Search

Reset

Searching with a thematic focus on Norway

Showing 271-280 of 1837 results

Pages

  • Document

    Chasing civil society? Evaluation of Fredskorpset

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2016
    The evaluation has assessed FK Norway’s approach and strategy when it comes to strengthening civil society in developing countries. This is one of FK Norway’s overarching objectives and core activities, as stated in the instructions for the agency. The evaluation has answered four main questions, in accordance with the terms of reference:
  • Document

    Vulnerable Groups & Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation - Seminar Summary Report

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015
    This report summarizes key messages from the seminar "Vulnerable Groups and Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation", held on June 11th 2015 at the Norwegian Red Cross Conference Centre in Oslo. The starting point for the seminar was the realization that climate change will have differential impacts on individuals and social groups, due to complex vulnerability dynamics.
  • Document

    Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Informal Settlements - Seminar Summary Report

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015
    Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities and more than a billion of these live in informal settlements and slums, where factors such as lack of access to basic services, poor physical and social infrastructure and weak local governance make residents disproportionately vulnerable to hazards such as storms, landslides, sea level rise,  flooding  and  e
  • Document

    The Himalayan climate and water atlas: impact of climate change on water resources in five of Asia's major river basins

    GRID Arendal, 2015
    The first atlas of its kind, this new publication offers a comprehensive, regional understanding of the changing climate and its impact on water resources in five of the major river basins in the region: the Indus, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Salween and Mekong.
  • Document

    Sustainable mountain development in East Africa in a changing climate

    GRID Arendal, 2015
    People who live in the world’s mountainous areas are particularly vulnerable to climate change. In 2014 a global project that supports developing countries with mountain regions was launched to support the integration of climate change adaptation practices into development policies, plans and strategies.
  • Document

    Outlook on climate change adaptation in the tropical Andes mountains

    GRID Arendal, 2015
    The Tropical Andes are the home to many diverse communities, from remote farming villages to large urban centres and capitals, such as Merida, Bogotá, Quito, Cusco and La Paz. In total, about 60 million people live between 1,000 to 4,500 meters. The climate in the region is tropical, with low seasonal variation in temperatures.
  • Document

    Sierra Leone - state of the marine environment 2015

    GRID Arendal, 2015
    The Government of Sierra Leone recognizes the threats to the coastal and marine environment from anthropogenic sources as well as from global climate change which is one of the biggest challenges of our generation that threatens the natural resource base of the country.
  • Document

    The adaptation of REDD+ initiatives in forest management regimes in two pilot projects of Kondoa and Kilosa Districts, Tanzania

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015
    As one of the countries with a higher rate of deforestation and forest degradation, Tanzania contributes high CO2 emissions per annum through deforestation estimated to be in the order of 78 million tons and forest degradation of about 48 million tons amounting to a total of 126 million tons CO2 emissions per year.
  • Document

    Management Regimes established for REDD+ and their Adaptability to the Institutional and Ecological Conditions: A case of Ongo Community Forest, Masindi District, Uganda

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015
    This  report is one of the outputs of theproject “Man and forests – an  evaluation  of  management strategies for reduced deforestation” which aimed at evaluating the different  management strategies  undertaken  to  obtain  reduced  deforestation  in  tropical  forests  and  hence  maintain 
  • Document

    Maize productivity and input subsidies in Malawi: a state-contingent stochastic production frontier approach

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015
    We make cross-sectional comparisons of productivity in a risky agricultural setting. To make meaningful comparisons, we find it necessary to define a new productivity index that satisfies important axioms from index number theory (e.g., transitivity). The index can be computed without any information on output or input prices.

Pages