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    My rights, my voice annual progress report 2012

    Oxfam, 2013
    My Rights, My Voice (MRMV) is an innovative three-year global programme, engaging marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries.
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    Climate change in the Himalayas: current state of knowledge

    World Bank, 2013
    This World Bank policy research working paper reviews the literature on the potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. The review was limited mostly to peer reviewed journal articles, with some documents published by national and international agencies also included.
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    China and south-south scoping assessment for adaptation, learning and development

    Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2013
    This report, produced by Adapting to Climate Change in China amongst others, identifies key opportunities and avenues for South-South learning and cooperation to address climate change, is a critical tool for international development organisations, national governments and policy-makers.
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    Strengthening responses to climate variability in South Asia

    International Alert, 2013
    This executive summary is based on the findings from desk and field research conducted by International Alert and the South Asia Network for Security and Climate Change (SANSaC) in nine sub-national locations across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.
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    Glacier Systems and Seasonal Snow Cover in Six Major Asian River Basins: Water Storage Properties under Changing Climate

    International Water Management Institute, 2013
    The current status, recent and potential future changes of glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amu Darya, Syr Darya and Mekong river basins are for the first time systematically analyzed at the basin scale.
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    Predicting Future Conflict under REDD+ Implementation

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
    With the current complexity of issues facing forest and land management, the implementation of the REDD+ initiative comes with significant risks, including conflict.
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    Land tenure and fast-tracking REDD+: time to reframe the debate?

    Global Canopy Programme, 2013
    This paper argues that legal reform of land tenure will not take place fast enough to enable developing countries to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through REDD+. It highlights that a global agreement on REDD+ is needed by 2020, if the mechanism is to have a significant impact on mitigating climate change.
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    Joining the dots: learning to work collaboratively to address climate change

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2013
    This paper reflects on lessons from a study undertaken by the Stockholm Environment Institute and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) that focused on adaptation needs in Belize, Nepal and Tanzania, with an emphasis on the value of participatory and collaborative processes. It finds that current interventions are fragmented across many sectors and institutions both public and private.
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    Flexibility of scope, type and temporality in Mustang, Nepal. Opportunities for adaptation in a farming system facing climatic and market uncertainty

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
    Climate change is projected to increase the seasonality in river flows in the great river systems of the Himalaya and impose challenges to regional food production. Since climate change increases the uncertainty in local weather patterns, people’s ability to maintain local agricultural production will depend on the adaptability of local farming systems.
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    Making Care Visible: Women’s unpaid care work in Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya

    ActionAid International, 2013
    Collecting data on all women’s work, both paid and unpaid, is critical to improving the design of social policies and the allocation of resources to address poverty and inequality. This report documents Action Aid's multi-country programme on women's unpaid care work in Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal and Uganda.

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