#theme:cc_vulnerability

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This work focuses on Amando Lopez and Octavio Ortiz, two of the twenty-nine rural communities in the Bajo Lempa on the east bank of the river in the municipality of Jiquilisco, Usulutan in El Salvador. This study examines, under a participatory approach, vulnerabilities and capacities of the communities of Amando Lopez and Octavio Ortiz, as well as the national and regional framework analysing if it facilitates or limits the adaptation process. The main objective of this work was to collect and analyse information based on the strengths and weaknesses identified by the communities, in order to design adaptation strategies that could be integrated into the local management of natural resources and livelihoods. The original document is in Spanish.

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This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The SREX approaches the topic by assessing the scientific literature on issues that range from the relationship between climate change and extreme weather and climate events (‘climate extremes’) to the implications of these events for society and sustainable development. The assessment concerns the interaction of climatic, environmental, and human factors that can lead to impacts and disasters, options for managing the risks posed by impacts and disasters, and the important role that non-climatic factors play in determining impacts.

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This year ́s analysis underlines that less developed countries are generally more affected than industrialised countries, according to the Climate Risk Index. With regard to future climate change, the CRI can serve as a warning signal indicating past vulnerability which may further increase in regions where extreme events will become more frequent or more severe through climate change. While some vulnerable developing countries are frequently hit by extreme events, there are also some where such disas‐ ters are a rarity. It includes a specific section in impacts to Central America and the Caribbean region.

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This document includes the information available on line at the Climate Change Knowledege Portal of the World Bank (http://bit.ly/K3p3x7). Includes snapshot information about the country, priority adaptation measures, climate baseline and trends, vulnerability assessment and sectoral recommendations.

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Managing, protecting and restoring nature so that it continues to provide the services, which enable people to adapt to climate change, is known as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). Adaptation projects in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and South America directly related to the sustainable management of nature are the focus of this report. In the high mountains of Colombia 78 percent of the glaciers might disappear by 2050. This would result in losing the environmental goods and services provided by these ecosystems, such as soil protection, food and water supply. "With 80 percent of the population living in the surrounding area relying on the water that the Chingaza Massif provides, the need for ecosystem-based adaptation strategies resulted in involving the local communities in the restoration of watersheds, riversides and landslides areas," says Angela Andrade, Deputy Chair of IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management.