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Green growth and poverty reduction: Policy coherence for pro-poor growth
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2013This paper explores the policy coherence for development (PCD) dimensions of green growth strategies pursued by OECD member states. The coherence challenge is to design OECD green growth policies in order to maximise the positive synergies and minimise the negatives effects on pro-poor growth in developing countries.DocumentThe future of global water stress: An integrated assessment
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2014This paper assesses the ability of global water systems, resolved at 282 large river basins or Assessment Sub Regions (ASRs), to the meet water requirements over the coming decades under integrated projections of socioeconomic growth and climate change.OrganisationInternational Journal of Environmental Science and Development (IJESD)
International Journal of Environmental Science and Development (IJESD) is an international academic open access journal.DocumentThe indirect effects of adaptation: Pathways for vulnerability redistribution in the Colombian coffee sector
Stockholm Environment Institute, 2013This paper examines the possibility that measures taken to bolster livelihoods and adapt to climate change in one place could increase vulnerability elsewhere.DocumentDisplacement and older people: the case of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011
HelpAge International, 2014Since the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March 2011, recovery and reconstruction activities have been taking place. Due to unimaginable changes of circumstances, effects on the daily lives of older people have been dramatic.DocumentReality check in Mozambique. Building better understanding of the dynamics of poverty and well-being. Annual report. Year three 2013 - agriculture, climate and employment.
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2013The “Reality Checks in Mozambique” are expected to: Inform the public discussion among key development actors on poverty reduction, especially in the province of Niassa; Contribute to a better understanding of qualitative poverty monitoring methods in Mozambique; Provide Sweden with relevant qualitative data on developments and results from its engagement in Mozambique and support fDocumentClimate variability and gender: Emerging experiences from Western Zambia
Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013This paper uses Sesheke district in Western Zambia as a case study on climate variability and gender and relates it to how the livelihoods of natural resource dependent women and men have been affected.DocumentManaged Aquifer Recharge: The Solution for Water Shortages in the Fergana Valley
International Water Management Institute, 2013The authors of this study argue that the current practice of sequential in-channel reservoirs does not cope well with the needs of both upstream and downstream water users along the Syrdarya River Bed. As demand for food and energy increases competition for water between users of the river has increased.DocumentImpact of climate change on life & livelihood of Dalits: An exploratory study from disaster risk reduction lens
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, 2013Dalit people are a highly vulnerable group, especially with regard to climate change, given both their high dependence on natural resources, and social, political, and economic exclusion inhibiting their adaptive capacity.DocumentLocal employment through the low-pressure solar water heater roll-out in South Africa
Energy Research Centre, 2013This study aims to advance understanding of the potential socio-economic impacts and developmental co-benefits associated with an expected large roll out of one million solar water heaters by the year 2014/15. They are expected to contribute to about 23 per cent of the country’s renewable energy target of 10 000Gwh.Pages