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    Climate change and malaria

    Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO), 2015
    Weather and climate are major determinants of the geographical distribution, seasonality, year-to-year variability and longer term trends of malaria. Periods of long-term drought can reduce transmission.
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    Environmental costs of China’s new law on foreign NGOs

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2016
    In 2015, China's People's Congress revised and ratified a controversial foreign non-governmental organisation (NGO) management law that is set to take effect in 2017. According to reports, the new law will directly affect approximately 7,000 foreign NGOs operating within the country'€™s borders as well as local NGOs who receive financial support from overseas donors.
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    Climate change and impacts on family farming in the North and Northeast of Brazil

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2015
    Climate change has increasingly been recognised as the main challenge facing humanity in the coming decades. The starting point of this study is the consideration of future climate change scenarios and the uncertainties they bring. 
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    A brewing storm: the climate change risks to coffee

    The Climate Institute, 2016
    Grown predominantly in tropical highlands, Arabica coffee (Coffea Arabica) dominates global production, making up about 70 per cent of supply. Low-lying areas supply Robusta (Coffea canephora ) destined mainly for the low-quality, instant coffee market.
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    Gender approaches in climate compatible development: lessons from Kenya

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2016
    Gender is an important driver of vulnerability to climate risks, and a key factor to consider in developing effective policy responses to climate change and development challenges. In recent years, there have been a number of efforts to support gender equality as part of responses to climate change.
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    Climate change-induced loss and damage in Pakistan: an investigation of impacts on society and the economy

    International Centre for Climate Change and Development, 2016
    Flooding is the hazard Pakistan is at risk from the most . Increasing glacial melt from the Himalayan ranges as a result of rising global temperatures swells the rivers and tributaries of the Indus River Basin, inundating large parts of the country every year since 2010.
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    Climate change and urban health vulnerability

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2016
    There is increasing awareness of the impacts of climate change on the health of urban residents. Although Thailand has seen relatively low rates of urbanisation compared to its ASEAN counterparts, cities across the country are growing. This study examines the climate change and urban health vulnerability of suburban Pralab, Khon Kaen City, in the northeast of Thailand.
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    The adapting atolls: final evaluation of the project “Community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA CC)” in Nissan district, Papua New Guinea

    CARE International, 2016
    The project '€˜Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Nissan District (CBA CC)' was launched in mid-2012 to increase the community adaptive capacity and resilience to existing hazards and the impacts of climate change.
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    Ecosystem services and livelihoods in a changing climate: understanding local adaptations in the Upper Koshi, Nepal

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2016
    Mountain ecosystems are increasingly being affected by global environmental change, challenging the ubiquitous agro-ecosystem based livelihoods of the people.
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    Climate change vulnerability - cases from CIRDAP member countries

    Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific, 2016
    Countries of the Asia Pacific region are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change as indicated by the global assessments by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).

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