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  Integrating disaster risk management into climate change adaptation

  Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2013

  The Asian Disaster Preparedness Network have produced this guidebook to serve as a reference for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) into climate change adaptation (CCA), and to promote the adoption of a risk management approach to climate-sensitive decision-making. It guides the reader on how to contribute to CCA by improving the management of climate extremes.
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  Strengthening responses to climate variability in South Asia

  International Alert, 2013

  This executive summary is based on the findings from desk and field research conducted by International Alert and the South Asia Network for Security and Climate Change (SANSaC) in nine sub-national locations across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.
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  Glacier Systems and Seasonal Snow Cover in Six Major Asian River Basins: Water Storage Properties under Changing Climate

  International Water Management Institute, 2013

  The current status, recent and potential future changes of glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amu Darya, Syr Darya and Mekong river basins are for the first time systematically analyzed at the basin scale.
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  Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development (AJARD)

  The Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development (AJARD) is an open access journal focusing on agriculture and rural development.
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  Global climate risk index 2013: Who suffers most from extreme weather events? Weather-related loss events in 2011 and 1992 to 2011

  Germanwatch, 2012

  This report analyses the extent to which countries have been affected by weather-related loss events. It warns that the window for putting the world on a track to stay below two degrees Celsius is rapidly closing and preparations must be made for potentially more frequent or severe weather events in the future.
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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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  A toolkit for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into ecosystem management of coastal and marine areas in south Asia

  United Nations Development Programme, 2012

  This comprehensive toolkit, jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Asia Pacific Secretariat, seeks to provide strategies for integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) into ecosystem management of coastal and marine areas in south Asia.
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  Transboundary landscape management framework for ecological and socioeconomic resilience

  2012

  Current land management approaches focus on achieving ecological resilience for natural resources and biological diversity, and socioeconomic resilience for the people who depend on the land for their livelihoods and wellbeing.
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  Role of policy and institutions in local adaptation to climate change: case studies on responses to too much and too little water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2012

  The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is predicted to be severely affected and socially vulnerable to climate change. This study delves into how political processes hinder or promote the adoption of sustainable and equitable adaptation strategies to water-related stress and hazards in the context of climate change in India, Pakistan, Nepal and China.
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  Developing Countries' Trade Vulnerabilities to EU Climate Policies

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011

  The European Union (EU) aims to take a lead in combating climate change and, as such, experiences a higher intensity of carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns. The EU is, however, an important export market for many developing countries, and BCAs implemented by the EU could therefore have a large impact on these countries.

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