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    Learning the hard way? Adapting to climate risk in Tanzania

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014
    We use recent panel data on Tanzanian farm households to investigate how previous exposure to weather shocks affects the impact of a current shock. Specifically, we investigate the impact of droughts on agricultural outcomes and investments in children’s health, measured by their short- and long-term nutritional status.
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    Norway's fair share of an ambitious climate effort

    Norwegian Church Aid, 2014
    This 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.
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    Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project. Blue carbon in Abu Dhabi – protecting our coastal Heritage

    GRID Arendal, 2013
    The Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project, facilitated by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) was a one-year project, which commenced in November 2012.
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    Assessing drought displacement risk for Kenyan, Ethiopian and Somali pastoralists

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014
    This study represents an initial attempt to assess patterns of displacement related to droughts in selected countries of the Horn of Africa, specifically the border regions of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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    Does climate change aggravate gender inequalities? Empirical assessment from South India

    Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014
    The effects of climate change are unequally distributed between female and male gender in agrarian communities, particularly in developing countries. The agrarian regions of South India offer some representative examples where extreme events such as drought and floods influence gender inequalities.
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    Socio-ecological vulnerability assessment of flood and saline-prone region in rural Bangladesh

    Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014
    The agrarian population in Bangladesh is ranked by many studies to be of the most vulnerable in the world due to the poor socio-economic features, the unique geophysical location and the high exposure to climate change effects.
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    Climate change and vulnerability in Bangladesh

    Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014
    It is predicted that climate change will aggravate the presence of sudden (e.g. cyclones, floods etc.) and chronic (e.g. drought, erosion) hazards to agrarian communities in Bangladesh. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001) the exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to climate change determines the degree of vulnerability for a social or ecological system.
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    National REDD Policy Project Tanzania. End of project review. Final report

    The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2014
    The Norwegian Government funded REDD+ project portfolio in Tanzania is creating significant positive results across Tanzania. Along with the research project on climate change and a selection of pilot projects, the REDD+ Policy Project, implemented by Institute of Resources Assessment (IRA-UDSM) has helped lay the foundation for Tanzania’s future REDD activities.
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    Crop adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid zone in Tanzania: the role of genetic resources and seed systems

    2014
    Background Rural livelihoods relying on agriculture are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Climate models project increasingly negative effects on maize and sorghum production in sub-Saharan Africa. We present a case study of the role of genetic resources and seed systems in adapting to climatic stress from the semi-arid agroecological zone in Tanzania. Results
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    Amazonian policy and politics, 2003-13: deforestation, hydropower and biofuels

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    In the period 2003-13 Brazil experienced important economic and political developments: it became a much more relevant international player; its economy entered the world’s top ten; and society became more politically active and expressed its complaints more aggressively. Amazonian policy and the politics of the period developed in this context, and three issues played a central role.

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