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    Climate change and adaptation in African agriculture

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2008
    The development of climate projections for Africa is evolving rapidly, yet little is known about how effectively this data is being utilised. This study, commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, aims to identify and understand the extent to which, and ways in which, information from climate change models is being integrated into agricultural development practice and decision-m
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    Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to save civilization

    Earth Policy Institute, 2008
    This publication argues that the roots of the current environmental dilemmas lie in the enormous growth of the human enterprise over the last century. The author presents an alternative plan to save civilisation, which is ambitious not only in scale, but also in the speed with which it must be implemented.
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    Compensating for climate change: principles and lessons for equitable adaptation funding

    ActionAid International, 2007
    There are significant gaps between funds pledged and the needs of developing countries struggling to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Additionally, there has been insufficient attention to the question of which funding mechanisms are most appropriate for serving communities affected by climate change.
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    The economic impact of climate change on agriculture in Cameroon

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    Cameroon’s economy is primarily agrarian and 80% of the country’s poor are involved in farming. Changes in temperature and precipitation pose a serious threat to the nation’s economy. This study examines the impact of climate change on crop farming in Cameroon.
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    Water: the key to climate change adaptation

    Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008
    This article, which is part of the Water Front edition, focuses on how human-induced climate change will worsen the global water crisis through melting glaciers, rainfall changes, droughts and stronger, more unpredictable natural disasters, which in turn will affect poverty reduction and livelihood security.
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    Planning for change: guidelines for national programmes on sustainable consumption and production

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2008
    In the context of climate change, it has become clear that our global community urgently needs to adopt more sustainable life-styles to both reduce the use of natural resources and CO2 emissions.
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    Gender and equity issues in liquid biofuels production - minimizing the risks to maximize the opportunities

    Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008
    The production of liquid biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel is rapidly increasing in developing countries, due mainly to the establishment of large-scale biofuel feedstock plantations. This results in potential socio-economic benefits, particularly in terms of agricultural employment, but also in risks, which tend to be context-specific.
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    id21 viewpoint: The balance of resources for mitigating climate change

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Climate change is forcing societies to work together to find ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to acceptable levels. More critically, the current focus on climate change highlights how resource scarcity and the unequal allocation of resources are linked to the success (or failure) of international development.
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    Climate change and urban children: impacts and implications for adaptation in low and middle income countries

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This paper examines the possible impacts for children of different ages from the increasing risk of climate change, focusing on preparedness and responses to extreme events, as well as constraints that climate change is likely to bring to urban centres in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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    Climate change could worsen the forced migration crisis

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    A billion people could be forced from their homes by 2050; 250 million of them permanently displaced by the effects of climate change. Without urgent action global warming will exacerbate the conflicts, natural disasters and development projects that drive displacement and the problem will spiral out of control.

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