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  Climate risk management for agriculture in Peru: focus on the regions of Junin and Piura

  United Nations Development Programme, 2013

  Agriculture employs about a third of the population in the Peruvian regions of Junín and Piura. Yet agricultural productivity is impeded by low technology and investments, as well as fragmented land tenure. Climate events already have massive impacts on the agricultural sector and climate change is likely to further intensify these effects.
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  Sustainable wetland management in the face of climate risks in Niger: the case of La Mare de Tabalak

  United Nations Development Programme, 2013

  The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries.
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  Climate risk management for smallholder agriculture in Honduras

  2013

  Agriculture is an important economic sector in Honduras, where rural poverty and food insecurity are high. One-third of the population lives on smallholder farms growing staple crops such as maize and beans. Climate hazards already damage crops and infrastructure, leading to income loss and food insecurity, and climate change will exacerbate this situation.
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  Case studies on flash flood risk management in the Himalayas: in support of specific flash flood policies

  2013

  Countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region generally lack policies, strategies and plans which deal specifically with flash floods. The purpose of the case studies in this report is to create a knowledge base on flash flood processes in different parts of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.
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  The challenges of climate change and exposure growth for disaster risk management in developing countries

  The Government Office for Science, 2012

  Over the past 30 years, total economic losses from natural hazards have more than tripled in real terms. The economic and social impacts have been particularly great in developing countries, where past development gains are at risk and human security is increasingly threatened.
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  When disasters and conflicts collide: improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention

  Overseas Development Institute, 2013

  This paper by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) argues for increased focus on the conflict-disaster nexus in fragile and conflict-affected states. It is based on a study assessing the evidence base on the ways in which natural disasters affect conflict, how conflict affects natural disasters and how people are affected by multiple risks.
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  Global climate risk index 2013: Who suffers most from extreme weather events? Weather-related loss events in 2011 and 1992 to 2011

  Germanwatch, 2012

  This report analyses the extent to which countries have been affected by weather-related loss events. It warns that the window for putting the world on a track to stay below two degrees Celsius is rapidly closing and preparations must be made for potentially more frequent or severe weather events in the future.
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  Bangladesh’s comprehensive disaster management programme

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011

  Bangladesh is afflicted by a multitude of natural hazards. In an average year, roughly 10 million Bangladeshi citizens are affected by one or more such hazards and their frequency and severity is projected to increase as a result of climate change.
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  Measuring disaster-resilient communities: a case study of coastal communities in Indonesia

  Forestry Nepal, 2012

  Although there are fundamental linkages, and complementarities exist, between vulnerability reduction and resilience building of communities, recent policy and programming has focused more on the latter. This paper argues that reducing the underlying causes of vulnerabilities and their interactions with resilience elements is a prerequisite for obtaining resilience capabilities.
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  Adaptation or manipulation? Unpacking climate change response strategies

  Ecology and Society, 2012

  Adaptation is a key feature of sustainable social-ecological systems, as well as a recent and increasing focus of research and policy regarding responses to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. This article examines the meaning of adaptation and its relationship to the concepts of resilience, vulnerability and sustainability.

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