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    Global Transition 2012

    The Global Transition 2012 is an international network that aims to catalyse a global transition by building a community of civil society organisations across the globe to promote and deliver a rapid
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    Coastal fishers’ livelihood in peril: sea surface temperature and tropical cyclones in Bangladesh

    Center for Participatory Research and Development, 2012
    Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world, where more than 3.5 million coastal peoples’ livelihoods depend directly or indirectly on fishing and related activities under extremely difficult conditions. Economic hardship is likely to be aggravated by climate change and its various effects.
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    A practical framework for planning pro-development climate policy

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011
    MCA4climate is an initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which provides practical assistance to governments in preparing their climate change mitigation and adaptation plans and strategies.
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    Climate change, environment and migration in the Sahel: selected issues with a focus on Senegal and Mali

    micle, 2012
    The micle research project investigates the social-ecological conditions of population movements in Mali and Senegal. The overall goal of the project is to contribute to a better understanding of the complex relationships between climate-related environmental changes and migration.
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    micle

    The relevance of environmental and climate change for migration decisions is studied by the members of micle research project based on the neighbouring Sahelian countries Mali and Senegal.
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    Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA)

    ECPA was established by the President of the United States of America in 2009; other member countries are Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.
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    Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility: perspectives of refugees from the east and Horn of Africa

    United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
    This study aims to understand the extent to which refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have perceived, experienced and responded to climatic variability and long-term negative climatic change in the east and Horn of Africa.
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    Climate Change, Rainfall and Social Conflict in Africa

    Climate Change and African Political Stability, 2011
    Climate change is now a top agenda item for the global security community.In Africa, climate effects will be severe and capacity for mitigation and adaptation is low, which means that if climate change leads to conflict, Africa will likely be the first to suffer.
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    Desktop Study on Assessment of Capacity Gaps and Needs of South East Asia Countries in Addressing Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Climate Change

    AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific, 2011
    This report presents the findings of desktop research that examined the extent to which Southeast Asian countries are prepared for anticipated climate change impacts. It is divided into separate country profiles and includes analysis of the following countries: Lao PDR, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Union of Myanmar and Malaysia.
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    Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in Asia: Lessons from the SREX Report

    2012
    This document, produced by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), summarizes key lessons 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 (SREX). This is done with an explicit focus on Asia. It begins by outlining ten key messages from the SREX report.

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