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Searching with a thematic focus on Climate change, Poverty, Climate change poverty and vulnerability

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  Unjust waters: climate change, flooding and the urban poor in Africa

  Russell Sage Foundation, 2008

  Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters on steep, unstable hillsides, or along the foreshore on former mangrove swamps or tidal flats.
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  Climate change risk: a mitigation and adaptation agenda for Indian cities

  Russell Sage Foundation, 2008

  India is one of the more vulnerable and risk-prone countries in the world, but its population have learned to cope with a wide range of natural and human-made hazards. Rapid population growth, high densities, poverty and high differentials in access to housing, public services and infrastructure have led to an increase in vulnerability, especially in urban centers.
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  The future of food and farming: challenges and choices for global sustainability

  Foresight UK, 2011

  The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.
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  Forestry and REDD in Africa

  Arid Lands Information Network, 2010

  Over 70 percent of Africa’s population depends on forests: for fuel wood, construction materials, medicine, food, and revenue from forest products. Governments and conservationists recognise Africa’s forests for their high biodiversity and environmental benefits.
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  Climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and social protection: complementary roles in agriculture and rural growth?

  Centre for Social Protection, 2009

  Reliance on subsistence agriculture means that the impact of stresses and shocks, such as droughts or floods, are immediately felt by the rural poor. This working paper is warning that with climate change, the magnitude and frequency of stresses and shocks that affect agriculture are increasing.
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  Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009

  This paper outlines linkages between climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and social protection.
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  Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks: methods for investigation at local and national levels

  World Bank, 2009

  This paper presents the research and learning approach of a World Bank study, and offers emerging findings on policy, as well as institutional questions surrounding adaptation arenas in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique.
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  Linking Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management for sustainable poverty reduction. Synthesis report

  European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2006

  This report presents a cross-cutting summary of country study findings and workshop deliberations on linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk management for sustainable poverty reduction. It uses examples from Mexico, Kenya and Vietnam to provide insights into how a more integrated approach to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation can be built.
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  Rural disaster risk – poverty interface. Prepared for global assessment report on disaster reduction

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008

  The majority of the world’s poorest people live and work in rural areas. This research paper examines links between disaster risk and poverty trends to inform the central analysis and illustrate the dynamics of the disaster-poverty interface.
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  Adaptation toolkit. Integrating adaptation to climate change into secure livelihoods

  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2009

  The existing poverty and the likelihood of severe effects of climate change in developing countries highlights the critical importance of adaptation to its impacts. Without substantial intervention, the likelihood of reaching global and specific national poverty reduction objectives will be severely hampered.

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