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Perceptions of climate change and adaptation to microclimate change and variability among smallholder farmers in Mhakwe Communal Area, Manicaland province, Zimbabwe
Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 2014This study seeks to assess smallholder farmers' perceptions of climate change and also their adaptive strategies at the microscale in Mhakwe Communal Area in Zimbabwe. The study was carried out using a triangulation of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. A sample of 43 smallholder farmers was selected.DocumentLocal approaches to harmonising climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies: Lessons from India
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014The Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) conducted research in the disaster-prone arid zones of India, Leh and Barmer to determine how best to overcome the challenges of integrating effective disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation into development planning.DocumentIntegrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning: The case of Gorakhpur, India
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014This case study describes how a specific programme to address issues of integrating climate change concerns into disaster management planning, is working in Gorakhpur, India. The District is recognised as one of the most flood-prone in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and is home to 4.4 million people.DocumentClose to home: subnational strategies for climate compatible development
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014This working paper explores successful strategies and measures for climate resilience and low carbon development that communities and leaders have pursued at the subnational level, drawing on the practical experiences of the Climate & Development Knowledge Network’s project partners and the broader ICLEI network.DocumentClimate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014Summary for policymakers on climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation, based on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.DocumentProtecting Health from Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
World Health Organization, 2013Taking into account the multiple determinants of climate-sensitive health outcomes, this document provides basic and flexible guidance for conducting a national or subnational assessment of current and future vulnerability to climate change health risks, and of policies and programmes that could increase resilience.DocumentPayments for ecosystem services schemes: project-level insights on benefits for ecosystems and the rural poor.
World Agroforestry Centre, 2013Payments for ecosystem services (PES) provide a market based instrument to motivate changes in land use that degrade ecosystem services.DocumentCommunity-led disaster risk reduction in Mongu, Zambia: Project effectiveness review
Oxfam, 2014This technical paper focuses on Zambia’s ‘Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction’ project which was randomly selected for an Effectiveness Review under the adaptation and risk reduction thematic area.DocumentCLUP resource book: Integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction & management
2013This publication provides practical information on mainstreaming climate change and disaster risk reduction in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) process. Key concepts and frameworks are discussed as well a focus on planning risks.DocumentRecording disaster losses: Recommendations for a European approach
Directorate-General for Research - European Commission, 2013This study provides technical recommendations for a European approach to standardize loss databases. Loss data are useful for the implementation of disaster risk reduction strategies in Europe and to help understand disaster loss trends at global level.Pages