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    Young people's burden: requirement of negative CO2 emissions

    Earth System Dynamics, 2016
    The rapid rise of global temperature that began about 1975 continues at a mean rate of about 0.18°C /decade , with the current annual temperature exceeding +1.25°C relative to 1880-1920.
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    SaciWATERs / The South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies

    SaciWATERs, the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, is a policy research institute based in Hyderabad, India.
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    Private investment in clean energy, inclusive agribusiness and financial inclusion: evidence of impact

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    This report, commissioned by DFID, seeks to identify what evidence exists that private investments made in clean energy, inclusive agribusiness and financial services lead to good development outcomes for the poor, especially women – with a particular focus on Asia.
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    Evidence and examples to build resilient livelihoods in the South Sudan context

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    Building resilience to weather and conflict shocks in South Sudan requires investing inside and outside the agriculture sector in order to promote sustainable livelihoods development and income diversification. This includes strengthening productive sectors, improving basic social services, and establishing productive safety nets.
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    Climate finance architecture: mapping green growth services

    Evidence on Demand, 2016
    This is a short review for DFID of actors working in and around Green Growth or ‘Green Economy’ (GE). This document outlines a broad spectrum of services that are relevant for supporting country implementation of Green Growth. It loosely defines the service offerings and indicatively maps key organisations against these service offerings.
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    Environmental issues in Ethiopia and links to the Ethiopian economy

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    Ethiopia has a high-level strategy to pursue agriculture-based industrialisation with a goal of achieving middle income country status by 2025 with no net increase in carbon emissions.
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    Household food security in the face of climate change in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region

    2016
    This study attempts to understand local people’s perceptions of climate change, its impacts on agriculture and household food security, and local adaptation strategies in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, using data from 8083 households (HHs) from four river sub-basins (SBs), i.e.
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    Mongolia: enhancing policies and practices for Ger area development in Ulaanbaatar

    World Bank Publications, 2010
    The sustainable development of ger areas in Ulaanbaatar (UB), the capital city of Mongolia, is one of the critical development issues facing the country. The transition to a market economy and a series of severe winters (called zud) have resulted in the large-scale migration of low-income families into the ger areas of UB.
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    Green Development Strategic Action Plan for Ulaanbaatar 2020

    Asia Foundation, 2015
    Ulaanbaatar is the capital and political, business and cultural center of Mongolia. The city has rapidly grown in size over the last decades as a result of rural to urban migration, attracting people seeking education, employment, services and business opportunities.
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    Peri-urban water security: an agenda for water governance

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    Water governance needs to mainstream peri­-urban water security.  As cities grow, policy makers and planners focus onmeeting the needs of  urban populations. This happens at the expense of the peri-urban and the rural. For instance, it is very common to divert physical flows of water from villages to cities.

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