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  Supporting the vulnerable: Increasing adaptive capacities of agropastoralists to climate change in West and southern Africa using a transdisciplinary research approach

  International Livestock Research Institute, 2013

  This publication seeks to identify promoted policy entry points to support the implementation of priority adaptation strategies, and identifies policy mechanisms as appropriate interventions to allow agropastoralists to buffer the effects of climate variability and change.
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  Adaptation to climate change in water, sanitation and hygiene: Assessing risks, appraising options in Africa

  Overseas Development Institute, 2014

  This Overseas Development Institute report assesses the risks of, and appraises options for adapting to, climate change in the areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in Africa. The report begins by presenting the context and relationship of WASH and climate change, including the risks and uncertainties, before discussing risk screening approaches to the issue.
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  Impact of Chars Livelihoods Programme on the disaster resilience of Chars communities

  Chars Livelihoods Programme, 2014

  The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) works with extreme poor households living on island chars in North West Bangladesh. It aims to improve the livelihoods, incomes and food security of at least one million poor and vulnerable women, children and men living on the chars.
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  Fact sheet. Project: P romotion and Intensification of Fruit Trees in Agricultural Farm Lands for Mitigation and Adaption to Climate Change

  Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013

  The main objective of this strategic intervention is to reduce the impacts of climate change and land degradation on rural farm lands by intensifying the production of fruit trees. This will generate income and help farmers adapt to climate change.
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  Fact sheet. Project: Alternative energy sources and efficient utilizatio n of biomass energy to reduce depletion of carbon sinks and improve livelihoods in rural areas of Tanzania

  Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013

  The project was implemented in Lingeka and Nyanza villages in the Meatu District, Shinyanga region. The main goal was to improve livelihoods for poor rural households, with a special focus on women. The core problem addressed was the lack of reliable and clean energy for lighting and inefficient use of biomass for heating and cooking.
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  Natural Disasters in the Middle East and North Africa: A Regional Overview

  World Bank, 2014

  This report profiles a regional profile of natural Disasters in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA), including a focus on climate related hazards. It tracks progress on disaster risk management at the regional and national levels and looks at remaining challenges. It also explores World Bank Disaster Risk Management Programming in the MNA Region and proposes a way forward.
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  Fact sheet. Project: Comparative study of incentive options for forest - based emissions reduction, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement; Case of Kilwa and Lindi Districts

  Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013

  The project entails a comparative study on incentive options for forest-based emissions reduction, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement, comparing villages with REDD+/PFM (Participatory Forest Managment) and without REDD+/PFM and also comparing each set of villages over time.
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  Fact sheet. Project: Climate Change, Non - Timber Forest Products and Livelihood of Forest Dependent Communities - Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation in Tanzania

  Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013

  Over 20 million Tanzanians depend on Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) for their livelihood, but the extent to which NTFPs and community livelihoods are vulnerable to climate change is not well established. The coping strategies of these communities have not been fully documented either.
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  Fact sheet. Project: REDD Architecture in Tanzania: Assessment of REDD options for Livelihood Security and Sustainable Development

  Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013

  Climate change is one of the biggest global problems posing challenges to sustainable livelihoods and economic development, particularly for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The adverse impacts of climate change on environment, human health, food security, human settlements, economic activities, natural resources and physical infrastructure are already noticeable in many countries.
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  Catalysing adaptive capacity for development and climate change: An exploration of social learning and social differentiation in the CGIAR

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2013

  This working paper argues that social learning has emerged as a way to both approach and characterise innovative ways of engaging diverse and relevant actors in knowledge creation and embedding scientific information into societal contexts. It identifies projects that engage socially differentiated groups in processes of social learning.

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