Water
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Women and the future of climate change and water security
- ( N. Tandon / , 2007)
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The world over, the increased degradation of ecosystems, excessive consumption of water,
contamination and salinisation of water-bearings, aquifers and dams, along with the impact... Desertification and drought in Africa: an overview
- ( UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2008)
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Prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in preparation for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16), this report review...
- A governance blueprint for climate refugees
- ( F. Biermann;I. Boas / Global Governance Project , 2007)
- Climate change threatens to cause the largest refugee crisis in human history. More than 200 million people, largely in Africa and Asia, might be forced to leave their homes to seek refuge in other pl...
Does policy pay enough attention to the interaction between water and forests?
- ( A. Perlis / Unasylva, FAO , 2008)
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Water-related problems are an increasingly important challenge to sustainable development, and the availability and quality of water are strongly influenced by forests. In this issue of FAO's ...
- How can communities in Viet Nam adapt to recurring droughts?
- ( R. Shaw;S., V., R., K. Prabhakar;H. Nguyen;P. Mondal / Oxfam , 2007)
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This paper presents a study on the impacts of recurring droughts on communities in the Ninh Thuan province of Viet Nam. It examines the root causes of drought in the region, people's perceptio...
- Factoring climate change into water planning
- ( P. Mukheibir / Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT) , 2007)
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Although there are many uncertainties around quantitative assessments of climate change impact and water resource management, what is certain is that the climate is changing and this will have an e...
- Will global warming send Asia and the Pacific 'up in smoke'?
- ( Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , 2007)
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Global scientific consensus indicates that all of Asia is very likely to warm during this century and it is here that the human drama of climate change will largely be played out. This report from ...
- Community-led drought risk reduction: lessons from South Asia
- ( Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction , 2006)
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Recent development in South Asia has led to a rapid increase in exploitation of rivers and groundwater, causing considerable stress on these water sources. This paper outlines the threat ...
- Empirical forcasting could help improve our response to humanitarian catastrophes
- ( A. Mude;C. Barrett;J. McPeak / Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University , 2006)
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This paper sets out to develop an empirical forecasting model that can predict, with reasonable accuracy, the expected welfare impact of impending drought. This work is based on a set of regularly ...
- Increasing resilience to climate-induced landslides
- ( South South North , 2006)
- The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when th...
