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This compilation covers various online resource portals on adaptation. The portals featured here contain wide array of information, data and tools on vulnerability assessment and adaptation measures implemented in various regions at different scales.
​Name ​Description Access
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange​ (Cakex)
 
​The CAKEX was founded in July 2010. It is an online platform that aims to build a shared knowledge base, helping users to navigate a wide range of information and materials on climate change adaptation. Together with its interactive interface, the website offers the following features: Case studies of on-the-ground adaptation projects and relevant links to complete project information, virtual library, community forum, directory of practitioners to share knowledge and strategies; and data tools and information available from other sites.
Climate Change Knowledge Portal
The Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP) Beta is a central hub of information, data and reports about climate change around the world. The aim of the portal is to help provide development practitioners with a resource to explore, evaluate, synthesize, and learn about climate related vulnerabilities and risks at multiple levels of details.
 
​Eldis


Eldis is an online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. Documents were organized into collections according to key development themes and the country or region they relate to.
European Climate Adaptation Platform​ (Climate-ADAPT)

​Climate-ADAPT is an online resource platform initiated by the European Union to support Europe in adapting to climate change. The platform promotes greater coordination and information sharing between and among member states. It helps countries navigate a wide range of materials containing information on: a) the current and future vulnerability of regions and sectors; b) national and transnational adaptation strategies; c) adaptation case studies and potential adaptation options; and d) Tools that support adaptation planning.
​Georgetown Climate Center

​The Georgetown Climate Center serves as an information hub for promoting science to policy actions by ensuring that the US national climate and energy policy is informed by lessons from existing state efforts and that national policies maintain an ongoing role for state innovation and implementation. The portal provides information that connects the states and federal policymakers by providing information on legislative and regulatory development as well as showcasing best practices and success stories.
​The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) ​The ND-GAIN Country Index, a project of the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN), summarizes a country's vulnerability to climate change and​ other global challenges in combination with its readiness to improve resilience. It aims to help businesses and the public sector better prioritize investments for a more efficient response to the immediate global challenges ahead.
​USAID - Development Experience Clearinghouse ​USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC), the largest online resource for USAID-funded technical and project materials, makes nearly 200,000 items available for review or download, and continuously grows with more than 1000 items added each month. The DEC collects research reports, evaluations and assessments, contract information, tutorials, policy and planning documents, activity information sheets, and training materials.
 
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