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Resilience, equity and opportunity: the World Bank’s social protection and labor strategy 2012–2022
World Bank, 2012This paper is an overview of the World Bank’s strategy on social protection and labour. It argues that social protection and labour systems, programmes and policies buffer individuals from shocks and equip them to improve their livelihoods and create opportunities to build a better life for themselves and their families.DocumentEcuador Case Study: Climate Change Impact on Fisheries
United Nations Development Programme, 2007Part of the Human Development Report 2007/2008 by the UNDP, this document conducts a vulnerability assessment of fisheries in Ecuador, including both social and climate related issues. An analysis of the impact of el Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is included, as well as potential adaptation responses.DocumentAfrica human development report 2012: towards a food secure future
United Nations Development Programme, 2012Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people. This first Africa Human Development Report 2012 seeks to look beyond direct causes of food insecurity, such as crop failure, to highlight the social and political dimensions that are inhibiting progress.DocumentPromoting safety and health in a green economy
International Labour Organization, 2012The two major challenges that define the 21st century are averting climate change and the deterioration of natural resources, and ensuring sustainable development based on economic growth, social equity and environmental protection. Building a green economy is necessary in response to these challenges.OrganisationThe Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
Community forestry is widely acknowledged as a powerful solution for many of the challenges facing local people and the wider society, especially in improving rural livelihoods, enhancing community goDocumentWhat works for women: proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security
2012This briefing paper is the result of a collaboration between nine different agencies, sharing lessons learned from working with women smallholders in order to close the gender gap in agriculture.DocumentAchieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012This 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.DocumentIntegrating climate change adaptation into secure livelihoods: Toolkit 2 (Developing a climate change analysis)
Christian Aid, 2011A key part of assessing the likely climate risk to a livelihood is to understand the degree of change that will occur due to both longer-term trends and shorter-term variability of climate and the likely exposure to each. The focus of this toolkit is on developing this analysis.DocumentIntegrating climate change adaptation into secure livelihoods: Toolkit 3 (Developing a programme strategy and plan of action)
Christian Aid, 2011This toolkit is intended to provide guidance for Christian Aid programme staff in moving on from individual/pilot projects, to integrate climate change adaptation into their overall livelihoods programme.DocumentBiomass energy: another driver of land aquisitions?
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011Rapid expansion of biomass energy in the global North is fuelling demand for wood and increasing interest in tree plantations in the global South. But if biomass is sourced from food-insecure countries where local land rights are weak, there is a real risk that people could lose the land they depend on for their livelihoods.Pages