Below are some key links on climate change – from the science, the risks, the costs, funding, solutions and policies.
- Brighter Prospects for a Low-Carbon Future, Swiss Re (2015)
- Climate Action Tracker – great source of analysis
- Cities at Risk: Asia’s Coastal Cities in An Age of Climate Change by Roland Fuchs, East West Center
- Climate Change. Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability – IPCC, AR5 (2014)
- Climate Change in Asia
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3 Steps to De-carbonizing Development for a Zero-Carbon Future, World Bank (2015)
- Emissions Gap – How close are INDCs to 2 and 1.5°C pathways?, Carbon Tracker (2015)
- Getting Carbon Prices and Policies Right, World Bank (2015)
- Green Climate Fund (GCF)
- INDCs lower projected warming to 2.7°C: significant progress but still above 2°C, Carbon Tracker (2015)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) (2014)
- Mind the Risk: Cities Under Threat from Natural Disasters, Swiss Re, 2015
- Resilient Cities: Pathway to a More Sustainable Future, Swiss Re (2014)
- Synthesis Report – IPCC, AR5 (2014)
- Top 20 Cities with Billions at Risk from Climate Change, Bloomberg (2012)
- Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal, World Bank (2014)
- Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience, World Bank (2013)
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- US-China Climate Change Announcement Signals New Phase for Global Action, World Resources Institute (WRI) (2015)
- Water Scarcity in China, China Water Risk