

Climate change governance in cities

Archived Project

Construction of new homes designed with community inputs in Gorakhpur, India (Photo: Nivedita Mani and team)

Urban communities are devising their own solutions to build resilience

Insight, 24 February 2015

The Indonesian coastal city of Bandar Lampung is vulnerable to flooding and other climate risks. The ACCCRN programme has been working with government and community leaders to strengthen resilience (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)

Collaboration and communication: how research can help cities to build resilience

Insight, 19 February 2015

Informal settlements such as this one in Durban, South Africa, are adversely affected by climate-related impacts (Photo: David Dodman)

Climate-related 'loss and damage' in cities: exploring a new urban frontier

Insight, 23 October 2014

Prolonged flooding in Vietnam in 2011 left thousands homeless and exposed to health risks. The research projects will focus on building resilience to climate change (Photo: EU/ECHO)

Ten projects receive funding for research into climate change resilience

News, 03 October 2014

A fishing settlement in Bandar Lampung city, Indonesia

Strengthening knowledge on urban climate resilience

Archived Project

Old Fadama, Ghana: health conditions in many low-income and informal settlements will be worsened further by rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)

Climate change and urban health

Archived Project

Outdoor workers in Da Nang are prone to heat stress. Credit: COHED.

To build climate resilience cities must assess diverse drivers of vulnerability

Insight, 30 October 2013

Climate change studies analyse risks and resilience in urban Vietnam

News, 22 October 2013

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