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Can crops be climate-proofed?
SciDev.Net, 2008Among the most worrying aspects of climate change is its effects on the world's food supply. This article explores the urgent need to put climate change at the heart of agricultural research programmes to ensure the adaptation of major crops to a changing climate.DocumentPolitical economy of Bali Climate Conference: a roadmap of climate commercialization
Equity & Justice Working Group, 2008This policy discussion paper critically reviews the UNFCCC climate change negotiations held in Bali in December 2007. It is intended to provide an insight to the readers, especially developing country’s policy makers and negotiators, on the recent dimension of mitigating climate change impacts.DocumentThe right to development in a climate constrained world: the Greenhouse Development Rights framework
Ecoequity, 2007This paper presents an exposition of the Greenhouse Development Rights (GDRs) framework and an indicative quantification of its implications. Through a human development lens, it looks at the key issues, challenges and politics in a GDR framework.DocumentDrought-management considerations for climate change adaptation: focus on the Mekong region
Oxfam, 2007This paper presents a study on the impacts of recurring droughts on communities in the Ninh Thuan province of Viet Nam. It examines the root causes of drought in the region, people's perceptions of drought-related vulnerabilities in relation to climate change, and what action is most appropriate to combat the problem.DocumentA climate of conflict
SIDA Studies, 2008Climate change is upon us and its physical effects have started to unfold. This report takes such findings, expressed in the Forth Assessment Review of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, as its starting point and looks at the social and human consequences that are likely to ensue – particularly the risks of conflict and instability.DocumentTruly inconvenient: tackling poverty and climate change at once
Christian Aid, 2008This paper discusses how human development aid and improving economic opportunities for poor people can be combined with reducing atmospheric greenhouse gases and global warming. It highlights the urgent need for action. The authors support the Greenhouse Development Rights (GDRs) framework of equity for sharing the cost of the action needed.DocumentThe vulnerability of global cities to climate hazards
Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, 2008This paper examines the vulnerabilities of three global coastal cities – Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai – to climate hazards. It highlights system characteristics that, in unique combinations, create place-based vulnerabilities to climate hazards. These vulnerabilities are described and implications for city planners and managers are presented.DocumentA climate of change in Samoa
Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2006This briefing paper details how the Samoa Red Cross Society is seeking to reduce the vulnerability of the local community to climate change - weather records show that there has been a steady increase in temperature and a decrease in rainfall.DocumentPreparing for climate change in Vietnam
Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2007Vietnam has always suffered from extreme weather events – typhoons; sea surges; heavy rains and drought. As climate change will only aggravate such adverse conditions, the Vietnam Red Cross started a pilot project in 2003 to integrate climate change into its existing disaster preparedness programmes. A number of key lessons have been learned since the process began: