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Land and water resource management in Asia. Challenges for climate adaptation
S. Tyler (ed);L. Fajber (ed) / Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2009
This paper identifies key development issues relating to land and water management in the less developed countries of the Himalayan and South East Asian (SEA) regions, and how these are likely to b...
Trade and climate change: issues in perspective
A. Cosbey (ed) / Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2008
The government of Denmark convened a seminar on trade and climate change. This report is a record of the discussions and analysis that took place there. Trade is an important channel for the diffusion...
Early lessons from implementation of climate change adaptation projects in South-Eastern Africa: workshop report
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2007
Across south-eastern Africa, organisations are developing and implementing projects specifically designed to support adaptation to climate change, many at the community level. This paper reports on...
Climate change and foreign policy: an exploration of options for greater integration
J. Drexhage / Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2007
This report explores ways in which an integrated climate change-foreign policy approach might improve prospects for a more effective global climate regime. Such a regime would be characterised by an ...
Increasing the resilience of tropical hillside communities through forest landscape restoration
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2003
Tropical hillsides in Latin America, Africa and Asia cover 9% of the world’s landmass and hold 20% of the world’s fresh water. These ecosystems, however, are fragile and vulnerable to unstable climat...
Sustainable drylands management: a strategy for securing water resources and adapting to climate change
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2003
This information paper illustrates sustainable dryland management practises in communities vulnerable to climate change with case studies in India and the Sudan.In both cases the adaptation program...
Governing climate: the struggle for a global framework beyond Kyoto
T. Sugiyama / Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2005
How can we further develop international regimes to prevent climate change? This publications asks this question in the context of a post-Kyoto plan, considering that the importance of Kyoto over the ...
Climate change and competitiveness: a survey of the issues
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2005
From the outset, the Kyoto Protocol and the UNFCCC have had to contend with perceived tension between effective action to slow climate change, and maintenance of competitiveness. This short background...
Realizing the development dividend: making the CDM work for developing countries (Phase I Report)
A. Cosbey; J. Parry; J. Browne; Y.D. Babu; P. Bhandari; J. Drexhage; D. Murphy / Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2005
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has a host of objectives not directly related to climate change; it aims to bring host countries socio-economic and environmental benefits through technology tran...
Sustainable livelihoods and climate change adaptation: a review of phase one activities for the project on climate change, vulnerable communities and adaptation
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2004
This paper reports on the first phase of a project examining issues of sustainable livelihoods and climate change adaptation. Achievements include:the establishment of an institutional platfor...

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