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    Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 (43rd edition)

    Asian Development Bank, 2012
    This publication includes the latest available economic, financial, social and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aims to present the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience. Part I of this issue is a special chapter on green urbanisation in Asia.
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    Realizing the future we want: report to the Secretary-General

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    The first report from the United Nations system on the post-2015 development agenda recommends that new goals should build on the strengths of the millennium development goals, apply to all countries and be based on the fundamental principles of human rights, equality and sustainability.
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    Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP)

    The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) works with extreme poor households living on island chars in north western Bangladesh, and aims to improve the livelihoods of over one million people.
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    A decision framework for environmentally induced migration

    Wiley Online Library, 2011
    Global environmental change is increasingly affecting ecosystems and the communities who rely on them. However, more work is needed to conceptualise and quantify migration responses to the impact of environmental change and degradation.
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    Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010
    As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand for food, placing additional pressure on sustainable food production. Climate change adds a further challenge, as changes in temperature and precipitation threaten agricultural productivity and the capacity to feed the world’s population.
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    Annual report 2011/2012: the sustainable future we want

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    The United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) 2011/2012 annual report outlines UNDP’s field programmes and its contributions to raising awareness and changing policy.
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    Bangladesh: Clustered villages beat the floods

    2011
    The effects of recurrent flooding – at least once and sometimes twice a year – in poor rural communities living along the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river in Bangladesh are severe and aggravated by climate change. While coping strategies developed over generations have helped people to survive, they are generally ill-prepared in the face of repeated flooding and ongoing erosion
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    Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility: perspectives of refugees from the east and Horn of Africa

    United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
    This study aims to understand the extent to which refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have perceived, experienced and responded to climatic variability and long-term negative climatic change in the east and Horn of Africa.
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    Modeling pessimism: does climate stabilization require a failure of development?

    Science Direct, 2012
    Climate-economics models often assume that middle-income countries' per capita incomes will catch up with those of today's high income countries, while low-income countries will lag behind. This choice underrates the least developed countries' chance to escape poverty.
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    Summary: Climate Change Resilience Action Plan for Quy Nhon City

    2010
    This report, published by the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCN), summarizes climate resilience plans for Quy Nhon City, Vietnam. The report is comprised of three parts. The first section examines potential climate change impacts and areas of vulnerability within Quy Nhon.

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