Guide

Vulnerability & Adaptation Work Program: Achieving sustainable development in a changing climate

By Anne Hammill, Jo-Ellen Parry, László Pintér, Darren A. Swanson on June 24, 2008

For nearly a decade, the International Institute for Sustainable Development has been actively engaged in understanding and addressing the impacts of climate change and its implications for the lives and livelihoods of people in Canada and the developing world. This brochure highlights IISD's approach, and the seven themes of its work in the area of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.

Participating experts

Anne Hammill

Associate Vice-President, Resilience

Jo-Ellen Parry

Deputy Director, Resilience

László Pintér

Senior Fellow

Guide details

Publisher: IISD

Copyright: IISD, 2008

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