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The human dimension of climate adaptation: the importance of local and institutional issues
Commission on Climate Change and Development, 2009Climate change is already affecting poor people and communities around the globe. This paper presents a conceptual framework that turns the mainstream adaptation discourse upside down with autonomous adaptation as the starting point for a new agenda.DocumentMigration, climate change and the environment
International Organization for Migration, 2009Environmental factors have long had an impact on global migration flows. Although there is limited reliable data on the subject, the scale of such flows, both internal and cross-border, is expected to rise significantly over the next decades as a result of climate change.DocumentMaking climate your business: private sector adaptation in Southeast Asia
CSR Asia, 2009This report discusses the impact of climate change in South East Asia stressing the critical importance of adaptation to inevitable impacts, such as more natural disasters.The report aims to help businesses to:DocumentPolicy guidance on integrating climate change adaptation into development co-operation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009The issue of climate change seems remote when compared with problems such as poverty, disease and economic stagnation, yet the ability to successfully address these core development priorities risks being seriously undermined by climate change. How development occurs also has implications for climate change and the impacts it has on vulnerable societies.DocumentHow can pastoralists adapt to climate change?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to unpredictable environments for thousands of years. But poverty and a lack of basic services reduce their ability to cope with climate change. Whether pastoralists can adapt to, or take advantage of, climate change depends on how governments and donors support them to tackle the challenges.Document2009 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction: risk and poverty in a changing climate
PreventionWeb, 2009There is a growing trend towards greater and more catastrophic natural disasters. Of the ten disasters with the highest death tolls since 1975, half have occurred in the five year period between 2003 and 2008; with the developing world witnessing nine of the ten worst.DocumentClimate change and indigenous peoples
Tebtebba Foundation, Phillippines, 2008This manual has been written to empower indigenous peoples to participate more effectively in shaping relevant policies and actions taken to address issues related to climate change. It also aims to enlighten non-indigenous peoples on indigenous peoples’ experiences and perspectives on climate change.DocumentMore than rain: identifying sustainable pathways for climate adaptation and poverty reduction
Development Fund, Norway, 2008This report aims to contribute to the increased understanding of how to integrate climate change adaptation in poverty reduction projects and programs in ways that increase the capacity of individuals, households and communities to respond to climate variability and change.OrganisationLinking Climate Adaptation (LCA)
The Linking Climate Adaptation (LCA) Network was a global community of over 1,000 researchers, practitioners and policy makers working on all aspects of climate change adaptation.DocumentClimate change and tourism - responding to global challenges
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2008This document notes the vulnerability of tourism sector to climate change and the impacts of tourism on climate itself. It suggests a way forward in terms of mitigation and adaptation for tourism policy-makers and managers in order to foster the sustainable growth of the industry.Pages