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Turning up the heat: Climate change and poverty in Uganda
Oxfam, 2008With 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.DocumentClimate change and displacement
Forced Migration Review, 2008In 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.DocumentLessons learned in preparing national adaptation programmes of action in eastern and southern Africa.
European Capacity Building Initiative, 2007Following the Marrakech accords in 2001 where National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) were mandated to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), this report documents lessons learned by the NAPA teams in Eastern and Southern Africa. This review is intended to initiate a learning process and extract lessons from the NAPA teams.DocumentClimate variability and change: adaptation to drought in Bangladesh. A resource book and training guide
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007In Bangladesh where agriculture is the largest sector of the economy, agricultural production is under pressure from increasing demands for food.DocumentStern Review on the economics of climate change
HM Treasury, Government of the United Kingdom, 2008This report examines the evidence on the economic impacts of climate change and explores the economics of stabilising greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It also considers the complex policy challenges involved in managing the transition to a low-carbon economy and in ensuring that societies can adapt to the consequences of climate change that can no longer be avoided.DocumentClimate wrongs and human rights. Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy
Oxfam, 2008This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change.DocumentFinancing the global climate change response: suggestions for a Climate Change Fund (CCF)
South Centre, 2008This paper examines the prospect of creating a Climate Change Fund (CCF) as an option for financing the global climate change response. It also looks at a breakdown of elements that would comprise the CCF.DocumentTransition to sustainability: towards a humane and diverse world
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008In a changing world, this paper asks the question: "how does one devise strategies for society that will allow a peaceful, equitable, fulfilled human future: a humane future for a diverse earth?" It considers what the environmental movement can do to help make this happen.DocumentPotential impacts of a global cap and share scheme on South Africa
The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, 2008This study seeks to identify the initial impact that a global cap and share (C&S) scheme might have on South Africa, based on a set of limiting assumptions. In particular, it attempts to quantify the immediate impacts on energy process, the macro economy, household expenditure and income, industries and the competitiveness of renewable energy sources.OrganisationArctic Institute of North America (AINA)
The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) is a non-profit membership organisation and a multi-disciplinary research institute of the University of Calgary.Pages