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    Climate security: a holistic approach to climate change, security and development

    Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2012
    The understanding of the implications of climate change has broadened in recent years, covering a complex web of development and security issues. In the meanwhile, Pacific island countries remain on the frontline, vulnerable not only to rising seas but also the global responses to the emerging climate security threats. This paper finds that:
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    Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
    This paper reviews impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing the country. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the Policy and Advocacy for Climate Change in Zimbabwe project.
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    The state of environmental migration 2011

    International Organization for Migration, 2012
    This report is the second volume in an annual series, which aims to provide regular assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration. This volume focuses on cross-border displacement and the securitisation of migration.
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    On climate migration and international trade

    Social Science Research Network, 2012
    Climate migration is plagued by vagueness, both in terms of the numbers of potential migrants, as well as their legal rights. This article provides a legal analysis of climate migration and examines its potential impact on international trade.
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    Community vulnerability assessment: Kharo Chan, Keti Bunder and Jiwani

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2012
    This community vulnerability assessment (CVA) showcases the key threats facing the Indus Delta, focusing on the risks facing coastal communities living in Kharo Chan, Keti Bunder and Jiwani in Pakistan. Apart from identifying threats, the report lists response options, in order to support adaptation at the local, district and provincial levels.
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    Malaria and agriculture: a global review of the literature with a focus on the application of integrated pest and vector management in East Africa and Uganda

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
    Roughly half of the world's population lives at risk of contracting malaria, a disease which disproportionately affects the poor. As such, farming households are particularly vulnerable; malaria is therefore an intimate link between poverty, agriculture and health.
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    Measuring disaster-resilient communities: a case study of coastal communities in Indonesia

    Forestry Nepal, 2012
    Although there are fundamental linkages, and complementarities exist, between vulnerability reduction and resilience building of communities, recent policy and programming has focused more on the latter. This paper argues that reducing the underlying causes of vulnerabilities and their interactions with resilience elements is a prerequisite for obtaining resilience capabilities.
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    From vulnerability to resilience: Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) in Niger

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011
    For decades, Nigerien farmers cleared their fields of native trees and shrubs, exposing their crops to the fierce Sahelian winds. However, the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), in combination with other improved soil and water conservation practices, has helped to reverse this trend.
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    Adaptation or manipulation? Unpacking climate change response strategies

    Ecology and Society, 2012
    Adaptation is a key feature of sustainable social-ecological systems, as well as a recent and increasing focus of research and policy regarding responses to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. This article examines the meaning of adaptation and its relationship to the concepts of resilience, vulnerability and sustainability.
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    City resilience in Africa: a ten essentials pilot

    International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012
    This study reports on a month-long pilot project conducted in three east African cities (Narok and Kisumu in Kenya, and Moshi in Tanzania) to assess resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The pilot is modelled on the ‘ten essentials’ framework, a check-list of priorities and capabilities necessary for DRR.

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