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  Indicators of Disaster Risk and Risk Management. El Salvador

  Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2011

  The purpose of the indicator system is to assess the vulnerability and risk, using national-level indicators to facilitate access to relevant information to enable them to identify and propose effective measures for risk management, considering macroeconomics, social, institutional and technical aspects.
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  Impact of Climate Change on Rural Salvadorian Farmers

  The George Washington University Medical Center, USA, 2011

  The objective of this consultancy is to explore climate change impacts on food supply and security as well as on hazards that threaten subsistence farmers in El Salvador.
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  Planning and costing adaptation of perennial crop farming systems to climate change: Coffee and banana in Rwanda

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011

  The study objective of evaluating and costing the most suitable climate change adaptation measures responding to the Rwandan Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2008-2012, in which climate change and its adverse impacts were recently identified as a high priority.
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  Climate Change Financing and Aid Effectiveness: Ghana Case Study

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011

  This report places climate change financing within the wider development context, and in particular in relation to the Aid Effectiveness principles articulated in the Paris Declaration (PD) and the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA). It makes no judgement on whether the external finance is classified as Official Development Assistance or not.
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  Climate Risk and Adaptation Country Profile: Ghana

  World Bank, 2011

  This Country Profile is part of a series of 49 priority country briefs developed by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the Global Support Program of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF).
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  Priority Framework for Action Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Agriculture

  2011

  The Priority Framework for Action builds on the strengths and comparative advantage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) and, at the same time, specific actions are proposed considering the existing gaps and weaknesses. The Framework outlines 5 priority action areas: (i) Institutional and technical capacity for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in agricultur
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  Vulnerabilidad y adaptación al cambio climático de los pobladores rurales de la planicie costera central de El Salvador

  2007

  The purpose of this research was to develop, in conjunction with local stakeholders, a strategy on adaptation to climate change, based on an integrated assessment of the factors that determine the current climate vulnerability and future climate change in the territory located in the coastal plain in central El Salvador, between the towns of Zacatecoluca, Jiquilisco and Tecoluca.
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  Perfil Climático - El Salvador

  2009

  Document part of the 'Integration risks and opportunities of climate change into national development and programming in United Nations countries' Project. It presents a brief account of the country's vulnerability in the coastal and rural areas, as well as in the agriculture, health and energy sectors, including the impact on water resources and ecosystems. The original document is in Spanish.
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  Working towards sustainable development: opportunities for decent work and social inclusion in a green economy

  International Labour Organization, 2012

  This joint study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights that the transformation to a greener economy could generate 15 to 60 million additional jobs globally over the next two decades and lift tens of millions of workers out of poverty.
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  Background paper on the identification of needs of professionals and policy makers and their participation in the integration of ecosystem and rights based approaches in the policy and practice of climate change adaptation

  Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network, 2011

  Part of the Ecosystems & Livelihood Adaptation Network (ELAN), this discussion paper reviewes the progress in both approaches to climate change adaptation - the ecosystem-based (EBA) and the rights-based approach (Community-based Adaptation or CBA) - in Ecuador. The paper presents an analysis of the level of implementation of both approaches and opportunities for integration within the instituti

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