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Insights from the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa & Asia
Bruce Currie-Alder
Program Leader
April 2018
Hotspots and CARIAA
Glacier-fed river basins1.3 billion people live in glacier
and snow-fed river basins of Hindu Kush Himalayan
mountain region
Semi-arid regions 2.5 billion people live in
the world’s arid and semi-arid regions
Deltas500 million people
worldwide live in delta regions
Why it works: Collaborative Science
Cross-cutting Themes
• Migration/ mobility• Gender & equity• Economics • Climate science• Scenarios • Research-into-Use
Country Tables
• Ghana• India• Bangladesh• Pakistan• Kenya
Program Strategies
•Knowledge management & Communications•Monitoring and evaluation
1. Climate Hotspots
2. Effective Adaptation
3. Migration
4. Gender & Social Difference
5. Private Adaptation
Key References
• Vulnerability to climate change in three hot spots
in Africa and Asia
• Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change:
insights from the semi-arid regions
• Research-into-Use in CARIAA : guidance note
• A reflection on collaborative adaptation research
in Africa and Asia
• Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5
degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers
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http://cariaa.net