Climate Change Resource Guide

Key Issues Guide on Indigenous knowledge and climate change

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Indigenous communities have long been recognised as being particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to the close connection between their livelihoods, culture, spirituality and social systems and their environment. This key issues guide, developed by an expert, provides resources for better understanding the relationship between indigenous knowledge and climate change, the potential this relationship may hold, and the challenges that may underlie it.

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An overview and guidance on the UNFCCC process: Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development , 2012; This overview guide on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) highlights the different types of documents relevant to the process. The paper notes that the UNFCCC comprises...
Tackling exposure: placing disaster risk management at the heart of national economic and fiscal policy: T. Mitchell / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012; 2011 was, in economic terms, the costliest year on record for disasters. Economic exposure to disasters is increasing faster than per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and the impacts of climate cha...
Children’s vulnerability to climate change and disaster impacts in East Asia and the Pacific: J. Lawler / United Nations Children's Fund, 2011; In 2011, UNICEF commissioned field research in Indonesia, Kiribati, Mongolia, Philippines and Vanuatu to determine if there were noticeable patterns and trends of climate change and disaster impacts o...
One planet to share: sustaining human progress in a changing climate: A. Rajivan / 2012; The Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Report (APHDR) focuses on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically, while reducing poverty and tackling climate change and envi...
The state of Arab cities 2012: challenges of urban transition: United Nations Human Settlements Programme , 2012; This regional report by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) highlights that, although urban slums are decreasing and urban innovations are being introduced, the Arab region sti...
Coal: energy for sustainable development: World Coal Association, 2012; Access to energy is essential to addressing the causes of poverty. This report demonstrates the role coal has in delivering energy to the 1.3 billion people who lack access to energy and how it can he...
Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2012; Tackling the issue of land and resource tenure is one of the prerequisites for mechanisms such as REDD+ to have positive impacts not only on reducing emissions from the forestry sector but also in red...
Equity and cost-effectiveness of multilateral adaptation finance - are they friends or foes?: M. Stadelmann / Center for Comparative and International Studies, 2012; This paper analyses potential criteria to allocate international funding for climate change adaptation. Based on a review of the equity and cost-effectiveness literature and the relevant policy docume...
IDLO-CISDL compendium of legal best practices on climate change policy: S. A. Mason-Case / International Development Law Organisation, 2011; This compendium by the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) and the Centre for International Sustainable Development (CISDL) highlights the challenges that domestic governments face in im...
ESMAP 2011 annual report: World Bank, 2012; This annual report by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank indicates that in 2011 the program built on lessons learned by realigning focus areas and strengthening ...