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  Achieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012

  This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change.
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  A better climate for disaster risk management

  International Research Institute for Climate and Society, 2012

  This document highlights recent advances in the use of climate information to manage risks and improve livelihoods, such as new partnerships and user-designed information platforms. It draws together and analyzes experiences from 17 case studies that capture the current state of knowledge and highlights research innovations.
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  Improving Farmer Adaptive Capacity by Integrating Local and Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Forecasting and Adaptive Response

  International Development Research Centre, 2010

  Providing location-specific and easily understood climate forecasts can enhance farmers’ capacity to use climate forecasts to manage risk.
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  Visions of life with climate change: community photostories from Namibia, Tanzania, and Kenya

  2011

  Africa is one of the most exposed continents to the impacts of climate change. Its effects will be the most visible and have widespread consequences for the livelihoods of rural communities. To minimise the vulnerability of communities in east and southern Africa and to ensure sustainable and successful action two major issues need to be addressed: information flow and community support.
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  Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability in East Africa: A case study on the use of CARE's Climate Change Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) Methodology within the Global Water Initiative East Africa Programme

  Care Climate Change Information Centre, 2011

  This case study analyses the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology. The assessment was carried out within CARE’s framework for Community-based Adaptation (CBA) in the context of the Global Water Initiative (GWI) in East Africa, funded by the Howard G.
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  Adaptation Learning Programme in Kenya: A Snapshot of the Climate Change Impact on the Munyo Yaya Community

  Care Climate Change Information Centre, 2011

  This short publication provides a case study of how climate change is impacting on the pastoral agricultural community of Munyo Yaya in a settlement in Northern Kenya.
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  Environmental Suitability and Agro-Environmental Zoning of Kenya for Biofuel Production

  African Centre for Technology Studies, 2010

  When produced in a sustainable and equitable manner, biofuels can increase Kenya’s energy self sufficiency, support rural development as well as reduce deforestation and GHG emissions compared to fossil fuels.
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  Gender, improved cook stoves and development in Kenya: a literature review

  Sustainable Community Development Services, 2010

  Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals requires urgent action to increase energy access and supply, improve energy efficiency and enhance energy management and institutions. A big investment is required to meet the growing energy needs. Kenya’s Vision 2030 proposes development projects that will increase the demand on energy supply.
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  Climate Risk Management through Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011

  This paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) explores the adaptation benefits of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices at the local and landscape levels based on case studies in Kenya, Uganda, Niger and Nigeria.
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  Adaptation to Climate Change for Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: Community-Based Perspectives from Five Districts

  AfricaAdapt, 2010

  This study is part of a project on Adaptation to Climate Change of Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya which aims to support policymakers’ efforts to promote adaptation to climate change by determining where major hotspots of vulnerability are located, identifying farm- and community-level adaptation strategies, assessing the factors which influence adoption of adaptation practices, as well as farmer

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