Climate change
- Managing the impacts of climate change on human migration
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Climate and environmentally induced migration may be one of the major policy challenges of this century. This issue of Forced Migration Review, made up of 31 articles, analyses a range of climate and migration related issues which focus on case studies in Central Asia, Kenya, Kiribati, Ghana, Alaska and Bangladesh, among others.
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- Planning and managing the impacts of climate change on human migration
- ( M. Couldrey;M. Herson / , 2008)
- In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming ...
- Climate change, vulnerability and adaptation
- ( S. Eriksen;K. O'Brian;L. Rosentrater / Global Environmental Change and Human Security International Project Office , 2008)
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In its most recent assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that all of Africa is likely to warm during this century, with the drier subtropical regions warming more than ...
- Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
- ( WWF / Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme Office, WWF , 2008)
- This paper aims to provide an overview to potential policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in the post-2012 United Nations Fr...
- Climate change and the role of energy in the Mediterranean
- ( P. Van Grunderbeeck;H. Allal;Y. Tourre / Plan Bleu , 2008)
- An analysis of climate change issues in the Mediterranean region with an emphasis on Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs). SEMCs appear to be more vulnerable to climate change as they ...
Rights based approaches and climate change
- ( Oxfam , 2008)
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This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change. The document emphasises that the human rights community must beco...
- The climate change fund as a global climate change response
- ( South Centre , 2008)
- This paper examines the prospect of creating a Climate Change Fund (CCF) as an option for financing the global climate change response. It also looks at a breakdown of elements that would comprise the...
- Impact of climate change on natural disasters in Bangladesh
- ( Md. Shamsuddoha;R., K. Chowdhury / Equity and Justice Working Group , 2007)
- Focusing on the coastal areas of Bangladesh, this report analyses the impact of disasters with specific reference to the effects of climate change. It also looks at the nature of the disasters that fr...
- Strategies towards a shift to sustainability
- ( W., M. Adams;S., J. Jeanrenaud / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2008)
- In a changing world, this paper asks the question: "how does one devise strategies for society that will allow a peaceful, equitable, fulfilled human future: a humane future for a diverse earth?&...
- Can a cap and share scheme assist South Africa?
- ( J. Wakeford / The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability , 2008)
- This study seeks to identify the initial impact that a global cap and share (C&S) scheme might have on South Africa, based on a set of limiting assumptions. In particular, it attempts to quantify ...
- Ensuring investment flows into new clean energy infrastructure in developing countries.
- ( A. Cosbey;J. Ellis;M. Malik / International Institute for Sustainable Development [ES] , 2008)
- This paper focuses on how investment flows into new clean energy infrastructure in developing countries can be ensured. It considers key political factors, barriers and incentives to energy investment...
