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    State of the Jamaican climate 2012: information for resilience building

    Planning Institute of Jamaica, Jamaica, 2012
    The report is intended to be an initial reference point for a description of Jamaica’s climate, its variability and trends and future projections. It is to be used by key sectors and persons who wish to engage in climate change adaptation work with respect to Jamaica.
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    Vulnerability and capacity assessment: impacts of climate change on Guyana’s agriculture sector final report

    Caribbean Community Secretariat, 2009
    The mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change Project began the processof provioding for the implementation of pilot vulnerability capacity Assessment in the water, agriculture and tourism sectors. This study researched agricultural activities in three site areas in Guyana: The Wales Sugar Estate, the Mahaicony / Abary Rice Development Scheme (MARDS) and the island of Leguan.
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    Helpdesk report: Disaster risk financing and insurance in the Pacific

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: What is the level of insurance availability and coverage against disaster risks at the household and business level across Pacific islands countries, and how does this compare internationally?
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    Final Report: Assessment and scoping mission for DFID Bangladesh's new climate change programme

    2015
    Bangladesh is extremely climate vulnerable, and will be even more so due to climate change. DFID Bangladesh is a major provider of climate financing in Bangladesh, and has been supporting the country through the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BBCRF), the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) and the small Strategic Fund.
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    Assessing climate change and its likely impact on selected UK Overseas Territories: Inception Report

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    The UK Government is ultimately responsible for the security, economic wellbeing and sustainability of 14 UK Overseas Territories (OTs). Climate change is also prioritized by the Department for International Development (DFID) as a Strategic Development Priority.
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    Climate-smart agriculture in Uruguay

    World Bank, 2015
    In recent years, farmers have been affected by increased climatic variability, reflected in periods of excessive precipitation and flooding and more intensive and frequent drought. Uruguay has long been considered on the forefront of natural resource management and conservation,  particularly soils.
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    Climate-Smart agriculture in Rwanda

    World Bank, 2015
    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
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    Understanding patterns of climate resilient economic development: a synthesis

    Overseas Development Institute, 2015
    Data availability and quality were one of the binding constraints throughout the development of the case studies: — as adaptation is context specific, the degree of geographical resolution must be high to arrive at meaningful, evidence - based conclusions.
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    Models for financing clean infrastructure in middle income countries

    Climate Policy Initiative, 2015
    Many rich countries can rely upon sophisticated financial systems, established regulation and policy, a large pool of institutional investors and governments with relatively strong financial positions to help them meet the infrastructure investment needs of their relatively slow growing economies.
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    How do healthy rivers benefit society?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2016
    Around the world, river system degradation and vulnerability is undermining their ability to provide critical ecosystem benefits and services that many communities rely upon.

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