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Adverse impacts of climate change and development challenges: integrating adaptation in policy and development in Zambia
Capacity Strengthening of Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change, 2004Zambia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to the high level of reliance on natural resources; more than 60% of Zambians depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and wood fuel is the main cooking energy for over 90% of households.DocumentAdverse impacts of climate change and development challenges: integrating adaptation in policy and development in Malawi
Capacity Strengthening of Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change, 2004Any impacts of climate change have wider economic ramifications in Malawi due to problems such as drought and flood having a direct impact on agricultural productivity, water resource availability and health.DocumentAdaptive capacity and livelihood resilience: adaptive strategies for responding to floods and droughts in South Asia
Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2004This ‘Adaptive Strategies Project’ is the result of collaboration between local organisations, regional NGOs, international organisations and academic institutions; it attempts to understand and define factors enabling communities to adapt to floods, droughts and climatic variability.Studies have indicated that vulnerability and adaptive capacity is influenced by eight major factors: thDocumentEmission allowances under the proposal of the "South North Dialogue - equity in the greenhouse"
Wuppertal Institute, 2005This report is to provide an overview of the emission allowances for country groups that result from the proposal of the South North Dialogue – Equity in the Greenhouse”.DocumentClimate change and the forest sector: possible national and subnational legislation
Forestry Department, FAO, 2004Climate change presents the world with a daunting problem. Responding to this problem will require pioneering efforts in science, politics, pollution control, forest land management and law.DocumentTime and temperance: how perceptions of time shape forest ethics and practice
Forestry and Land Use Programme, IIED, 2005This paper argues that natural forests cannot compete in terms of generating revenue per unit area with land use alternatives such as intensive agriculture or forest plantations.DocumentMontreal 2005: what happened, and what it means
2006The 2005 United Nations climate change conference in Montreal signalled both the start of full legal implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the launch of negotiations on industrialised country commitments post-2012, when it’s the current Protocol expires. This paper summarises the outcomes of the meeting and discusses likely implications.DocumentGlobal forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management
Forestry Department, FAO, 2005This extensive FAO assessment of global forest resources, describes the extent, uses and value of forest resources covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.DocumentEnergy planning, technologies and sustainability: a primer
Cen2eco – Centre for Economic and Ecological Studies, 2005This detailed primer discusses the relative performance, costs and resource implications for a wide range of electricity generation technologies.DocumentNot if but when: adapting to natural hazards in the Pacific Islands region
Climate Change, World Bank, 2006Pacific Island countries are among the most vulnerable in the world, and in the 1990s alone natural disasters cost the Pacific Islands region US$2.8 billion.Pages