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Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project. Blue carbon in Abu Dhabi – protecting our coastal Heritage
GRID Arendal, 2013The Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project, facilitated by the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) was a one-year project, which commenced in November 2012.DocumentWho benefits? Norwegian investments in the Zambian mining industry
2013Popularly known as the “Oil Fund”, the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has investments spread all over the world, including in large multinational companies within the extractive industry. The industry has earned a bad reputation in developing countries for pollution, environmental damages, displacement of local populations, corruption and tax evasion.DocumentThe right to adequate food and the compliance of Norway with the extraterritorial obligations (ETOs) on ESCR
FIAN Norway, 2013This report focuses on two cases related to Norway's compliance with the ETOs. First, the report will discuss the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) as a major international actor with encompassing obligations. An analysis of the GPFG investment in the Marlin gold mine, owned by Canadian Goldcorp Inc., in Guatemala will be highlighted.DocumentAssessing drought displacement risk for Kenyan, Ethiopian and Somali pastoralists
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014This study represents an initial attempt to assess patterns of displacement related to droughts in selected countries of the Horn of Africa, specifically the border regions of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.DocumentThe evolving picture of displacement in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan: An evidence-based overview
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014Some 4 million people were displaced when Typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippines on November 8th 2013. In spite of the wealth of information generated, it has been difficult to form a coherent understanding of the evolving and complex displacement situation, which is critical to guide policy and prioritize responses on the ground.DocumentUnintended effects in evaluations of Norwegian aid: a desk study
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014Those responsible for development aid are increasingly concerned about producing documentary evidence of the results. Executers of aid projects and programmes are provided with result-focused tools, and all activities are routinely evaluated.DocumentThe Solar Energy Centre: an approach to village scale power supply . The Solar Transition pilot project in Kenya
University of Oslo, 2014Access to electricity has a positive impact on a wide range of factors influencing rural communities, from improved health, to access to communication and information, to better educational facilities, economic prosperity and improved standard of living.DocumentDoes climate change aggravate gender inequalities? Empirical assessment from South India
Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014The effects of climate change are unequally distributed between female and male gender in agrarian communities, particularly in developing countries. The agrarian regions of South India offer some representative examples where extreme events such as drought and floods influence gender inequalities.DocumentSocio-ecological vulnerability assessment of flood and saline-prone region in rural Bangladesh
Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014The agrarian population in Bangladesh is ranked by many studies to be of the most vulnerable in the world due to the poor socio-economic features, the unique geophysical location and the high exposure to climate change effects.DocumentClimate change and vulnerability in Bangladesh
Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2014It is predicted that climate change will aggravate the presence of sudden (e.g. cyclones, floods etc.) and chronic (e.g. drought, erosion) hazards to agrarian communities in Bangladesh. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001) the exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to climate change determines the degree of vulnerability for a social or ecological system.Pages