Climate change
- Tackling climate change in developing countries
- This new book from UNFCCC examines the challenges posed by climate change in developing countries and how they should be tackled. Focusing on Africa, Asia, Latin America and small island developing states, the book discuss vulnerabilities and impacts of climate change; current adaptation plans, strategies and actions; and future adaptation options and needs. Recommendations include increased financial assistance for adaptation in the context of sustainable development planning and risk reduction.
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- No evidence on energy savings via FDI: explicit encouragement of adequate technology transfers remains necessary
- ( M. Hübler;K. Keller / Kiel Institute of World Economics/Institut für Weltwirtschaft , 2008)
- This paper analyses macro level data on 60 developing countries for the period 1975-2005 to examine the influence of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on energy intensities. Contrary to Mielnik ...
- Rising food prices: time for a revolution in global food policy?
- ( A. Evans / Child Rights Information Network , 2008)
- Global food prices have risen 83 per cent over the last three years, with significant impacts for the world's poorest people. This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for intern...
- Stepping away from the doom and gloom approach to climate change
- ( T. Clougherty / The Globalization Institute , 2007)
- This publication presents ‘positive environmentalism’ as a way to deal with climate change instead of a doom and gloom approach. The report focuses on four main areas: environmentalism for...
- How can organic agriculture contribute towards climate change adaptation and mitigation?
- ( U. Niggli;H. Schmid;A. Fliessbach / International Trade Centre , 2007)
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Agriculture is affected by climate change but also contributes to it. As a sector, agriculture must therefore both adapt to changes and offers options for mitigation, such as reducing greenho...
Risk-sharing to combat climate change: a strategy for West Africa
- ( M. Niasse / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
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This paper lays the foundations of a regional climate change adaptation strategy based on the risk-sharing approach (i.e. sharing the burden of the development and implementation of response measur...
- Evaluating the potential for climate change early warning systems to contol diseases
- ( K. Kuhn;D. Campbell-Lendrum;A. Haines;J. Cox / Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization , 2005)
- This World Health Organization document evaluates the potential of climate-based disease early warning as a means of improving preparedness for, and response to, epidemics. The authors develop a conce...
- Meteorological effects of malaria transmission in Burkina Faso
- ( Y. Ye;V. R. Louis;S. Simboro;R. Sauerborn / BMC Public Health , 2007)
- This paper, published in BMC public health, examines the effects of meteorological factors (temperature, relative humidity and rainfall) on the incidence of clinical malaria. It uses data collected fr...
- The relationship between climate and malaria in Tanzania
- ( A. E. Jones;U. Uddenfeldt Wort;A. P. Morse / Malaria Journal, BioMed Central , 2007)
- This paper, published in the Malaria Journal examines the relationship between climate and malaria incidence in Kagera in northwest Tanzania, with the aim of determining whether seasonal weather forec...
- What are the implications of the dynamic between migration and climate change?
- ( M. Laczko / International Organization for Migration , 2008)
- This paper analyses the relationship that coexists between migration and climate change. It looks at the nature of forced migration and discusses development implications, and policy appropriate respo...
Challenging the official rhetoric: the Brazilian grassroots critique of agrofuels
- ( C. Moreno;A. Mittal / The Oakland Institute , 2008)
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Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70% of the world's supply in 2006. While official accounts of the Brazilian government’s experiment with biofuels laud it as a global...
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