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Robert Nicholls

Professor
University of Southhampton
27 March 2020
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Call for Innovation - Under the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)

The World Bank Group is launching a Call for Innovation under the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA), with the deadline of 27 March 2020.
January 2020

Opportunities for Environmentally Healthy, Inclusive, and Resilient Growth in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula

World Bank Group
Based on preliminary identification of environmental priorities, this report explores selected topics that aim to inform decision-making in the Yucatán Peninsula. A general context of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is used to explore issues, constraints, and potential solutions. The role of geomorphology is examined with a view to identifying how shore management plans can contribute to improved coastal management. The report also demonstrates how rigorous economic tools can provide insights into the economic impacts of extreme climate events and of economic losses from environmental degradation. It concludes with options for consideration in the years ahead in relation to pilot projects and interventions, technical assistance, institutional strengthening, and monitoring, evaluation, research, and development.
September 2018

Future Response of Global Coastal Wetlands to Sea-level Rise

Nature

The response of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise during the twenty-first century remains uncertain.

January 2016

Pilot Ecosystem Account for Southern Palawan

Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES), World Bank Group, Southern Palawan Technical Working Group
This technical report, Pilot Ecosystem Account for Southern Palawan, explores the specific challenges confronting natural resource management in Southern Palawan and presents the key findings of the ecosystem accounts, which were developed at different scales (depending on data availability), including the Pulot watershed and the municipalty of Sofroñio Española.
November 2020

Coping with Climate Change in the Sundarbans: Lessons from Multidisciplinary Studies

World Bank Group
This report synthesises multiyear, multidisciplinary climate change studies on the Sundarbans—the world’s largest remaining contiguous mangrove forest and wetland of international importance, as well as home to some of South Asia’s poorest and most vulnerable communities. The studies’ findings indicate that, in a changing climate, sea-level rise, storm-surge intensification, and water salinization will alter the Sundarbans ecosystem significantly.
November 2016

Pilot Ecosystem Account for Laguna de Bay Basin

Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES), World Bank Group, Laguna Lake Development Authority
This technical report, Pilot Ecosystem Account for Laguna de Bay Basin , explores the specific challenges confronting natural resource management in the Laguna de Bay Basin, and presents the key findings of the ecosystem account developed between January 2014 to December 2015.
January 2019

Integrating Natural Capital in Risk Assessments: A step-by-step guide for banks

United Nations Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Natural Capital Finance Initiative
This report provides a step-by-step guide for financial institutions conducting a rapid natural capital risk assessment, with links to additional online resources. The guide was developed based on experience piloting the approach with banks across three countries: Colombia, Peru and South Africa.

Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Framework and Indicators for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Formulation Process in Nepal

Organisation: 
Action on Climate Today (ACT), Oxford Policy Management Limited (OPML), Support to Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas (Himalica), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Practical Action Consulting, UK aid
Country: 
Nepal

The assessment of impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in Nepal’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process evaluates how patterns of risk or potential benefit are shifting due to climate change, and considers how impacts and risks related to climate change can be reduced and managed through adapt

June 2020

Chile’s Forests: A Pillar for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

World Bank Group
The economic success of the Chilean forest sector relies heavily on its forest plantations, which are facing significant challenges. With the focus shifting away from plantations, Chile’s native forests have the potential to provide an increasing range of goods and services.

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