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

• 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