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Climate wrongs and human rights. Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy
Oxfam, 2008This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change.DocumentClimate change impact and disaster vulnerabilities in the coastal areas of Bangladesh
Equity and Justice Working Group, 2007Focusing on the coastal areas of Bangladesh, this report analyses the impact of disasters with specific reference to the effects of climate change. It also looks at the nature of the disasters that frequently occur and discusses efforts to mitigate their impact.DocumentGender perspectives: integrating disaster risk reduction into climate change adaptation good practices and lessons learned
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2008It is a well-known prediction that women in the developing world will suffer the most from the effects of climate change. What needs equal emphasis is the fact that women also represent an immense source of potential and power to combat the increased disaster risks that climate change will bring.DocumentBrowsing on fences: pastoral land rights, livelihoods and adaptation to climate change
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008This paper presents an overview of pastoral systems and addresses rights issues around access and control of resources in the context of climate change. The document brings together the inputs made by over 120 participants in a 2006 web-based forum and also includes material from a number of projects from around the world.DocumentA preliminary assessment of energy and ecosystem resilience in ten African countries
HELIO International, 2007Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to climate change.DocumentIn the face of disaster: children and climate change
International Save the Children Alliance, 2008Climate change is likely to lead to an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, and it will be the people in the poorest countries, especially children, who will bear the brunt.DocumentReducing vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: the case of Nunavut, Canada
Arctic Institute of North America, 2008Existing policy responses to climate change in Nunavut, Canada have largely focused on mitigation. However, because of the likelihood of adverse climate change impacts there has been a growing push for adaptation policies.DocumentVulnerability to poverty and vulnerability to climate change: conceptual framework, measurement and synergies in policy.
Madras School of Economics, India, 2007Vulnerability has become a familiar term in the climate change literature and in literature on poverty. This paper attempts to compare the concepts and metrics related to vulnerability notion as used in the poverty literature with those in the filed of climate change. The paper sheds light on the understanding of the perceived and real differences between the two fields.DocumentClimate change and poverty in Africa: mapping hotspots of vulnerability
African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008Climate change and increasing climate variability threaten the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Some of the worst effects on human health and agriculture will be in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in vulnerable regions.DocumentFuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people's access to land
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008The policy debate about the merits and demerits of biofuels is growing and changing rapidly, with concerns being voiced over their effectiveness for mitigating climate change, role in recent food price hikes and social environmental impacts.Pages