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    Scoping meeting for an IPCC special report on extreme events and disasters: managing the risks

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2009
    These proceedings compile the documentation used to inform the panel’s decision to undertake the special report on “Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation”.
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    Social protection and climate change adaption

    Commission on Climate Change and Development, 2008
    Social protection initiatives are as much at risk from climate change as other development approaches, and they are unlikely to succeed in reducing poverty if they do not consider short and long-term shocks andstresses associated with climate change.
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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 Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis Handbook

    CARE International, 2009
    Effective adaptation is based on a solid understanding of vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change affect people differently based on their capacity to respond. What this means is that many of the factors which shape vulnerability to climate change have nothing to do with the climate.
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    Climate change: impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
    Climate change, together with global population and income growth, is a major threat to food security in the world. This food policy report presents research results which quantify climate change impact, assess the consequences for food security and estimate the investment required to offset the negative effects on human wellbeing.
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    Many Strong Voices: turning vulnerability into strength

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2009
    This paper highlights the activities of Many Strong Voices (MSV), an alliance of Indigenous Peoples Organisations, NGOs, researchers, policymakers, community organisations and others in over 20 Arctic and SIDS (Small Island Developing States) states.
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    China’s energy transition. Pathways for low carbon development

    Science and Technology Policy Research, Sussex, 2009
    This report describes China's transition to low carbon development in the face of its continuous economic growth and increase in energy demand most of it coal based. The country is now the world's largest carbon dioxide emitter.
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    Perceptions of ecological migration in inner Mongolia, China: summary of fieldwork and relevance for climate adaptation

    Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2009
    This report documents local perceptions and experiences of environmental migration in selected settlements in Mongolia and China, and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation there.
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    Managing Africa’s water in a changing climate

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2009
    Nearly one-third of all water-related disasters occur in Africa. The second issue of Joto Afrika considers the relationship between climate change, the greater incidence of extreme weather events, such as drought and flooding, and the increasing scarcity of water on the African continent.
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    Arab environment: climate change and the impact of climate change on Arab countries

    Arab Forum for Environment and Development, 2009
    Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be immense.

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