Computer-based decision support tools

• SERVIR
  SERVIR is a regional visualisation and monitoring system for Mesoamerica and Africa that integrates satellite and other geospatial data for improved scientific knowledge and decision making. Developed by USAID, NASA, the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT), the University of Colorado, and CATHALAC.
  www.servir.net
• World Bank Climate Change Portal and ADAPT
  The World Bank Climate Change Portal is intended to provide quick and readily accessible global climate and climate-related data to the development community.
  www.sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/...
• ci:grasp
  Aims to provide a sound information basis on climate stimuli, climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and response options in selected threshold countries on an open, web-based platform. Developed by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and GIZ (former GTZ), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Environmental Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
  www.ci-grasp.org
• weADAPT Climate Change Explorer
  The Climate Change Explorer provides users with an analytical foundation from which to explore the climate variables relevant to their particular adaptation decisions. Developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
  www.weadapt.org
• wikiADAPT
  Flexible, accessible, inclusive medium for enhancing the knowledge base of the climate adaptation community. The wiki is a collaborative project, and the idea is to have a community of contributors. Part of the weADAPT platform.
  www.wikiadapt.org
• Adaptation Learning Mechanism
  Features tools and practical guidance to meet the needs of developing countries, complementing the wide range of adaptation knowledge networks and initiatives already underway such as the Nairobi Work Programme, particularly the 'Methods and Tools' and 'Planning and Practices' areas of work, and the interactive weADAPT platform. Developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  www.adaptationlearning.net

Adaptation and risk management tools

• ORCHID and CRISP
  Opportunities and Risks from Climate Change and Disasters (ORCHID): Vulnerability and poverty reduction research, climate change and disaster risk screening of development agency portfolios. The methology was developed by the UK Department for International Development, an adapted version is known as CRISP.
  www.ids.ac.uk/climatechange/orchid
• Adapting to Coastal Climate Change: A Guidebook for Development Planners
  Developed in conjunction with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Guidebook is both a tool itself and a link to other resources valuable for assessing vulnerability, developing and implementing adaptation options, and integrating options into programs, plans, and projects at the national and local levels.
  www.crc.uri.edu/...
• ADB Climate Screening Checklist
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping the region's economies enhance their resilience to adverse climate change impacts through mainstreaming adaptation into national, sectoral and project level plans and actions. To mitigate climate change, ADB is addressing the main causes of emissions in the region. The Climate Screening Checklist is not publicly available.
  www.adb.org
• BMZ/GIZ Climate Check
  The "Climate Check" tackles climate change issues from two angles: "Climate Proofing" deals with the impact climate change risks can have on the sustainability of development projects. "Emission Saving" identifies contributions of the cooperation programmes to mitigating climate change and helps maximise these contributions.
  www.gtz.de/climate-check
• CRiSTAL
  The Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) is designed to help project planners and managers integrate climate change adaptation into community-level projects. Developed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and Intercooperation and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
  www.cristaltool.org

Further tools and approaches

• FAO activities
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has created an e-learning tool on climate and flood forecast applications in agriculture. It was developed in collaboration with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and the Department of Physical Geography at the University of Freiburg, Germany, to assist interested learners and disaster managers.
  www.fao.org/...
• PRECIS
  PRECIS stands for "Providing REgional Climates for Impacts Studies." Researchers at the Met Office Hadley Centre (meteorogical service and world area forecasting) produce and maintain a range of gridded datasets of meteorological variables for use in climate monitoring and climate modelling.
  www.precis.metoffice.com
• CEDRA
  Tearfund, a Christian relief and development agency, has developed an environmental field tool for agencies working in developing countries: Climate change and Environmental Degradation Risk and Adaptation assessment (CEDRA). Adaption options are discussed, and decision-making tools are provided to help organisations plan their responses to the hazards identified.
  www.tilz.tearfund.org/...
• Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Cities
  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has conducted a Joint Study "Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Cities" in cooperation with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
  www.jica.go.jp/...