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    Mainstreaming climate change in Colombia

    United Nations Development Programme, 2010
    Case studies and report to accompany the project: 'Integrating climate change risks and opportunities into national development processes and United Nations country programming’.
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    Climate change action plan - Kenya: Energy demand

    ECN, 2012
    This chapter is part of a larger analysis of low-carbon development options in Kenya, which covers the six mitigation sectors set out in Article 4.1 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): energy, transport, industry, waste, forestry and agriculture.
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    Climate Change Action Plan - Kenya: Mitigation

    ECN, 2012
    The analysis in this report demonstrates how low-carbon development options in the forestry sector in Kenya can lower GHG emissions out to 2030 compared to the reference case and, at the same time, contribute to Kenya’s sustainable development goals.
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    Indonesia: country partnership strategy. Assessment of the energy sector

    Asian Development Bank, 2015
    This working paper on energy is a sub-section of the report on the findings of the Indonesia country partnership strategy (CPS) final review. It assesses the quality of the self-evaluation and identifies lessons and recommendations to inform the new CPS.
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    City-level climate change adaptation strategies: the case of Quito, Ecuador

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2015
    Climate change adaptation strategies at city-level are increasingly important for identifying and implementing adequate responses to climatic threats. Quito’s Climate Change Strategy (QCCS) includes a range of innovative programmes that combine risk reduction with institutional capacity building and enhanced citizen participation.
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    Managing small-scale fisheries. Alternative directions and methods

    International Development Research Centre, 2001
    Although definitions of small-scale fisheries and fisheries management vary widely, it is generally accepted that their goal is to produce for generations of humans a reasonably steady, sustainable stream of benefits from living aquatic resources. However, a glance through current fisheries literature reveals a perplexing array of perspectives and prescriptions to achieve this goal.
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    Evaluating climate change adaptation readiness of Caribbean island nations in relation to communities, fisheries and fishing communities

    St Mary's University, 2015
    Fishing communities are dependent on natural resources for their sustainable livelihoods especially in developing countries. The Caribbean is one of the most vulnerable regions to the impacts of climate change with unprecedented sea level rise, severe weather conditions such as hurricanes, coastal erosion and loss of infrastructure and livelihoods.
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    Final national climate change policy, strategy and action plan for Suriname 2014-2021

    Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, 2015
    Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Suriname’s people, society, economy and environment are already affected by extreme weather and climate events, and are under increasing risk from the impacts associated with climate change.
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    Policy development for innovative renewable energy implementation in island regions

    College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkley, 2011
    This article examines advancements being made by both public utility companies and independent energy companies in both utility scale and distributed generation technology within the Caribbean coming upon a number of considerations that should be entertained during the development of supportive and enabling policy.
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    Delivering transformational change 2011-21: complementing the CARICOM regional framework for achieving development resilient to climate change

    Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, 2012
    This document presents the Implementation Plan (IP) for the Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to a Changing Climate (the Regional Framework). It has been prepared in response to the mandate given to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) by the CARICOM Heads of Government at their meeting in July 2009.    

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