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Climate change and pastoralists: investing in people to respond to adversity
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006The sustainability of pastoral systems largely depends on a balancing act between pastures, livestock and people. The mobility of pastoralists and their livestock is also a key factor. With climate change, the authors of this article speculate that this balance will be undermined.DocumentA comparison of the social vulnerability of grain farmers in Mexico and Argentina
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2006This paper focuses specifically on the various factors that differentiate farm enterprises and farm households, both in terms of their sensitivity to climate events and their capacity to adjust to changing climatic and market circumstances.DocumentPacific island mangroves in a changing climate and rising sea
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2006Mangrove ecosystems provide important and valuable services and products to Pacific Island communities, but are under threat from changing environmental conditions. This publication highlights results and recommendations from a study determining mangrove vulnerability and how Pacific island nations can adapt to mangrove responses to climate change effects.DocumentClimate change and nature: adapting for the future
World Conservation Union, 2006This report argues that climate change requires an adaptive management style that focuses on transparency and learning. Such an approach needs to target stakeholders in decision making and implementation at the level of landscapes and seascapes.DocumentAdverse impacts of climate change on development of Bhutan: integrating adaptation into policies and activities
Capacity Strengthening of Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change, 2004Bhutan is a mountainous landlocked country with a varying climate and rich biodiversity.DocumentEffects of climate change on the sustainability of capture and enhancement fisheries important to the poor: analysis of the vulnerability and adaptability of fisherfolk living in poverty
Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004Although the majority of the world’s fisherfolk live in areas susceptible to the impacts of climate change, relationships between the physical impacts of climate change and the livelihood vulnerability of poor fishing communities have seldom been investigated.DocumentClimate change: biodiversity and livelihood impacts
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004This publication considers the linkages between climate change (mitigation and adaptation) and biodiversity, and then relates these linkages to livelihoods, poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).DocumentAfrica: up in smoke?
New Economics Foundation, 2005This, the second report from a coalition of UK environment and development groups, says that efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa will ultimately fail unless urgent action is taken on climate change. The report says that G8 nations have failed to 'join-the-dots' between climate change and Africa. Unless addressed, this could condemn generations in the world’s poorest nations.DocumentMillennium ecosystem assessment synthesis report
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005This report, synthesises the findings of large multi-agency attempt to comprehensively evaluate all of the world’s major ecosystems.DocumentSustainable livelihoods and climate change adaptation: a review of phase one activities for the project on climate change, vulnerable communities and adaptation
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2004This paper reports on the first phase of a project examining issues of sustainable livelihoods and climate change adaptation.Pages