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  A short historical overview of the concepts of resilience, vulnerability and adaptation

  Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005

  This short working paper identifies trends and historical meaning behind three concepts of resilience, adaptation and vulnerability used extensively within the field of global environmental change, and it's associated human dimensions.It is concluded that despite a wide range of uses of each concept, in a variety of contexts, in recent times there has been a significant cross-referencing betwee
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  New indicators of vulnerability and adaptive capacity

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2004

  In order to understand processes underlying climate change adaptation and response, and determine the strength and efficiency of adaptation strategies, there is a need to develop indicators of vulnerability and adaptive capacity.
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  Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in the development process in Uganda

  African Centre for Technology Studies, 2005

  Uganda is highly vulnerable to climate change due to limited financial resources, low levels of income per capita, limited disaster management skills and weak institutional capacity. A large proportion of the population is employed within the agricultural sector contributing to 40 per cent of Gross Domestic Product.
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  Application of methods and tools for assessing impacts and vulnerability, and developing adaptation responses

  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2004

  The purpose of this paper was to facilitate discussion at a workshop on adaptation in December 2004 but it presents an appropriate and current summary of approaches to methodologies, tools and vulnerability studies.The paper covers two overall areas for consideration, focusing on analysis and synthesis of current applications; approaches, methods and tools, and scenario-based studies and region
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  Climate change risk and vulnerability: promoting an efficient adaptation response in Australia

  Australian Greenhouse Office, Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2005

  Potential effects of climate change on Australia have been identified through climate models, and these include more frequent ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) events, more heatwaves and fewer frosts, reductions in average rainfall and more severe wind speeds in cyclones.The Australian Government have decided to fund the development of an adaptation strategy but this will require a period of
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  Financing adaptation

  Tata Energy Research Institute, India, 2005

  Climate change adaptation can not be treated in the same way as mitigation, and thus handling these aspects of responding to climate change also requires alternative financing mechanisms. In the past, adaptation has taken a back seat due to attention being significantly focused on reducing harmful emissions and enhancing methods for mitigation.
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  Indigenous adaptation

  Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2005

  This article presents the benefits to vulnerable communities of indigenous based climate change adaptation and the advantages of collaborating with scientific strategies, instead of remaining a separate entity, to produce the strongest and most appropriate result.
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  Adapting small-scale CDM sink projects to low-income communities

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2005

  A serious challenge facing developing countries today is reducing poverty and protecting natural resources whilst also meeting the market demand for natural products. These conflicting needs were addressed by the small scale sink projects under the CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) of the Kyoto Protocol.
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  Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction: a tool for development organisations

  Tearfund, 2005

  In recent years a large amount of work has been done to increase awareness of disaster risk reduction (DRR) within the context of development.
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  Adaptation to climate change: causes, impacts, responses

  Bundesministerium fur wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, 2003

  The threats resulting from climate change processes cause highly differential problems in different regions of the world, and we must assume that these impacts are likely to intensify further. Identifying responses to climate change and adaptation strategies must, therefore, be a significant element of sustainable development practises adopted by affected countries.

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