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    Crop switching as a strategy for adapting to climate change

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    This paper examines the impact of climate change on primary crops grown in Africa. An innovative approach is presented that bridges the gap between agro-economic and traditional Ricardian models, labelled by the authors as a ‘Structural Ricardian model’. It first captures the type of crop a farmer will select and then examines the conditional net revenue of that crop.
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    Community based technology solutions: adapting to climate change

    SouthSouthNorth, 2007
    Adaptation to the impacts of climate change will require considerable innovation and cooperation, and technology could hold the key to this process. However, in much of the developing world, technologies fail to operate optimally because of inadequate assessment of the location or due to the lack of available capacity where the technology is transferred.
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    Impact of climate change mitigation measures on indigenous peoples and on their territories and lands

    The United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2008
    In this paper, the authors summarise the effects of climate change on indigenous peoples, review mitigation and adaptation measures, and analyse the impacts of these measures on indigenous peoples. This paper includes case studies of mitigation measures under the Kyoto Protocol and other voluntary measures that are affecting indigenous peoples adversely.
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    Human tide: the real migration crisis

    Christian Aid, 2007
    The number of IDPs is expected to rise dramatically in the coming decades. And those already displaced look likely to be joined by at least equal numbers of people forced from their homes because of climate change. The case studies in this report spell out in human detail how major internal migration crises, caused by conflict, have already developed in Sudan, in Uganda and in Sri Lanka.
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    Mitigating the impact of climate change and land degradation through IFAD’s COSOP in Viet Nam.

    Global Mechanism, 2008
    This report analyses the impact of climate change and land degradation on agriculture and related sectors in Viet Nam.
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    Disaster preparedness for climate change in Nicaragua

    International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2008
    This two-page briefing describes a pilot initiative on climate change and disaster risk reduction supported by the Netherlands Red Cross in Nicaragua. The project aims at strengthening the Nicaraguan Red Cross’s capacity to carry out local-level activities related to risk reduction and to respond to extreme weather events.
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    Community level adaptation to climate change: the potential role of participatory community risk assessment

    Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2008
    Community Risk Assessment (CRA) refers to participatory methods to assess hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities in support of community-based disaster risk reduction, used by many NGOs, community-based organisations, and the Red Cross/Red Crescent.
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    UNDP Community-Based Adaptation Portfolio

    United Nations Development Programme, 2008
    Small communities are often the most severely affected, yet the least equipped to cope with the impacts of climate change.In recognition of this, the UNDP-GEF Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) project pilots the community component of the GEF Strategic Priority on Adaptation, building the resilience of communities and the ecosystems upon which they rely in the face of climate change impacts.
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    Bad deal for the planet. Why carbon offsets aren't working. . . and how to create a fair global climate accord

    International Rivers Network, 2008
    To what extent has the Kyoto’s carbon offset market, the Clean Development Mechanism, been successful in promoting sustainable development?
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    Expert seminar: migration and the environment

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    Environmental degradation, climate change and migration are not new to the global community. However, managing these phenomena has become both more challenging and more critical to ensuring human security and sustainable development.

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