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Urban development: structured learning guide
Evidence on Demand, 2014The purpose of this booklet is to support advisers in DFID to strengthen their knowledge of urban development themes by providing signposts to quality assured references, grey literature and other useful learning materials.DocumentNorway's fair share of an ambitious climate effort
Norwegian Church Aid, 2014This report is focused on mitigation, although an equitable approach to adaptation is of course equally important. It uses a flexible and transparent framework for equitable effort sharing that is drawn directly from the UNFCCC’s core equity principles.DocumentCross-sectoral approaches help build water resilience – reflections
Science Direct, 2014Academic paper outlining the challenges of increasing water resilience, and the need for cross-sectoral approaches.DocumentAgricultural Water management technology expansion and impact on crop yields in northern Burkina Faso (1980-2010): a review
Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2014Exploring the links between adoption of agricultural water management interventions and livelihoods in northern Burkina FasoDocumentAdapting to climate change through land and water management in Eastern Africa: Results of pilot projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014FAO-Sida report providing evidence and lessons learned from a climate adaptation pilot project in Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia.DocumentMigration and the environment - Population Bulletin special issue
Population Reference Bureau, 2014As the evidence ofglobal climate change has accumulated, academics, policymakers, and the media have given more attention to migration as a result of environmental change. A major concern is whether climate change will displace large numbers of vulnerable people around the world.Document50 years of urbanization in Africa: examining the role of climate change
World Bank, 2014For the last 50 years, much of Africa has experienced a decline in moisture availability with the strongest decline happening in areas that were already relatively dry. This trend has affected agricultural productivity and contributed to increased urban migration.DocumentGovernance: linchpin of dryland natural resource management
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Drylands cover approximately 12.5 million km2 (61%) of the African continent and 60% of Africa’s people live in them. Forests and woodlands underpin sustainable land management and livelihoods in dryland regions. They are important for risk management and adaptation, and in emergency and contingency planning.DocumentThe environmental crime crisis: threats to sustainable development from illegal exploitation and trade in wildlife and forest resources
UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2014This report focuses on the consequences of environmental crime. It argues that the situation has worsened to the extent that illegal trade in wildlife’s impacts are now acknowledged to go well beyond strictly environmental impacts – by seriously undermining economies and livelihoods, good governance, and the rule of law.DocumentDisaster resilience topic guide
Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014This topic guide focuses on resilience to natural hazards such as droughts, flooding and cyclones, with emphasis on humanitarian action, in fragile and conflict-afflicted states as well as in other contexts.Pages