Climate change adaptation
- How will climate change impact indigenous and traditional peoples?
- M. Macchi; G. Oviedo; S. Gotheil / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
- Indigenous and traditional peoples are among those most at risk from climate change. This document looks in detail at the potential impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities and cultures and their associated ecosystems...
- What approaches can help rehabilitate degraded land?
- New Agriculturalist, 2008
- Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening ...
- Does policy pay enough attention to the interaction between water and forests?
- A. Perlis (ed) / Unasylva, FAO, 2008
- 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 Unasylva, a collection of articl...
- Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity in Samoa
- K. Sutherland; B. Smit; V. Wulf / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2005
- As a small island developing state, Samoa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Projected sea level rise could increase coastal erosion, cause loss of land and property, and dislocate island inhabitants. In this article, the authors...
- How can livelihood diversification influence adaptive capacities in rural Bangladesh?
- J. Pouliotte; N. Islam; B. Smit; S. Islam / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2006
- For many of the poorest residents of Subarnabad, a village in rural Bangladesh, lackof money to meet basic needs is related to the environmental changes that have been occurring during the last 25 to 30 years. The authors describe the...
- How can communities in Viet Nam adapt to recurring droughts?
- R. Shaw; S., V., R., K. Prabhakar; H. Nguyen; P. Mondal / Oxfam, 2007
- 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 perceptions of drought-related vulnerabilities...
- Can the existing sustainable livelihoods projects in Malawi help to cope with climate change?
- S. W. Bie; D. Mkwambisi; M. Gomani / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2008
- This review seeks to assess the sustainable livelihoods projects currently supported by Norway in Malawi within the context of climate change and its predicted impact on agriculture development and food security. The report...
- Understanding poor peoples' experiences in climate change adaptation
- ActionAid International, 2006
- While policy responses to global warming have mainly been driven by debates among scientists, the insights of poor people living on the frontline have been largely neglected. This study seeks to understand what is happening from poor ...
- How will the poor be affected by climate change?
- N. Leary; J. Kulkarni; C. Seipt / Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training, 2007
- It is now recognised that there is an urgent need in developing countries to formulate and implement adaptive strategies that would lessen climate change risks. This report summarises the learning from the Assessments of Impacts of an...
- What are the linkages between poverty reduction and adaptation to climate change?
- R.J.T. Klein; S.E.H. Eriksen; K. Ulsrud; L.O. Næss; K. O’Brien / Global Environmental Change and Human Security International Project Office, 2007
- This paper explores the practical linkages between poverty reduction and adaptation to climate change, identifying the points of interaction between poverty eradication and adaptation interventions. Additionally, it examines the insti...
- Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity in Samoa
- K. Sutherland; B. Smit; V. Wulf / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2005
- As a small island developing state, Samoa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Projected sea level rise could increase coastal erosion, cause loss of land and property, and dislocate island inhabitants. In this article, the authors...
- How can livelihood diversification influence adaptive capacities in rural Bangladesh?
- J. Pouliotte; N. Islam; B. Smit; S. Islam / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2006
- For many of the poorest residents of Subarnabad, a village in rural Bangladesh, lackof money to meet basic needs is related to the environmental changes that have been occurring during the last 25 to 30 years. The authors describe the...
- How can communities in Viet Nam adapt to recurring droughts?
- R. Shaw; S., V., R., K. Prabhakar; H. Nguyen; P. Mondal / Oxfam, 2007
- 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 perceptions of drought-related vulnerabilities...
- Can the existing sustainable livelihoods projects in Malawi help to cope with climate change?
- S. W. Bie; D. Mkwambisi; M. Gomani / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2008
- This review seeks to assess the sustainable livelihoods projects currently supported by Norway in Malawi within the context of climate change and its predicted impact on agriculture development and food security. The report...
- Understanding poor peoples' experiences in climate change adaptation
- ActionAid International, 2006
- While policy responses to global warming have mainly been driven by debates among scientists, the insights of poor people living on the frontline have been largely neglected. This study seeks to understand what is happening from poor ...
- How will the poor be affected by climate change?
- N. Leary; J. Kulkarni; C. Seipt / Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training, 2007
- It is now recognised that there is an urgent need in developing countries to formulate and implement adaptive strategies that would lessen climate change risks. This report summarises the learning from the Assessments of Impacts of an...
- What are the linkages between poverty reduction and adaptation to climate change?
- R.J.T. Klein; S.E.H. Eriksen; K. Ulsrud; L.O. Næss; K. O’Brien / Global Environmental Change and Human Security International Project Office, 2007
- This paper explores the practical linkages between poverty reduction and adaptation to climate change, identifying the points of interaction between poverty eradication and adaptation interventions. Additionally, it examines the insti...
- Latest developments on food security in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- C. Abu Sa'ada; J. Frize; C. Galluzzi / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- How can food security be ensured in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS)? Given the ever-fluctuating political and economic situation, up-to-date information is essential for policy development and programme planning as it re...
- Africa's urban poor are struggling to cope with climate-induced flooding
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already th...
- Building community capacity to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability
- South South North, 2006
- The goal of the project is to build the capacity of the community to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability, as well as to facilitate poverty reduction. The specific objectives of the project are: ...
- Integrated Development Society
- Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal is a non-for-profit, non-government development organisation working in the field of sustainable development, policy research and knowledge mobilisation.
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- micle
- micle is a research project focused on investigating the social-ecological conditions under which population movements take place.
