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    UNIDO and renewable energy: greening the industrial agenda

    United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2010
    Renewable energy has become a viable option for enhancing access to energy at most places through on/off grid electrification, both in urban and rural areas, and promoting productive uses and industrial applications in energy intensive industrial sectors, especially in SMEs. Industry needs reliable and affordable energy to become productive and competitive.
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    Low-carbon energy projects for development in Sub-Saharan Africa Unveiling the potential, addressing the barriers

    World Bank, 2008
    Sub-Saharan Africa has an opportunity of choosing a cleaner development pathway via low-carbon energy alternatives that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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    Linking Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management for sustainable poverty reduction. Synthesis report

    European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2006
    This report presents a cross-cutting summary of country study findings and workshop deliberations on linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk management for sustainable poverty reduction. It uses examples from Mexico, Kenya and Vietnam to provide insights into how a more integrated approach to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation can be built.
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    Disaster risk and climate change in Africa

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2010
    Disaster risk and climate change – two of the greatest challenges currently facing humankind – adversely reinforce each other. In the coming decades, climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as droughts and floods.
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    Climate change and coastal cities: the case of Mombasa, Kenya

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This paper discusses the risks that the city of Mombasa faces from the direct and indirect impacts of climate change. The city has a history of disasters related to climate extremes including floods, which cause serious damage nearly every year and, often, loss of life.
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    Local voices, global choices: for successful disaster risk reduction (DRR). A collection of case studies about community-centre partnerships for DRR

    ProVention Consortium, 2009
    Local Voices Global Choices is an interagency initiative supported by Action aid, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), International federation of the Red Cross, Oxfam, Practical Action, ProVention Consortium, Save the Children, and Tearfund.This report contains a number of case studies from around the world, which highlight what can be achiev
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    Climate change and the threat to African food security

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the most food-insecure region in the world. Climate change could aggravate the situation further unless adequate measures are put in place.
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    How can pastoralists adapt to climate change?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to unpredictable environments for thousands of years. But poverty and a lack of basic services reduce their ability to cope with climate change. Whether pastoralists can adapt to, or take advantage of, climate change depends on how governments and donors support them to tackle the challenges.
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    Drought coping mechanisms in Kenya are unsustainable

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    In 2006, the government of Kenya declared drought to be a national disaster affecting 3.5 million people. This is not a new problem. During the last 30 years, Kenya has experienced several national drought-related food emergencies including major droughts in 1971, 1984 and 1992.
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    Climate change and displacement

    Forced Migration Review, 2008
    In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming one of the major policy challenges of this century.

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