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    Small Island Economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities - a reader

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2012
    Small Island Developing States (SIDS)  face a greater risk of marginalisation from the global economy than many other developing countries as a result of their small size, remoteness from large markets, and high economic vulnerability to economic and natural shocks beyond domestic control.
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    Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific: final report

    Asian Development Bank, 2012
    Asia and the Pacific is the global area most prone to natural disasters, both in terms of the absolute number of disasters and of populations affected. This report aims to identify policy and other responses to impacts of environment events on human mobility within the Asia and Pacific region.
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    Moving women out of poverty through the development of small fish processing enterprises in Malawi

    Global Forum on Agricultural Research, 2012
    Malawi is one of the countries in Africa which is highly dependent on fish as a source of animal protein. Malawi produces about 70,000 tons of fish annually from its lakes, rivers and swamps. The fishing industry supports the livelihoods of 1.5 mill people in Malawi and contributes about 4% to the national GDP.
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    Sustainable wetland management in the face of climate risks in Niger: the case of La Mare de Tabalak

    United Nations Development Programme, 2013
    The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries.
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    The demography of adaptation to climate change

    United Nations Population Fund, 2013
    In 2010, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and El Colegio de Mexico hosted an expert group meeting in Mexico to discuss aspects of population dynamics with particular focus on adaptation to climate change.
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    Analysis of climate change impacts on coffee, cocoa and basic grains value chains in northern Honduras

    Instituto de Estudios del Hambre (Institute of Hunger Studies), 2013
    This study examines, applying future climate local scenarios, climate change impacts in northern Honduras and makes recommendations to strengthen the resilience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) ‘Northern Horizons’ project beneficiaries in the coffee, cocoa, maize and bean value chains.
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    Rural households in a changing climate

    World Bank, 2013
    This World Bank policy research working paper investigates household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings, looking particularly at the adaptive capacity of poor rural households – a subject the authors claim has received little attention due to its broad and complex nature.
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    A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria

    Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
    This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for their optimum performance. Therefore, decreasing and/or irregular rainfall patterns threaten food security in the state.
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    Cumulative pressures on sustainable livelihoods: coastal adaptation in the Mekong Delta

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
    Many coastal areas at risk from sea level rise and the increased intensity of extreme weather events. Simultaneously, these areas are also experiencing significant socio-economic challenges associated with rural-urban transitions, population growth and increased consumption resulting from improving gross regional product.
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    Adaptation or manipulation? Unpacking climate change response strategies

    Ecology and Society, 2012
    Adaptation is a key feature of sustainable social-ecological systems, as well as a recent and increasing focus of research and policy regarding responses to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. This article examines the meaning of adaptation and its relationship to the concepts of resilience, vulnerability and sustainability.

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