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Sustainable wetland management in the face of climate risks in Niger: the case of La Mare de Tabalak
United Nations Development Programme, 2013The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries.DocumentClimate risks, vulnerability and governance in Kenya: a review
United Nations Development Programme, 2012This report was commissioned under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), a joint initiative of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and the Bureau for Development Policy of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).DocumentThe demography of adaptation to climate change
United Nations Population Fund, 2013In 2010, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and El Colegio de Mexico hosted an expert group meeting in Mexico to discuss aspects of population dynamics with particular focus on adaptation to climate change.DocumentStories of change from the joint UNDP-UNEP poverty-environment initiative
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013This booklet, prepared by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on behalf of the UNDP-UNEP poverty-environment initiative (PEI), captures experiences of various stakeholders ranging from the government level to vulnerable groups in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malawi, Bangladesh, Tajikistan and Uruguay.DocumentClimate risk management for smallholder agriculture in Honduras
2013Agriculture is an important economic sector in Honduras, where rural poverty and food insecurity are high. One-third of the population lives on smallholder farms growing staple crops such as maize and beans. Climate hazards already damage crops and infrastructure, leading to income loss and food insecurity, and climate change will exacerbate this situation.DocumentCase studies on flash flood risk management in the Himalayas: in support of specific flash flood policies
2013Countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region generally lack policies, strategies and plans which deal specifically with flash floods. The purpose of the case studies in this report is to create a knowledge base on flash flood processes in different parts of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.DocumentClimate change impact on livelihood and natural resources of Upper Mustang
Forestry Nepal, 2012This paper examines how climate change affects the livelihoods and natural resources of the Upper Mustang region in Nepal, with particular focus on climate change impacts on agriculture, livestock, rangeland, water resources and housing.DocumentReducing inequality and poverty while mitigating climate change: key challenges for research and practice in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America
Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012This working paper, produced by the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programme, investigates the relationship between emissions, inequality and poverty in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America. Research on this topic is of particular importance, since changing global demographics mean that the majority of the world's poor now live in middle-income countries.DocumentThe challenges of climate change and exposure growth for disaster risk management in developing countries
The Government Office for Science, 2012Over the past 30 years, total economic losses from natural hazards have more than tripled in real terms. The economic and social impacts have been particularly great in developing countries, where past development gains are at risk and human security is increasingly threatened.DocumentThe luck of the development draw: environmental volatility and the takeoff to modern economic growth
Social Science Research Network, 2012This paper tests the implications of a model which gives a central role to luck − in the form of good versus bad draws − in the process of economic development. An obvious potential source of good versus bad draws is environmental volatility, particularly in the context of developing economies which tend to be heavily dependent on agricultural output.Pages