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Status of gender, vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya : impacts and implications for livelihoods, and sustainable mountain development
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017The overarching recognition in all the literature is that climate change will have huge and largely detrimental impacts on vulnerable communities, and that gender will be a defining feature in shaping individuals’ experiences of adverse circumstances.DocumentClimate change threatens Hawaiian forest birds
Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment, 2016In Hawai'i, geograpahic isolation has prevented the natural establishment of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and many insect species, such as biting mosquitoes. Isolation has also facilitated the spectacular evolutionary radiation of Hawaiian honeycreepers from a single small flock of North American finches into more than 50 species and subspecies of endemic forest birds.DocumentClimate change adaptation: improving environment through reduction in wood cutting and remission in greenhouse gases with introduction and promotion of energy efficient technologies - district Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2013The natural disaster and conflict have brought changes in the physical, chemical and biological character of environment across the globe. Pakistan is one of the worst victims facing effects of climate change in spite of the factual situation that it does not account for generating as well as expanding this global problem.DocumentThe climate and development challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: options for climate-resilient, low-carbon development
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2013This comprehensive report by the Inter-American Development Bank seeks to assess the physical and economic impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as well as adaptation options available. Additionally, the report examines how, and at what cost, the region can reduce its carbon footprint to a level consistent with global stabilisation goals.DocumentAfrica environment outlook 3: our environment, our health
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013The Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) is a tool of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) for monitoring environmental management in Africa.DocumentTurn down the heat: why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided
World Bank, 2012This report, produced for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics, attempts to describe what climate change impacts are likely to be felt in a ‘4°C world', i.e. a world where global average temperatures have risen four degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.DocumentA review of frameworks for developing environmental health indicator for climate change and health
International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 2011Climate change is affecting human health and wellbeing, particularly in the emergence and spread of diseases. There has been an increasing interest to identify and develop specific indicators to monitor human health vulnerability to direct and indirect climate change impacts and detect early health impacts for targeted interventions.DocumentManagement for adaptation to climate change. Mid-term review of a project implemented by Total Land Care, Malawi
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2012The Management for Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) project in Malawi is implemented by Total Land Care (TLC) with funding from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Malawi and a 5 years time frame from 2008 to mid 2013.DocumentMainstreaming environment and climate change: health
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011Nearly one quarter of the global disease burden can be attributed to the environment. Indoor air pollution, vector-borne disease, limited access to clean water and sanitation and poor land management are among the biggest killers, costing more than 100 million disability-adjusted life years every year.DocumentArab environment: climate change and the impact of climate change on Arab countries
Arab Forum for Environment and Development, 2009Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be immense.