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  Technical background INDC

  Energy Research Centre, 2015

  South Africa faces a number of urgent development challenges, including high unemployment levels, high levels of social and economic inequality, challenges in infrastructure provision and a lack of basic services including the provision of health, education and housing.
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  Exploring nature-based solutions — the role of green infrastructure in mitigating the impacts of weather- and climate change-related natural hazards

  European Environment Agency, 2015

  The objective of this study is to explore and demonstrate how green infrastructure (GI) contributes to mitigating adverse effects of extreme weather- and climate‑related events, as a follow-up to earlier European Environment Agency (EEA) research into the role of GI networks and the multiple ecosystem services provided.
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  Transformative adaptation: what it is, why it matters & what is needed

  UKCIP, 2015

  This report offers an overview of the literature on transformational adaptation for practictioners and researchers.
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  Solar Pumps for Sustainable Irrigation in India

  Council on Energy, Environment and Water, 2015

  Researchers in this study put forward a budget-neutral approach for incentivising the adoption of solar pumps in India. The study also looks at parity between solar and electric pumps from economic perspective, i.e. NPV (net present value) of the expenses to be incurred by the farmer. 
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  The 3As: Tracking resilience across BRACED

  Overseas Development Institute, 2015

  Resilience is generally understood as the ability of systems to function in the face of disturbance (Holling, 1973). There has been a substantial push to operationalise this concept to reduce the vulnerability of marginalised communities.
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  Improving substantive and procedural protections for indigenous rights in REDD+ projects: possible lessons from Brazil

  Afe Babalola University, 2015

  This article examines how Brazil can prepare itself for an Indigenous REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation plus) by modeling the implementation and enforcement of its current legal framework after that of Colombia.
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  Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks

  Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2013

  Disaster risk can increase or decrease over time according to a country’s ability to manage its vulnerability and risk governance capacities. In recent decades, countries in all regions have strengthened their capacities to reduce mortality risks associated with major weather-related hazards such as tropical cyclones and floods.
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  Literature review on energy access and adaptation to climate change

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  Despite the understanding and the clear overarching benefits of access to energy in addressing the various dimensions of development and poverty reduction, to date there has been little discussion on energy access within the context of adaptation and building resilience to climate change and climate variability.
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  Assessing climate service needs In Kaffrine, Senegal: livelihoods, identity, and vulnerability to climate variability and change

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2015

  For those whose livelihoods revolve around rain-fed agriculture, climate services have the potential to reduce precipitation- and temperature-related risks to agricultural production, boost agricultural yields by enabling appropriate crop and variety selections, and build resilience in rural populations by enhancing the food and income base of their livelihoods.
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  Assessing Mali’s L’agence Nationale De La Météorologie’s (Mali Meteo) Agrometeorological Advisory Program: final report on the farmer use of advisories and implications for climate service design

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2015

  This report marks the completion of the first detailed assessment of the function and impact of an operational climate services for development program, Mali’s L’Agence Nationale de la Météorologie’s (Mali Meteo) Agrometeorological Advisory Program.

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