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General Program Resources
Program Evaluation
Why is Evaluation Important? 2.36 min. video. Asian Development Bank
Program Design
Metodología del marco lógico para la planificación, el seguimiento y la evaluación de proyecto
programas. Autores: Edgar Ortegón, Juan Francisco Pacheco, y Adriana Prieto. ILPES/CEPAL 200
Climate Change Resources
Learning Portals
UN Climate Change Learning Platforms The Adaptation Learning Mechanism and the World Bank Insititue E-Learning Courses are tools for policy makers and practiioners.
Natural Diasasters and Climate Change
Link: Natural Disasters and Climate Change 22 min video on climate change and related disasters.
Covers changing trends in climate related natural disasters, and the growing risk they pose to populations in different parts of Asia. Using evaluation lessons, he discusses the vital need to mainstream risk assessment in developing country growth strategies and donor support, and to build in climate mitigation and adaptation in operations and policy dialogues.
Extreme Summer Heat Events to Global Warming
Link: Bell Curve Shifting Distribution of Summer Temperature Anomolies .
James Hansen and other NASA scientists released this data plotted for 1951-1980. Posted 8-6-12
Artic Ice
Shrinking Arctic ice and the wicked backlash on our weather
, Guest Op-ed, Washington Post; re-posted 9-25-12
Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Redrawing the Energy Climate Map, World Energy Outlook Special Report .Internatioal energy Agency.10 June 2013
Huge economic benefits from climate change adaptation, for major economies and poor nations alike.
Sept. 27, 2012. Climate Change Research & Information, National & Regional Government.
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Canadian Infrasturcture
National (Canadian) Roundtable on the Environment and The Economy, reposted 10-5-12
Climate Change and Health
Climate Change and Health, A Tool to Estimate Health and Adaptation Costs
Climate Change Humor
For cartoons that make the frustrating issue of Climate Change a little more tangible, see these cartoons like the one below at:
https://www.facebook.com/SEAChangeCoP/photos_stream
Project Resources
TAES Comunitaria Sonora/US