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    Climate Finance Initiative 2016

    Wateraid, 2016
    Climate variability and weather extremes, such as droughts, floods and cyclones, already pose considerable risks to the delivery of sustainable water and sanitation services. Climate change is likely to increase these risks, and introduce new water-related challenges as sea levels rise and glaciers melt. In short, climate change is water change.
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    How Paris became the capital of climate finance

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2016
    On 12 December 2015 the Paris Agreement on Climate Change reached its conclusion.
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    "New and additional" climate finance: a continuing lack of clarity

    United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2016
    The 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference will provide a major opportunity for the international community to identify further tangible steps to adapt to the challenges posed by rising global temperatures.
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    Climate change and food security in India

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2016
    Climate change has added to the enormity of India's food-security challenges. While the relationship between climate change and food security is complex, most studies focus on one dimension of food security, i.e., food availability.
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    The 2016 World Conservation Congress: exploring a win–win agenda for people and the planet

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    The World Conservation Congress (WCC), one of the world’s largest environmental gatherings, is convened every four years under the auspices of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to find collaborative solutions to conserve global biodiversity and ecosystems, and harness the solutions nature offers to global development challenges.
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    Climate and development outlook: stories of change from CDKN, Uganda special edition

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2016
    Uganda is a low-income country whose economy has recently enjoyed a growth spurt. Uganda’s leaders have set their sights on achieving upper middle income status in a generation’s time.
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    Finance guide for policymakers: renewable energy, green infrastructure

    Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 2016
    The Paris UN Climate Agreement in 2015 refocused attention on  the need to mobilize substantial private capital flows into climate  solutions at the accelerated pace and at the required scale to combat climate change.
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    After Paris: climate finance in the Pacific Islands

    Oxfam, 2016
    Pacific island countries are working hard to address the escalating realities of climate change, including the impact on land, livelihoods, and on the food and water security of their most vulnerable communities. The need for accessible, predictable, adequate and appropriate financial support to meet the climate crisis is urgent and growing.
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    Gender analysis in building climate resilience in Da Nang: challenges and solutions

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2016
    Although the legal framework for gender equality exists in Vietnam, gender mainstreaming in climate change planning and action have not yet been fully realised and addressed by local actors. In Da Nang, a gendered view to climate resilience building was also a new approach for the city and local authorities and vulnerable communities.
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    Gender needs and roles in building climate resilience in Hue City, Vietnam

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2016
    Gender roles in building climate resilience are an emerging issue worldwide - so it is important to understand the drivers of gender-specific vulnerabilities, needs and capacities with respect to climate change.

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