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Shifting the Narrative: Child-led Responses to Climate Change and Disasters in El Salvador and the Philippines
International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2010Children and young people are commonly treated in the climate change and disasters litera- ture as victims of natural events requiring protection by adults. This article critiques that narrative, drawing on examples from the Philippines and El Salvador that explore how chil- dren’s groups have responded to such issues through child-centred initiatives.DocumentREDD+ and the Indigenous Question: A Case Study from Ecuador
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2011One of the main issues regarding the implementation of REDD+ in Latin America has been the growing concern that such projects may infringe upon the rights and negatively affect the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. Various indigenous and civil society organizations are ardently opposed to the initiative.DocumentHow to make cities more resilient: a handbook for local government leaders
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012This handbook provides mayors, governors, councillors and other local government leaders with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practice and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose. It discusses why building disaster resilience is beneficial; what kind of strategies and actions are required; and how to go about the task.DocumentClimate Risk and Adaptation Country Profile: Vulnerability, Risk Reduction, and Adaptation to Climate Change
World Bank, 2011This document includes the information available on line at the Climate Change Knowledege Portal of the World Bank (http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportalb/home.cfm?page=country_profile&CCode;=ECU). Includes snapshot information about the country, priority adaptation measures, climate baseline and trends, vulnerability assessment and sectoral recommendations.DocumentSocial protection and climate resilience
World Bank, 2012Awareness of the experiences of greater integration in social protection (SP), climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) has significantly increased in recent years.DocumentAfrica human development report 2012: towards a food secure future
United Nations Development Programme, 2012Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people. This first Africa Human Development Report 2012 seeks to look beyond direct causes of food insecurity, such as crop failure, to highlight the social and political dimensions that are inhibiting progress.DocumentInclusive green growth: the pathway to sustainable development
World Bank, 2012According to this report by the World Bank, inclusive green growth is the pathway to sustainable development.DocumentEstrategia de microfinanzas para el manejo sostenible de la tierra y la adaptación al cambio climático en el Ecuador
Global Mechanism, 2011El objetivo de esta estrategia es promover, con el apoyo financiero del sector de las microfinanzas, actividades que contribuyan a combatir la degradación de la tierra, la desertificación y promuevan la adaptación al cambio climático.DocumentTackling exposure: placing disaster risk management at the heart of national economic and fiscal policy
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 20122011 was, in economic terms, the costliest year on record for disasters. Economic exposure to disasters is increasing faster than per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and the impacts of climate change on the severity and frequency of hazards will accentuate existing trends in disaster losses in the future.DocumentChildren’s vulnerability to climate change and disaster impacts in East Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Children's Fund, 2011In 2011, UNICEF commissioned field research in Indonesia, Kiribati, Mongolia, Philippines and Vanuatu to determine if there were noticeable patterns and trends of climate change and disaster impacts on children.Pages