All climate change documents
From policy reports and briefing documents to case studies and research papers, you will find all documents on climate change here.
Adaptation and good development
Presented to a Practical Action workshop on community based adaption workshop, 4 July 2007.
Adaptation in a post-2012 climate policy framework
Presented to a Practical Action workshop on community based adaption workshop, 4 July 2007.
Adaptation in international negotiations
A commentary on the 2010 UNFCCC negotiations.
Adaptation in the Copenhagen agreement
A commentary on the 2009 UNFCCC negotiations, prepared in advance of the UNFCCC meeting in Copenhagen.
Adapting to climate change in Sri Lanka
Presented to a Practical Action workshop on community based adaption workshop, 4 July 2007.
Africa - up in smoke?
Efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa will ultimately fail unless urgent action is taken to halt dangerous climate change. The report details the impact that climate change is already having on Africa and the threat it poses to human development. It called for new and deeper emission cuts in...
Africa - up in smoke? 2
A major report from a coalition of the UK’s biggest environment and development groups reveals the untold story of the impact that extreme weather, exacerbated by climate change, is having on Africa. It also highlights the hard work and ingenuity that poor, local communities are using to cope,...
Agriculture and soils in carbon trading
While including agriculture in carbon trading, particularly through ‘soil carbon sequestration’, may provide opportunities for commercialization and profit, it risks undermining the livelihoods of poor farmers and should not be confused with proven strategies for reducing greenhouse gas...
Assessment of vulnerability to climate change and adaptation options for the coastal people of Bangladesh
In an attempt to provide an analysis of region-specific vulnerability, Practical Action Bangladesh has completed an assessment for the coastal zone and its population with regard to climate change issues
Assessment of vulnerability to climate change and adaptation options for the coastal people of Bangladesh
The coastal zone of Bangladesh is faced with many hydro-geophysical constraints, coupled with unsustainable land use practices and precarious conditions dealing with resource management. This study connects prevailing realities with climate-related hazards.
Beyond cost-benefit: developing a complete toolkit for adaptation decisions
Cost-benefit is only one of several economic tools that can be used to assess options for adapting to climate change in developing countries. By developing a ‘toolkit’ that helps users choose from a variety of evaluation methods, we can support adaptation decisions that promote equity, put local...
Biodiverse agriculture for a changing climate
This paper explores biodiverse agriculture as a realistic and proven alternative to industrial methods of production. Practiced by millions of small-scale food producers and organic growers, biodiverse agriculture can limit and adjust to climate change while replenishing the natural resources on...
Biofuels for transport
Massive and unregulated large-scale production of biofuels would be potentially destructive for the environment, a threat to food security, and will affect sustainable development and the livelihoods of the poor.
Biofuels for transport
Massive and unregulated large-scale production of biofuels would be potentially destructive for the environment, a threat to food security, and will affect sustainable development and the livelihoods of the poor.
Climate change - Gordon Brown makes the link
Letter from UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, responding to Practical Action's concerns on the impacts of climate change.
Climate change - wordsearch
A word search on climate change containing all the key words needed at KS4
Climate change - wordsearch answers
Answers to our climate change wordsearch containing all the key words needed at KS4
Climate change and poverty: UNFCCC COP12 / MOP2
Tearfund, Oxfam GB, Practical Action and ActionAid are UK-based development agencies. We offer recommendations for action on climate change based on our experience of working with communities and through partners in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Climate change and the challenge of energy poverty
Climate change mitigation and the ending of energy poverty are not incompatible goals. Governments have the duty to ensure that the poor are able to fulfil their basic needs, including those dependent on energy. At the same time developing countries need support to develop in a carbon neutral...
Climate change drives pastoralists from pastures to deeper poverty
A poster on climate change in northern Kenya
Climate change is killing the developing world - help Gordon make the link
Practical Action believes that climate change is seriously undermining progress on the MDGs.
Climate change leaflet
Leaflet from Practical Action illustrating the effects of climate change on people living in the developing world, and what practical Action is doing to support them
Climate change: catastrophe for the world's poor?
An introduction to the impact of climate change on developing countries, and the need for effective adaptation solutions.
Climate change: catastrophe for the world's poor?
An introduction to the impact of climate change on developing countries, and the need for effective adaptation solutions.
Community-based adaptation workshop 2010 - summary
A summary of Practical Action's Community-Based Adaptation Workshop, London 12th July 2010.
Comprehensive notes on how to deliver the Who's in Control? activity
Comprehensive notes on how to deliver the Who's in Control? activity
Debt and climate change
The rich world demands billions of dollars from poor countries in payment of ‘debts’ which often came from loans that served lenders’ interests. Meanwhile, the rich world’s actions are causing climate disaster in poor countries. On both counts, the rich are largely responsible, but the poor are...
Energising poverty reduction in Africa: Europe's chance to help light up Africa
This paper, launched ahead of the G8 summit in July 2005, outlines the how African populations are chronically underserved in terms of energy and how this contributes to the poverty crisis facing the continent. It looks at two recent proposals for African development, and considers the current...
Energy to reduce poverty: the urgency for G8 action on climate justice
This report outlines Practical Action’s experience demonstrating that small-scale renewable energy can provide clean, appropriate and affordable energy in the world’s poorest and most remote communities, helping lift people out of poverty and improving lives. It explains how such technologies...
Energy to reduce poverty: UK Prime Minister's reply
A reply from the UK Prime Minister on climate change, energy and development, reacting to the Practical Action paper 'Energy to reduce poverty: the urgency for G8 action on climate justice'.
Ensuring a fair deal for the world’s poor in Bali
A joint paper prepared by Practical Action, Tearfund, Christian Aid and Oxfam ahead of the UNFCCC meeting in Bali. Mitigation and adaptation are the building blocks for future climate stability. The means and sources of finance for clean technology for development as well as for adaptation must...
Facing a changing climate in northern Kenya
A poster on climate change in northern Kenya
Financing adaptation
This briefing provides an overview of the alternatives for financing climate change adaptation. It reviews current estimates of the costs of adaptation and the funding mechanisms that exist under the UNFCCC before examining alternative funding strategies.
Helping the poorest to survive - promoting adaptation to climate change
This paper briefly reviews climate change and its impacts at national and local levels in Nepal, which indicate climate uncertainties are sure in the coming years.
How can communities prepare against climate change?
A presentation on Practical Action’s strategies for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Nepal.
Hunger and climate change: a global perspective
Presentation by Bob Watson, Chief Scientist at DEFRA, to the Hunger and Climate Change conference, London, 7 April 2009.
Hunger and climate change: some practical answers? 7 April 2009
Brochure for the Hunger and Climate Change conference, London, 7 April 2009
Hunger and climate change: speakers
Biographical profiles of speakers at the Hunger and Climate Change conference, London, 7 April 2009.
Hunger and climate change: speakers
Biographical profiles of speakers at the Hunger and Climate Change conference, London, 7 April 2009.
Increasing the resilience of poor communities in Pakistan to cope with impacts of climate change
Presented to a Practical Action workshop on community based adaption workshop, 4 July 2007.
Increasing the resilience of poor communities to cope with impact of climate change in Bangladesh
Presented to a Practical Action workshop on community based adaption workshop, 4 July 2007.
Increasing the resilience of poor communities to cope with impacts of climate change in Nepal
Presented to a Practical Action workshop on community based adaption workshop, 4 July 2007.
