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  UNOCHA CERF annual report 2011

  United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2012

  This annual report by the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) highlights that climate-related emergencies top all categories of humanitarian assistance with 149 million US dollars provided in financial assistance. The report details the early response activities the fund has provided to several crises.
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  Household cookstoves, environment, health, and climate change: a new look at an old problem

  World Bank, 2011

  In many developing countries, the poor are still using biomass energy to meet their household cooking needs. This report examines the lessons learned from cookstove campaigns, policies and programmes and the potential of advanced biomass cookstoves as 'game changers'.
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  Global Climate Risk Index 2011 Who suffers most from extreme weather events? wheather-related loss events in 2009 and 1990 to 2009

  Germanwatch, 2011

  This year ́s analysis underlines that less developed countries are generally more affected than industrialised countries, according to the Climate Risk Index. With regard to future climate change, the CRI can serve as a warning signal indicating past vulnerability which may further increase in regions where extreme events will become more frequent or more severe through climate change.
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  Paving the Way for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Guidance for Practitioners and Planners

  United Nations Development Programme, 2011

  This Report summarizes the proceedings of the El Salvador conference on strategies for adapting public and private infrastructure to climate change held in San Salvador on 30 June 2010. It also outlines the multiple development benefits of climate proofing infrastructure and the importance of conducting such an exercise within a broader territorial approach.
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  Managing the risks of extreme events an disasters to advance climate change adaptation. Summary for Policy Makers

  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2011

  This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX).
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  International law principles for REDD+: the rights of indigenous peoples and the legal obligations of REDD+ actors

  Indian Law Resource Center, 2012

  These REDD+ principles lay out the human rights obligations for the countries and international agencies implementing REDD+ initiatives, including multilateral development banks and United Nations agencies.
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  Into unknown territory: the limits to adaptation and reality of loss and damage from climate impacts

  CARE International, 2012

  This joint report by CARE, Germanwatch, ActionAid and WWF warns against irreparable damage from climate change for ecosystems and vulnerable countries. The report explains how governments will need to take new measures to deal with extreme impacts and prepare for losses due to climate change.
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  Southern voices on climate policy choices: analysis of and lessons learned from civil society advocacy on climate change

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012

  Since the beginning of international climate change negotiations, civil society has worked alongside governments in shaping global agreements and keeping an eye on the implementation (and sometimes the lack of implementation) of these agreements. This report is the first joint product of the Southern Voices capacity building programme.
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  Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the Galápagos Islands

  Conservation International, 2012

  This report contains the scientific studies that underpin the immediate and substantial actions needed to increase the adaptive capacity of Galápagos’ ecosystems and the people that depend on them. Adapting to climate change is the only solution to ensure ecosystems and human societies can survive and maintain their well-being when exposed to climate change impacts.
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  Climate Risk, Perceptions and Development in El Salvador

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2006

  This study examines vulnerability in El Salvador in order to understand how development can drive a process of vulnerability reduction, and vice versa.

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