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- Is climate adaptation possible through proper resource management?
- This paper identifies and explores how land and water management will be impacted by long-term climate change in the less developed countries of the Himalayan and South East Asian (SEA) regions. The authors also review some of the many innovative efforts underway at local and regional levels to support land and water management initiatives and reduce poverty.
Latest Documents
- Mitigating disasters — a promising start
- J. Maurice / The Lancet, 2013
- A ten-year United Nations plan to make the world safer from natural disasters went into effect in 2005. With 2015 nearing, countries are now assessing how well it has worked. The Hyogo Framework for Action spelled out what all countri...
- Forests and climate change after Doha: an Asia-Pacific perspective
- The Centre for People and Forests, 2013
- Since 2010 the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference o...
- Neoclassical realism and international climate change politics: moral imperative and political constraint in international climate finance
- M. Purdon / Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
- This article presents a neoclassical realist theory of climate change politics that challenges the idea that cooperation on climate change is compelled alone by shared norms and interests emanating from the international level and que...
- Disaster risk management in post-2015 development goals: potential targets and indicators
- T. Mitchell / Overseas Development Institute, 2013
- Disasters can hamper economic growth, affect poverty levels and cause human suffering. This paper argues that including measures to promote disaster risk management (DRM) in the post-2015 development goals is needed to incentivise inv...
- Water security & the global water agenda: a UN-Water analytical brief
- UN-Water, 2013
- This analytical brief serves as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the United Nations system. Through this brief, UN-Water aims to capture the constantly evolving dimensions of water-related issues, offering a holistic...
- The second-image reversed and climate policy: how international influences helped changing Brazil’s positions on climate change
- S. Kasa 2013
- International climate policy is increasingly characterised by the growing involvement of developing countries. In addition to a stronger willingness to participate in global mitigation efforts, there are many examples of domestic miti...
- Towards the fifth review of the UNFCCC’s financial mechanism
- S. Harmeling / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013
- Financial support for mitigation and adaptation actions in developing countries is at the core of the climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is due to the legal obligations ...
- The role of emerging economies in climate negotiations
- V. Bosetti; C. Carraro; M. Tavoni / CESifo, 2009
- Focusing on the climate problem, it is now clear that developing countries, especially fast-growing regions such as those in the so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), will have a major impact on future emission dynamics an...
- Constructing a transnational climate change regime: bypassing and managing states
- K. W. Abbott / Social Science Research Network, 2013
- This paper argues that the inadequacies of the international inter-state climate change negotiating processes create a pressing need for innovative modes of governance, and it proposes the construction of a transnational climate chang...
- Green growth and equity in the context of climate change: some considerations
- J. Sachs / Asian Development Bank Institute, 2012
- Green growth involves diverse processes, including conversion to low carbon energy, climate resilience and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within and between countries. This working paper explor...
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