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    Understanding the political economy of climate change is vital to tackling it

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    Climate change has reached the top of the international agenda even while debates about its causes, consequences, timing, trajectory and remedies continue. This opinion piece argues that there are two primary problems which plague ongoing discussions about climate change:
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    Community-based adaptation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia, 2007
    This article highlights the value of a community-based adaptation (CBA) approach to addressing vulnerability to climate change, and describes the rise of the CBA movement, and its current state. Drawing on the recent CBA workshop in Dhaka on February 2007, the article shows that while CBA is now seen as an important component of adaptation action, there remains a great deal of uncerta
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    Climate change in Tanzania – addressing vulnerable groups in adaptation planning

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Climate change is predicted to have significant impacts on environmental resources in Tanzania. Food production, water and health will all be affected. Certain groups will be more vulnerable to these impacts than others. National adaptation plans and policies will need to prioritise the needs of these groups.
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    Weathering the storm: options for framing adaptation and development

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2007
    As leaders begin to consider policies and measures to respond to mounting climate effects, it is critical that adaptation efforts be designed to reach the poorest communities to safeguard their development efforts. This paper reviews 135 examples of adaptation efforts drawn from throughout the developing world, highlighting the diversity of ways that adaptation and development intersect.
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    IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: climate change 2007: synthesis report: summary for policymakers

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007
    Over the course of 2007, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released 4 reports on the causes and impacts of climate change, and possible solutions. This document summarises the Synthesis Report, which is based on the assessment carried out by the three Working Groups of the IPCC.
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    The Red Cross / Red Crescent climate guide

    Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, 2007
    Climate change presents additional challenges for humanitarian organisations responding to disasters and complex emergencies. This guide provides a basic overview of climate change science and its implications for the work of Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies. This Guide is broken down into two main components:
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    IDS In-Focus Issue 2: Climate Change Adaptation

    Climate Change and Disasters Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, 2007
    Today climate change adaptation is a mainstream development issue. The UK Government-commissioned Stern Review last year analysed the economics of adaptation and NGO campaigns have focused on its justice and equity dimensions. The challenge now is to embed adaptation within wider development debates and practices.
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    On the road to Bali: operationalising the Kyoto Protocol Adaptation Fund

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    The Adaptation Fund (AF) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to support adaptation measures on the ground, particularly in very vulnerable countries. It is unique both in the way it is financed and in the potential scale of money generated.
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    Promotion of resource efficiency projects: Sustainable Energy for Poverty Reduction, Issue 2, 2007

    Wisions of Sustainability, 2007
    The second edition of the WISIONS publication ‘Sustainble Energy for Poverty Reduction’ describes a range of projects that contribute to this end. One is the community-based adaptation project Solar Pintadas.
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    Designing adaptation projects

    Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2007
    Sustainable community-based strategies can play an essential role in helping poor and vulnerable communities adapt to the risks posed by climate change. The Adaptation Programme of the SouthSouthNorth (SSN) Project has developed a learning by doing approach for identifying, designing, implementing and monitoring community-based adaptation activities.

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