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  Understanding sustainable diets: a descriptive analysis of the determinants and processes that influence diets and their impact on health, food security, and environmental sustainability

  Advances in Nutrition, 2014

  This study argues that the concept of sustainable diets presents an opportunity to advance sustainable development and work for the elimination of poverty, food and nutrition insecurity, and poor health outcomes. This study examines the determinants of sustainable diets, offers a descriptive analysis of these areas, and presents a causal model and framework from which to build.
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  50 years of urbanization in Africa: examining the role of climate change

  World Bank, 2014

  For the last 50 years, much of Africa has experienced a decline in moisture availability with the strongest decline happening in areas that were already relatively dry. This trend has affected agricultural productivity and contributed to increased urban migration.
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  Southern Africa’s dryland forests, climate change and the water–energy–food security nexus

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014

  Forests and trees in Southern Africa’s drylands provide a multitude of goods and services, ranging from timber and non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to carbon sequestration and the protection of watersheds and biodiversity.
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  Tenure rights, human rights and REDD+: knowledge, skills and tools for effective results forest carbon, markets and communities (FCMC) program

  Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities, 2014

  This document presents a framework for identifying and asserting tenure and human rights associated with forests and land use in the context of climate change policies and measures. It argues that clearly defined land rights can help identify which actors are necessary to address drivers of deforestation and can determine shares in benefits from reduced deforestation.
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  El Niño and Indian droughts - a scoping exercise

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2014

  This paper is based on predictions of a strong El Niño in 2014 which it is feared will lead to droughts in India. The paper argues that as El Niño may hit in the second half of Indian monsoon season in 2014, favourable water reservoir levels, and high stocks of grains with the government, may offer some relief to the farmers and the consumers at present.
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  Building resilience for food & nutrition security

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014

  In examining a number of NGO initiatives on food and nutrition security, designed and implemented with resilience and capacity-building in mind, this International Food Policy Research Institute paper seeks to identify approaches, barriers, and opportunities to consider in the future.
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  Land use in a future climate agreement

  Winrock International, 2014

  This paper explores options for including land use in a future (post-2020) climate change agreement as anticipated by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP).
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  Climate change and conflict in the Sahel: A policy brief on findings from Niger and Burkina Faso

  US Agency for International Development, 2014

  This report analyses the potential linkages between climate impacts and conflict in two countries in Niger and Burkina Faso.
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  Evidence linking community level tenure and forest condition: An annotated bibliography

  Climate and Land Use Alliance, 2014

  This annotated bibliography provides evidence that community tenure over forests can result in more forest cover and more species-rich forests, less deforestation and degradation, and fewer fires than some other approaches to protecting forests.
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  Understanding land use in the UNFCCC

  Climate and Land Use Alliance, 2014

  This guide aims to increase the technical understanding of the treatment of land use under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The land use is defined as land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) and agriculture, sometimes referred to collectively as agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU).

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