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  What we have lost and cannot become: societal outcomes of coastal erosion in southern Belize

  Ecology and Society, 2015

  Countries in the Caribbean region, including Belize, are vulnerable to coastal erosion. Experts and scholars have assessed the effects of coastal erosion in the region in physical and economic terms, most often from a sectoral perspective. However, less attention has been directed to the localized and nonquantifiable effects of coastal erosion in the region.
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  Assessing rural transformations: piloting a qualitative impact protocol in Malawi and Ethiopia

  Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 2014

  This paper contributes to the literature on qualitative approaches to impact evaluation (QUIP) particularly in complex contexts. It reports on substantive and methodological findings from four pilot studies of a protocol for qualitative impact evaluation of NGO sponsored rural development projects in Malawi and Ethiopia.
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  Global Estimates 2014: People displaced by disasters

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014

  IDMC’s latest Global Estimates report shows that 22 million people were displaced in 2013 by disasters brought on by natural hazard events. As in previous years, the worst affected region is Asia, where 19 million people, or 87.1 per cent of the global total, were displaced during the year.
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  Are trees buffering ecosystems and livelihoods in agricultural landscapes of the Lower Mekong Basin? Consequences for climate-change adaptation

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2014

  This working paper analyses 1) the impacts of continuing land-use and climate changes in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) region; and 2) the potential role of increased use of trees in agricultural landscapes to reduce the negative impact of land-use changes.
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  Keeping track of adaptation actions in Africa: targeted fiscal stimulus actions making a difference

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2014

  United Nations Environment Programme publication highlighting case studies of adaptation actions benefitting sub-Saharan African countries.
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  Natural systems and climate change resilience in the Lower Mekong Basin: future directions for biodiversity, agriculture and livelihoods in a rapidly changing environment

  International Centre for Environmental Management, 2014

  This report finds that despite the diversity of livelihoods and ecosystems In the Lower Mekong Basin, most sectors’ resilience to climate change is dependent on health natural ecosystems.
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  Norway's fair share of an ambitious climate effort

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2014

  This report is focused on mitigation, although an equitable approach to adaptation is of course equally important. It uses a flexible and transparent framework for equitable effort sharing that is drawn directly from the UNFCCC’s core equity principles.
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  Cross-sectoral approaches help build water resilience – reflections

  Science Direct, 2014

  Academic paper outlining the challenges of increasing water resilience, and the need for cross-sectoral approaches.
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  Adapting to climate change through land and water management in Eastern Africa: Results of pilot projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014

  FAO-Sida report providing evidence and lessons learned from a climate adaptation pilot project in Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia.
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  Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans: Lessons from Sri Lanka

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  This case study aims to illustrate how the Western Province in Sri Lanka is promoting urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry as a strategy to reduce vulnerability to climate change, while at the same time enhancing urban liveability and livelihoods.

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