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Evidence from the frontlines of climate change: loss and damage to communities despite coping and adaptation
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012This study presents empirical findings from fieldwork around the world examining loss and damage caused by global warming. The report begins by defining and contextualising the emerging discourse on assessing, quantifying and reacting to loss and damage. Key findings from the five case study sites include the following.DocumentEnergy, water and climate change in southern Africa: what are the issues that need further investment and research?
Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012Regional climate change projections for southern Africa indicate that global warming is likely to lead to greater increases in annual mean temperatures than the global average.DocumentAdaptation of land-use demands to the impact of climate change on the hydrological processes of an urbanized watershed
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2012The adaptation of land-use patterns is an essential aspect of minimising the impact of climate change at regional and local scales; for example, adapting watershed land-use patterns to mitigate the impact of climate change on a region’s hydrology.DocumentFramework document on water and climate change adaptation: for leaders and policy-makers in the Asia-Pacific region
Asia-Pacific Water Forum, 2012Water security, especially in the context of climatic change, is recognised as a global security challenge. This framework aims to provide information and advice on climate change adaptation and water resources management for policymakers and decision-makers in the Asia-Pacific region.OrganisationAsia-Pacific Water Forum
The Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) is an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-political network established to encourage collaborative efforts on water resources management and to accDocumentSamyukt Mahila Samiti (SMS): powerful institutional tool to make women prominent in the watershed development
Watershed Organisation Trust, 2012Although women’s significant role in natural resource management is widely acknowledged in watershed development programmes in India, the discussion rarely goes beyond the formation of self-help groups (SHG) and conventional credit and saving activities.DocumentThe future of environmental sustainability in the Taita Hills, Kenya: assessing potential impacts of agricultural expansion and climate change
Fennia, 2012The indigenous cloud forests in the Taita Hills, Kenya, have suffered substantial degradation due to agricultural expansion. Currently, only one per cent of the original forested area remains preserved. Furthermore, climate change imposes an imminent threat for local economy and environmental sustainability.DocumentAdaptive capacity of transboundary basins in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Sahel
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2012Responses to climate change in a transboundary river basin depend not on national and subnational capacities alone, but also on the ability of co-riparian nations to communicate, coordinate and cooperate across their international boundary.DocumentScientific guidelines for designing resilient marine protected area networks in a changing climate
NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2012These guidelines, jointly developed by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), are intended to provide general guidance to scientists, planners and managers in their efforts to design, connect, manage, assess and adapt marine protected areas (MPAs) and MPA networks to be resilient to climate change at national and contOrganisationWatershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation founded in 1993, currently operating in five 5 Indian states: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan aPages