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  After the storm: Haiti’s coming food crisis

  Igarape Institute, 2012

  The 2012 hurricane season generated profound impacts on Haiti’s population by reducing food security and limiting basic service provision. This paper highlights a number of possible entry-points to mitigate future risks of hunger.
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  Assessing drought displacement risk for Kenyan, Ethiopian and Somali pastoralists

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014

  This study represents an initial attempt to assess patterns of displacement related to droughts in selected countries of the Horn of Africa, specifically the border regions of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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  Perceptions of climate change and adaptation to microclimate change and variability among smallholder farmers in Mhakwe Communal Area, Manicaland province, Zimbabwe

  Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 2014

  This study seeks to assess smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate change and also their adaptive strategies at the microscale in Mhakwe Communal Area in Zimbabwe. The study was carried out using a triangulation of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. A sample of 43 smallholder farmers was selected.
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  Local approaches to harmonising climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies: Lessons from India

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  The Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) conducted research in the disaster-prone arid zones of India, Leh and Barmer to determine how best to overcome the challenges of integrating effective disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation into development planning.
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  Integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning: The case of Gorakhpur, India

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  This case study describes how a specific programme to address issues of integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning, is working in Gorakhpur, India. The District is recognised as one of the most flood-prone in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and is home to 4.4 million people.
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  The global challenge of managing migration

  Population Reference Bureau, 2013

  The number of international migrants more than doubled between1980 and 2010, from 103 million to 220 million. In 2013, the number of international migrants was 232 million and is projected to double to over 400 million by 2050.
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  Socio-ecological vulnerability assessment of flood and saline-prone region in rural Bangladesh

  Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014

  The agrarian population in Bangladesh is ranked by many studies to be of the most vulnerable in the world due to the poor socio-economic features, the unique geophysical location and the high exposure to climate change effects.
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  Sustainable mega-events in developing countries: experiences and insights from host cities in South Africa, India and Brazil

  Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2011

  The hosting of mega-events has a tremendous effect on developing and emerging countries. These can be positive in terms of economic investment, job creation, skills development and international branding but also can be negative in terms of their environmental footprint, for example via carbon emissions caused by international visitors to the event.
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  Risk-informed decision-making: An agenda for improving risk assessments under HFA2

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  This paper analyses research conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with additional material from the Climate & Development Knowledge Network’s experience in Ghana, India and Pakistan.
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  Combining satellite data and models to assess vulnerability to climate change and its impact on food security in Morocco

  Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2014

  This journal article analyses satellite and socioeconomic data to explore the relationship between food and wood demand and supply, expressed in terms of net primary production (NPP), in Morocco. A vulnerability index is defined as the ratio of demand to supply as influenced by population, affluence, technology and climate indicators.

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