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    Transitioning to climate resilient development. Perspectives from communities in Peru

    World Bank Publications, 2008
    While the scientific capacity to forecast El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) extremes, this papers questions the extent to which these advances have benefited vulnerable communities by increasing their resilience to impeding El Niño events.
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    Microfinance and climate change adaptation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    This paper talks about possibilities of using microfinance as a coping strategy or tool for reducing peoples’ vulnerability to climate change. In doing so, the paper identifies possible links between microfinance services and climate adaptation and highlights the opportunities and the risks for reducing vulnerability among the world’s poorest populations.
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    Many strong voices: outline for an assessment project design

    Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2008
    This document defines, guides, and supports the development and implementation of a full assessment of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), under the Many Strong Voices (MSV) programme.
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    From risk to resilience: Understanding the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction under changing climatic conditions

    Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2008
    This paper evaluates the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change through an analysis of case studies in India, Nepal and Pakistan. The paper focuses on water related disasters and the manner in which they may change as a consequence of climate change.
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    Turning up the heat: Climate change and poverty in Uganda

    Oxfam, 2008
    With a specific focus on Uganda, this report examines the impacts of climate changes on agriculture, pastoralism, health and water. The report aims to serve as a stimulus for change for people in developing countries like Uganda who are feeling the worst impacts of climate change, even though their contribution to global warming has been miniscule.
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    Climate change and displacement

    Forced Migration Review, 2008
    In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming one of the major policy challenges of this century.
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    Climate wrongs and human rights. Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy

    Oxfam, 2008
    This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change.
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    Gender perspectives: integrating disaster risk reduction into climate change adaptation good practices and lessons learned

    United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2008
    It is a well-known prediction that women in the developing world will suffer the most from the effects of climate change. What needs equal emphasis is the fact that women also represent an immense source of potential and power to combat the increased disaster risks that climate change will bring.
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    Browsing on fences: pastoral land rights, livelihoods and adaptation to climate change

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This paper presents an overview of pastoral systems and addresses rights issues around access and control of resources in the context of climate change. The document brings together the inputs made by over 120 participants in a 2006 web-based forum and also includes material from a number of projects from around the world.
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    A preliminary assessment of energy and ecosystem resilience in ten African countries

    HELIO International, 2007
    Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to climate change.

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