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The vulnerability of global cities to climate hazards
Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, 2008This paper examines the vulnerabilities of three global coastal cities – Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai – to climate hazards. It highlights system characteristics that, in unique combinations, create place-based vulnerabilities to climate hazards. These vulnerabilities are described and implications for city planners and managers are presented.DocumentStrengthening the capacity of developing countries to prepare for and participate in negotiations on future actions under the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol: the BASIC project final report
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007The role of large developing countries in combating climate change will become increasingly important as the world negotiates a post-2012 agreement on climate change. This report summarises the activities undertaken by the BASIC Project (Building and Strengthening Institutional Capacities on Climate Change in Brazil, India, China and South Africa).DocumentPromotion of resource efficiency projects: Sustainable Energy for Poverty Reduction, Issue 2, 2007
Wisions of Sustainability, 2007The second edition of the WISIONS publication ‘Sustainble Energy for Poverty Reduction’ describes a range of projects that contribute to this end. One is the community-based adaptation project Solar Pintadas.DocumentCan biofuels reduce poverty and tackle climate change?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Biofuels have been hailed as a solution to climate change and a way to reduce poverty. Some researchers argue that by successfully entering the biofuel market, developing countries can create jobs, boost incomes and so increase food security. However, are biofuels sustainable in environmental, social or economic terms?DocumentReforestation and control of landslides in Macacos Hill, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South South North, 2006The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when they do occur. Project activities will include: 1. Identifying critical points of erosion and deforestation in Macacos Hill;OrganisationCENTRO CLIMA / Centre for Integrated Studies on Climate Change and the Environment
The centre specializes in the research and development of projects and scientific studies in the fields of Climate Change and the Environment, to support the institutional capacity building,DocumentProject Idea Note: Pintadas Solar
South South North, 2006The project takes place in the community of Pintadas, in the Bahia state of Brazil, which is suffering increasingly severe drought impacts linked to climate change.DocumentThe South South North Capacity Building Module on Poverty Reduction
South South North, 2006The South South North network adopts a pragmatic approach to tackling climate change and sustainable development. This module incorporates the main approaches and provides a toolkit for practitioners wishing to implement mitigation and/or adaptation in communities in developing countries.Documentid21 viewpoint: Biofuels, climate change and GM crops – who is really benefiting?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Governments, oil companies and agribusinesses all support biofuels as a way to combat climate change. Genetic engineering plays an increasing role in biofuel production. Can replacing fossil fuels with biofuels reduce carbon emissions?DocumentSeeing the light: adapting to climate change with decentralized renewable energy in developing countries
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004This book argues that well-designed decentralised renewable energy projects are both a mitigating and adaptive response to climate change.Pages