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    Vulnerability and adaptation assessment of the fisheries and aquaculture industries to climate change

    2008
    This document focuses on the fisheries and aquaculture industries as important contributors to the continued economic growth of Belize. It explains the vulnerabilities inherent and external to these industries, inclusive of climate change and means by which these they can be strengthened through adaptation.
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    Global Drylands: A UN system-wide response

    Convention to Combat Desertification, 2011
    Drylands, or ecosystems characterised by a lack of water, cover some 40% of the world’s terrain. Ranging from cultivated lands and grasslands to savannas and deserts, these parched environments support two billion people, 90% of them in developing countries.
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    e-Adaptation within agricultural livelihoods in Colombia's high mountain regions

    Centre for Development Informatics, 2012
    Colombia's agricultural communities have been severely affected by the impacts of climatic uncertainty and volatility. These communities operate within contexts characterised by multiple resource constraints (e.g.
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    Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on the Cocoa-Growing Regions in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire

    Participatory Research with Farmers, International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), 2011
    This document is one of three reports on the methods and results of a consultancy with the title 'Predicting the impact of climate change on cocoa, cashew and cotton growing regions in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire' conducted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).This report focuses on cocoa but also summarises the impact of climate
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    Land for Life: Securing our Common Future

    2011
    The GEF and UNCCD Secretariats collaborated on this new book to convey how sustainable land management (SLM) practices are helping shape a sustainable future for people and the planet.
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    Vulnerability of arid and semi-arid regions to climate change: impacts and adaptive strategies

    2009
    This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water Forum, ‘climate change and adaptation’, where it was presented and discussed.
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    Adaptation to climate change in international river basins in Africa: a review

    Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2008
    Africa’s fresh water resources, which are under pressure, are vital to the support of livelihoods, food security and power generation, as well as growing domestic and industrial needs.
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    Mitigating greenhouse gases in agriculture

    Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, 2011
    Prepared by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, this in-depth report seeks to shed light on the climate mitigation potential of agriculture.
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    Regional approaches to food and water security in the face of climate challenges

    Global Water Partnership, 2012
    A workshop held in Midrand, South Africa, in May 2011 brought together policy and decision-makers, researchers and practitioners to discuss water security issues in eastern and southern Africa. This proceedings document summarises the workshop's outcomes with the aim of: improving the understanding of water security
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    Future Climate Change and Moisture Stress: Impact on Crop Agriculture in South-Western Bangladesh

    Unnayan Onneshan, 2009
    Scenario of Moisture Stress in soils and its effects on major crops in South-western region of Bangladesh (grid cell: 22.50N - 25.0N, 87.50E - 90.00ooE) has been assessed based on climate scenarios for two projection years 2030 and 2075 compared to the 1990 baseline. The climate scenarios were developed using an ensemble of 15 GCM outputs by using MAGICC/SCENGEN version 5.3 model of the IPCC.

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