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  Enhancing Gender Visibility in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change in the Caribbean: Country Assessment Report for Belize

  United Nations Development Programme, 2009

  This report presents the results of the Caribbean Risk Management Initiative (CRMI) study in Belize, which included a survey of institutions with responsibility for disaster risk management and gender affairs.
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  Are preventive and coping measures enough to avoid loss and damage from flooding in Udayapur district, Nepal?

  2013

  Results from a case study in Nepal on climate change related coping and adaptation strategies, and residual loss and damage mitigation.
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  Loss and damage from climate change: local-level evidence from nine vulnerable countries

  2013

  Loss and damage is already a significant consequence of inadequate ability to adapt to changes in climate patterns. This paper, published in the International Journal of Global Warming, reports on the first ever multi-country, evidence-based study on loss and damage from the perspective of affected people in least developed and other vulnerable countries.
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  Loss and damage from climate change: the cost for poor people in developing countries

  ActionAid International, 2011

  This paper highlights the looming financial issue of loss and damage in developing countries. It calls for increased interest and engagement on the issue from countries negotiating through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as climate advocates in general.
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  Disasters, Poverty, and Coping Strategies: The Framework and Empirical Evidence from Micro/Household Data - Philippine Case

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  This study analyzed the interactions between natural disasters and household poverty and discussed the coping strategies used by households in response to natural disasters in the Philippines. It used data from the 2011 CBMS Household Profile Survey for Pasay City, Metro Manila and results of relevant past studies.
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  Loss and damage FAQs

  International Centre for Climate Change and Development, 2014

  This special edition newsletter from the International Centre for Climate Change and Development presents some answers to frequently asked questions concerning loss and damage. The newsletter draws from and complements the Loss and Damage Forum, a space for discussion and dissemination of knowledge on loss and damage research in the Asia Pacific region.
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  Tackling Loss & Damage – A new role for the climate regime?

  Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative, 2012

  Discussion paper on the topic of loss and damage, within the context of ongoing UNFCCC negotiations.
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  Safe havens: Protected areas for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2014

  This report presents 18 case studies to demonstrate how Protected Areas (PAs) can be better managed for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA). The chapters vary from scientific studies to good practices, as well as (existing or required) policy frameworks that enable appropriate management.
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  Can’t afford to wait: why disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation plans in Asia are still failing millions of people

  Oxfam, 2014

  This briefing note calls for governments across Asia, backed by regional and global institutions and fair contributions from wealthy countries, to ramp up efforts to address the challenges of climate-related disasters and food crises which are holding back development across Asia.
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  Global Climate Risk Index 2015: Who suffers most from extreme weather events? Weather-related loss events in 2013 and 1994 to 2013

  Germanwatch, 2014

  The Global Climate Risk Index 2015 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc). Data from 2013 and 1994–2013 were taken into account. It shows that the countries affected most in 2013 were the Philippines, Cambodia and India. For the period from 1994 to 2013 Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti rank highest.

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