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    Gender and climate adaptation: tools for community-level action in Nigeria

    Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team, 2011
    In Africa, as in many parts of the world, the impact of climate change is visible and widespread...Such impacts combined with high dependence on natural resources and rain-fed agriculture mean that many African countries, including Nigeria, face high vulnerability in the coming decades.
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    Gender and climate adaptation: tools for community-level action in Nigeria

    Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team, 2011
    In Africa, as in many parts of the world, the impact of climate change is visible and widespread...Such impacts combined with high dependence on natural resources and rain-fed agriculture mean that many African countries, including Nigeria, face high vulnerability in the coming decades.
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    Making sense of condoms: Social representations in young people’s HIV-related narratives from six African countries

    PubMed Central, 2011
    In order to inform education and communication efforts to increase condom use, this study examined social representations of condoms among young people aged 10 to 24 in six African countries/regions with diverse HIV prevalence rates: Swaziland, Namibia, Kenya, South-East Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Senegal.
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    Climate Risk Management through Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    This paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) explores the adaptation benefits of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices at the local and landscape levels based on case studies in Kenya, Uganda, Niger and Nigeria.
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    Grassroots speakout on UN Women: outcome document

    Huairou Commission, 2011
    On March 2nd, grassroots women leaders from around the world voiced their key recommendations and experiences to Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Michelle Bachelet, and other representatives of UN Women and governments. A supportive audience of leaders of the global women’s movement and gender advocates filled the room beyond capacity.
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    When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation

    Ingenta, 2011
    This paper highlights the need to identify points of linkage and create synergy between adaptation strategies and sustainable development in order to promote ‘sustainable adaptation’. Using case studies from Nigeria, South Africa, Chile, and Norway, the paper highlights four principles of sustainable adaptation:
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    Low-Carbon Africa: Leapfrogging to a Green Future

    Christian Aid, 2011
    This new report by Christian Aid makes the case that Africa is able to deliver clean and sustainable energy to millions of energy-poor people across the continent without increasing greenhouse gas emissions – and for this renewable power potential to drive a green economic expansion across the region.
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    Identifying opportunities for climate-smart agriculture investments in Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011
    It is clear that, in the face of climate change, the agriculture sector in Africa is being called on to increase food production to meet the food demand for a growing population.
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    Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS): technical institutional and policy lessons

    OECD Development Centre, 2010
    Mitigation and adaptation climate change policy cuts across all sectors of the economy and broader national priorities, such as poverty alleviation, sustainable development and economic growth. This paper outlines the evolution of the low-emission development strategies (LEDS) concept in the climate policy discourse and explores the existing strategies, action plans and documents.
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    Gender and Climate Change – Case Study of Oko Agbon Odooyi Community

    Centre for 21st Century Issues, 2010
    What are the gender implications of poverty, unemployment and the absence of basic infrastructure in the face of climate change, and what should governments be doing to improve the situation?

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