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Current Issues in Fisheries Governance in the Caribbean
Elsevier, 1997This paper identifies the critical issues which researchers suggested Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries must address in defining their approach to fisheries governance.DocumentOcean energy technology: readiness, patents,deployment status and outlook
International Renewable Energy Agency, 2014This report aims to accelerate and promote the widespread sustainable deployment of ocean energy technologies worldwide by providing a robust, accurate and up to analysis of ocean energy, focusing on the readiness of the various technologies involves, their deployment status and trends, patent activities in the sector and market outlook as well as barriers to ocean energy deployment.DocumentTowards a sustainable energy plan for St. Kitts and Nevis
Organization of the American States, 2006The main goal of this research is to provide policy and energy planners related to the Caribbean island of St Kitts and Nevis a long term electricity cost assessment of different electricity supply scenarios including renewable energy technologies to meet future estimated electricity demands.DocumentTowards the development and implementation of effective policies for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2015The development and implementation of effective policies to ensure disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) need close collaboration and knowledge exchange between decision makers, the scientific community, the private sector, and civil society organisations, as well as the public. In practice, two major problems have been identified.DocumentChanging business as usual: assessing development policy and practice in the Sahel from a resilience lens
CARE International, 2015Every year, over 20 million people suffer from chronic hunger, and are trapped in a debt and hunger cycle from which they cannot escape. Substantial humanitarian and development action is required in 2016 and beyond, yet this crisis is still ongoing despite increases in humanitarian aid from under $200 million dollars in the years prior to 2008, up to almost $1 billion dollars in 2013.DocumentEvolution of institutions for climate policy in India
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2016The growing focus on climate policy in India is not matched by an equivalent level of attention to institutions. Effective institutions are also needed for the design, coordination and implementation of policy. This paper examines the functioning of institutions, organised around three periods: pre-2007; 2007 to 2009 and 2010 to mid-2014. Several key themes emerge:DocumentAssessing the vulnerability to climate change of small scale fisheries: The Grenada example
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, 2014Small scale fisheries, critical to the livelihoods, coastal economies and food security of coastal communities, are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.DocumentPilot vulnerability and capacity assessment study final report St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, 2008The implementation of the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment methodology in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, part of the Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) project. The main objectives of the Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) project are:DocumentEcosystem services and livelihoods in a changing climate: Understanding local adaptations in the Upper Koshi, Nepal
Taylor and Francis Group, 2015Mountain ecosystems are increasingly being affected by global environmental change, challenging the ubiquitous agro-ecosystem-based livelihoods of the people.DocumentMigration as adaptation? A comparative analysis of policy frameworks
International Organization for Migration, 2015With recent climatic and environmental changes occurring all across the globe, adaptation has been in the front line of development policies.Pages