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Managing climate extremes and disasters in Asia: lessons from the IPCC SREX report
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012This report is a summary of the 'Special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation' (SREX) from an Asian perspective. The report was written over two and a half years and it has gone through an extensive expert and government review and approval process.DocumentManaging climate extremes and disasters in Africa: lessons from the IPCC SREX report
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012This report is a summary of the 'Special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation' (SREX) from an African perspective. The report was compiled over two and a half years by over 200 expert authors taking into account almost 19,000 comments.DocumentScreening tools and guidelines to support the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into development assistance
United Nations Development Programme, 2010This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), takes stock of the numerous climate risk screening tools and mainstreaming guidelines. It presents their relative strengths and weaknesses, with the aim of providing a useful resource for future projects and frameworks in the challenge of mainstreaming climate change into development plans.DocumentStrengthening the link between climate change adaptation and national development plans: lessons from the case of population in National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs)
Springer, 2009Reviewing 41 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), this paper identifies the range of interventions implemented by least developed countries (LDCs) and the structural issues that hamper better alignment of climate change adaptation and national development planning.DocumentClimate change: impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation in developing countries
UNFCCC National Adaptation Programme of Action, 2007The result of regional workshops held in Africa, Latin America and Asia, as well as one expert meeting held in small island developing states, this United Nations Convention on Climate Change text outlines the impact from climate change these regions face. It examines their vulnerabilities, current adaptation strategies and future options and needs.OrganisationGender Governance Programme, Kenya
The overall goal of the GGP is to transform leadership and governance at all levels in Kenya in order to deliver on poverty reduction, access to basic needs and equality between and among persons.DocumentMedia in Africa: twenty years after the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom
Media Institute for Southern Africa, 2011The 1991 Windhoek Declaration on Press Freedom was a landmark document which set the stage for the development of the African media. The Declaration calls for a free, independent and pluralistic media and is based on a strong belief in the connection between a fully independent press and a successful participatory democracy sector.DocumentProgress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice
UN Women, 2011What are the legal frameworks in place to ensure women’s rights and access to justice? How do these laws translate into equality in practice? What interventions are needed to make justice a reality rather than an aspiration for women? These are some of the questions considered in this first major UN Women report.DocumentClimate change and its impact on Bangladesh: technical assessment of the institutional implications
Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2008A dramatic increase in the level of interest and concern relating to the impact of “Climate Change” on Bangladesh is readily apparent. The consequential high level of visibility of this issue within government, civil society and the international community has inevitably led to numerous initiatives, suggestions and promises of increased donor aid.DocumentEthnicity and the willingness to sanction violent politicians: evidence from Kenya
Afrobarometer, 2010Do citizens in newly democratic regimes adjust their expectations of politicians' behaviour depending on contextual cues? This paper addresses the role that ethnicity plays in shaping individuals’ willingness to sanction or disapprove of politicians who violate democratic norms, using Kenya as a case study.Pages