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  Drought coping mechanisms in Kenya are unsustainable

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009

  In 2006, the government of Kenya declared drought to be a national disaster affecting 3.5 million people. This is not a new problem. During the last 30 years, Kenya has experienced several national drought-related food emergencies including major droughts in 1971, 1984 and 1992.
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  Our climate, our children, our responsibility: the implications of climate change for the world’s children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2008

  This report aims to draw the attention of the international community to the specific risks faced by children in developing countries due to climate variability and extremes, thus making it harder to achieve the child – related MDGs. It analyses the impacts of climate change upon children, and their role in mitigation and adaptation strategies.
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  Child focused disaster risk reduction

  Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2007

  This Handbook is a review on existing literature and case studies in India and Philippines which have a specific focus on integrating children in to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policies and programmes. It is part of a course organised by Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre on how to successfully carry out community disaster risk reduction.
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  Impacts assessment and climate change adaptation strategies in Makawanpur District, Nepal

  ForestryNepal, 2008

  This research report assesses the impacts of climate change on agriculture, fresh water, biodiversity, and livelihood of the communities in the Makawanpur district of Nepal.
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  Water Adaptation in NAPAs. Freshwater in climate adaptation planning and climate adaptation in freshwater planning. A UNDP Side publication to WWDR3

  United Nations Development Programme, 2009

  The Report looks at water adaptation aspects in ongoing processes of formulating and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action – NAPAs.
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  Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD) - the link with wetlands

  Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, 2009

  This paper summarises the importance of wetlands in relation to climate change and eaxmines their potential role in the measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) under the Kyoto Protocol. The links between REDD concepts and wetlands are explored for the following reasons:
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  Integrated solutions to the water, agriculture and climate crises

  2009

  This report investigates the role of agriculture in addressing global challenges related to climate, water and food.
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  Land and water resource management in Asia. Challenges for climate adaptation

  Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2009

  This paper identifies key development issues relating to land and water management in the less developed countries of the Himalayan and South East Asian (SEA) regions, and how these are likely to be affected by long-term climate change. The authors link the issues of poverty reduction, land and water resource management, and climate adaptation in practice.
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  A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on African cropland

  African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008

  This paper examines the impact of climate change on cropland in Africa using a ricardian cross-sectional approach. Relying on farm data from an 11-country survey of over 9500 farmers, the study analyses the impact of climate and other variables on the annual net revenue. The authors confirm that current climate change affects the net revenues of farms across Africa.
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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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