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Organizational and institutional issues in climate change adaptation and risk management
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2013The International Food Policy Research Institute has conducted this study to explore the challenges and opportunities climate change adaptation provides to institutional, organisational and human-capacity strengthening. The report seeks to provide insight and reflection on the issues faced by organisations involved in climate change adaptation in Kenya, Bangladesh, Mali, and Ethiopia.DocumentThe Pacific experience in developing policy and legislation on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2013This study explores and aims to unpack the drivers and process to develop Joint National Action Plans on Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change (JNAPs), primary DRM legislation, and sustainable development plans addressing DRR and CCA in three Pacific island countries: the Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Tonga. It also discusses the experiences implementing these instruments.DocumentSocio-economic analysis of climate change impacts on foodgrain production in Indian states
Elsevier, 2013This paper analyses the implications of climate change on production of four crop categories (rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals) for ten large food-grain producing states in India over the period 2030–2050.DocumentClimate change and vulnerability of agroforestry
World Agroforestry Centre, 2012Providing a detailed picture of the value of trees for local people in the tropics is a difficult undertaking. Not only does this represent the difficulty in accounting for values outside formal markets, but it also reflects the multiplicity of the species involved and the many different ways in which trees are used.DocumentIndian banking sector towards a sustainable growth: a paradigm shift
2013Banks can provide important leadership for the required economic renovation that will provide new opportunities for the creation of a strong and successful low-carbon economy.DocumentUnlocking the power of local knowledge: a novel framework to cost community-based adaptation to climate change
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012Current approaches to identify the costs and benefits of adaptation are primarily quantitative, using top-down methodologies that may grossly underestimate the true costs. This policy brief argues that global policies require credible evidence from the local level.DocumentWhat will adaptation cost? An economic framework for coastal community infrastructure
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA, 2013The purpose of this framework is to help communities begin to find answers to questions such as ‘how can I determine the best adaptation strategy?’, and ‘how much will it cost to keep my community safe?’.DocumentZero carbon Britain: rethinking the future
Centre for Alternative Technology, 2013This report explores how Britain can achieve Carbon neutrality. Building upon the groundwork laid by the Zero Carbon Britain project over the last six years, the authors incorporate the latest developments in science and technology, plus more detailed research in two main areas: balancing highly variable energy supply and demand; and the nutritional implications of a low carbon diet.DocumentNew pathways to resistance: outcomes of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa research and capacity building program 2006-2012
International Development Research Centre, 2012This report presents a brief and interactive summary of the Climate Change in Africa research and capacity program’s chief contributions.DocumentJoto Afrika: Climate Communication for Adaptation
Arid Lands Information Network, 2013Produced by the Adaptation Learning Programme of Care International, amongst others, this special issue of Joto Afrika presents six case studies of innovative approaches to communicating climate information to farmers and pastoralists in Kenya, Niger and Ghana. Here are the six case studies, together with a few highlights of the results.Pages