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    A toolkit for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into ecosystem management of coastal and marine areas in south Asia

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    This comprehensive toolkit, jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Asia Pacific Secretariat, seeks to provide strategies for integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) into ecosystem management of coastal and marine areas in south Asia.
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    Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
    This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions regarding the future viability of pastoral farming, arguing that these livelihoods should be sedentarised and diversified.
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    Grow in concert with nature: green water defense for flood risk management in East Asia

    World Bank, 2012
    This report takes stock of advances in management practices, and institutional and technological innovations for managing water resources under a changing climate. The focus is on green water defense (GWD) for flood risk management in deltas and other areas vulnerable to flooding in East Asia.
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    Atlas of health and climate

    2012
    Climate change intensifies environmental hazards, such as cyclones, droughts and floods, which affect the health of millions of people each year.
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    Adapting to climate change: assessing the World Bank Group experience phase III

    World Bank, 2012
    Developing countries are not yet well adapted to current climate risks, even though the risks are becoming harsher and more intense. This evaluation draws lessons from the World Bank Group’s experiences with adaptation to both current levels of climate variability and ongoing climate change.
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    Children’s action for disaster risk reduction: views from children in Asia

    International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012
    This report indicates that Asian children and youth have been involved in hazard mapping, raising awareness through radio and games, as well as influencing other children, their teachers, parents and communities on how to reduce the effects of disasters.
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    Reducing vulnerability and exposure to disasters: the Asia-Pacific disaster report 2012

    International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012
    According to this report, people’s exposure and vulnerability, experienced individually and collectively, continue to be twin challenges for the Asia-Pacific region. Faced with growing economic losses and increasingly vulnerable populations, the report analyses the drivers of risks and the strategies that are in place to deal with them.
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    World disasters report 2012

    International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2012
    The World Disasters Report 2012 aims to widen and sharpen the focus on the complex causes of forced migration and the diverse consequences and impacts for both affected populations and humanitarian actors. The report shows that, more than ever, the complex nature of disasters and conflicts is accompanied by the enormous potential to uproot large numbers of people.
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    Managing climate extremes and disasters in the water sector: lessons from the IPCC SREX report

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    This thematic brief is part of a four-part series by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) which highlights lessons learned from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (known as SREX).
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    Managing climate extremes and disasters in the agricultural sector: lessons from the IPCC SREX report

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    This thematic brief is part of a four-part series by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) which highlights lessons learned from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (known as SREX).

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