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    Nile issues: small streams from the Nile Basin Research Programme

    Nile Basin Research Programme, University of Bergen, 2010
    The Nile Basin Research Programme (NBRP), as a strategic, multidisciplinary programme for research and higher education on topics related to the Nile Basin, has had the overall aim to enhance and promote quality research on Nile-related issues and to support research collaboration between institutions in the Nile Basin region.
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    Pastoral pathways: climate change adaptation lessons from Ethiopia

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011
    A key aim of the Norwegian Development Fund is to increase the adaptive capacity of marginalised rural poor farmers and pastoralists in the South.  The focus country of this project study, Ethiopia, has a legacy of variable and unpredictable rainfall, causing frequent droughts and heavy floods, undermining local as well as national food and water security.  The analysis in this paper is
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    Food security and climate change in the Pacific: rethinking the options

    Asian Development Bank, 2011
    The Pacific island governments view climate change as a priority issue, especially in terms of its potential impacts on food security, but need clear directions in addressing both issues. Their agricultural production until the mid-1990s, has been stagnant for the last 45 years, and per capita agricultural production has declined in all countries.
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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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    Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research

    Bioforsk conducts applied and specifically targeted research linked to multifunctional agriculture and rural development, plant sciences, environmental protection and natural resource management.
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    National and regional impacts of climate change on malaria by 2030

    National Institute of Malaria Research, 2011
    This paper analyses impacts of climate change on malaria transmission at the national and regional level in India, with emphasis on the Himalayan region, northeastern states, the Western Ghats and coastal areas under the aegis of NATCOM II and the up Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA).
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    High mountain glaciers and climate change: challenges to human livelihoods and adaptation

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2010
    Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. This report calls for accelerating research, monitoring and modeling of glaciers, snow and their role in water supplies.
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    Recommendations for government negotiators to effectively include harvested wood products within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

    World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2011
    This paper describes the important carbon storage and substitution benefits of Harvested Wood Products (HWP). It notes that HWP from forests that are sustainably managed contribute to climate mitigation. HWP and biomass energy from sustainably managed forests can also contribute to adaptation as part of the transition to a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy. 
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    Global biofuel expansion and the demand for Brazilian land: intensification versus expansion

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    The rapid increase in global biofuel production and consumption, particularly of ethanol, has an associated derived demand for crops to produce the necessary feedstock. This working paper assess the implications of global biofuel expansion on Brazilian land usage at the regional level.
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    Water adaptation in Africa

    UK Parliament, 2011
    The continent of Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, mostly through the medium of water. The continent has always had unpredictable rainfall and climate patterns which will be made worse by future climate change, leading to serious impacts on continental social and economic development.

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