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    When disasters and conflicts collide: improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention

    Overseas Development Institute, 2013
    This paper by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) argues for increased focus on the conflict-disaster nexus in fragile and conflict-affected states. It is based on a study assessing the evidence base on the ways in which natural disasters affect conflict, how conflict affects natural disasters and how people are affected by multiple risks.
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    Rural households in a changing climate

    World Bank, 2013
    This World Bank policy research working paper investigates household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings, looking particularly at the adaptive capacity of poor rural households – a subject the authors claim has received little attention due to its broad and complex nature.
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    The social dimensions of climate change

    World Health Organization, 2011
    This paper by the World Health Organization addresses the social dimensions of climate change from a sustainable, equitable development perspective, understood as ‘an irreducible holistic concept where economic, social and environmental issues are interdependent dimensions that must be approached within a unified framework’, and where the overarching outcome is to fully promote human welfare and e
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    A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria

    Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
    This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for their optimum performance. Therefore, decreasing and/or irregular rainfall patterns threaten food security in the state.
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    Resilience of outdoor spaces in an era of climate change: the problem of developing countries

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
    This paper suggests a framework for integrating climate change into the design of public spaces in developing countries. The aim is to explain the urgent need for public-space design codes in developing countries that factor in global warming and climate extremes. The paper argues that environmental considerations must form an integral part of such design to ensure human wellbeing.
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    SIDS-focused green economy: an analysis of challenges and opportunities

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
    The movement towards a green economy is seen as a critical pathway to achieving sustainable development. More importantly, it is an opportunity for investments in green industries, job creation and improvements in human welfare.
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    Expert views of climate change adaptation in least developed Asia

    Elsevier, 2012
    Drawing primarily from original data collected from more than 100 semi-structured research interviews, this study discusses the benefits of four climate change adaptation projects being implemented in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia and the Maldives.
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    Conflict resolution among pastoral communities in West Pokot County, Kenya: a missing link

    SAVAP International, 2012
    Conflicts over control of and access to natural resources are common among pastoral communities living in arid and semi-arid environments of Kenya. This study investigates conflicts and conflict resolution strategies in West Pokot County, Kenya.
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    Global climate risk index 2013: Who suffers most from extreme weather events? Weather-related loss events in 2011 and 1992 to 2011

    Germanwatch, 2012
    This report analyses the extent to which countries have been affected by weather-related loss events. It warns that the window for putting the world on a track to stay below two degrees Celsius is rapidly closing and preparations must be made for potentially more frequent or severe weather events in the future.
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    Bangladesh’s comprehensive disaster management programme

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011
    Bangladesh is afflicted by a multitude of natural hazards. In an average year, roughly 10 million Bangladeshi citizens are affected by one or more such hazards and their frequency and severity is projected to increase as a result of climate change.

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