In the years ahead, development efforts aiming at reducing vulnerability will increasingly have to factor in climate change, and social protection is no exception. This paper sets out the case for climate?responsive social protection and proposes a framework with principles, design features, and...

The case for climate action has never been stronger. Around the world, climate change is putting at risk the lives of millions of people as well as threatening many coastal cities and endangering trillion of dollars of investments in transport infrastructure and services. The Twenty-First...

Describes the critical role of this UN Conference for negotiations for a post-2012 climate regime.

Discusses the importance of sharing existing knowledge and technologies, generating new knowledge and enhancing capacity for applying it to reduce the risks of climate change.