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Development and climate action: reinforcing synergies
World Bank, 2012The World Bank has published a six-page brief detailing the Bank's contribution to achieving synergies between development finance and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The brief explains that all of the 17 country assistance and partnership strategies prepared in 2011 address climate change.DocumentSegunda comunicación nacional ante la Covención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climatico
Programa de Naciones Unidas de Desarrollo, 2010Colombia as a country belonging to the Parties not included in Annex I, presents its Second National Communication (SCN). One of the most relevant results that showed the analysis is that Colombia accounts for 0.37% of global CO2 emissions in 2004, very small share in global emissions but does not exclude the effects of climate change. The Second National Communication, is discussed in seven chaDocumentEstrategia nacional de educación, formación y sensibilización de publicos sobre cambio climático
2010This strategy was carried out under the Second National Communication under the leadership of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies IDEAM and the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.DocumentThe Emerging Market for Forest and Land-Use Carbon: A new asset class with early-stage investment opportunities that generate extensive environmental and social benefits
Terra Global Capital, LLC, 2011Human-induced climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is impacting the earth’s ecosystem stability through effects such as ocean acidification, thawing of permafrost regions, shrinking sea ice, increased incidence of extreme weather, and shifting precipitation patterns.DocumentProposals for upcoming activities under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
UNFCCC National Adaptation Programme of Action, 2011This document published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) outlines proposals for upcoming activities under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change from countries including Colombia, El Salvador and Pakistan. It is part of the provisional agenda for Durban, 28th November to 3rd December 2011.OrganisationPacific Disaster Net
The Pacific Disaster Net (http://www.pacificdisaster.net/) is the - Virtual Centre of Excellence - for Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific Region.DocumentClimate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe: A Review of Risk Governance
UN, 2011In the last decade, a growing number of national programmes and community-based projects have been developed in the European region.DocumentWhat science? science needs for climate change information and awareness building: lessons from the Caribbean
Pacific Disaster Net, 2011This article speaks to the essential role of science, and moreover the understanding of scientific concepts and topics, when planning for development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).DocumentCuba Weathering the Storm: Lessons in Risk Reduction from Cuba
Oxfam America, 2004This report hopes to present a comprehensive overview of the Cuban model of risk reduction in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery and explore what may be adapted from this model in other countries. This report focuses on specific recommendations for Central America.OrganisationCaribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility
CCRIF is a risk pooling facility, owned, operated and registered in the Caribbean for Caribbean governments.Pages
