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  Courting catastrophe? Humanitarian policy and practice in a changing climate

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017

  Humanitarian crises appear dramatic, overwhelming and sudden, with aid required immediately to save lives. Whereas climate change is about changing hazard patterns and crises are in reality rarely unexpected, with academic researchers and humanitarian and development organisations warning about possible risks for months before they take place.
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  Afar Resilience Study

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015

  This paper has been prepared in conjunction with a project for resilience building in Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia under the auspices of the Afar Region Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Food Security Coordination Office and the Agriculture Knowledge Learning Documentation and Policy Project (AKLDP), Ethiopia which is implemented by the Feinstein International Center, Tufts Univer
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  Disaster-related displacement from the Horn of Africa

  Norwegian Refugee Council, 2014

  Between 2008 and 2012, 144 million people were forced to leave their homes by sudden-onset disasters around the world. The vast majority of them fled from floods, storms and wildfires and others effects of climate change. Most remain in their countries as internally displaced people, but many also flee across the borders to other countries.
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  People in crises: tackling the root causes of famine in the Horn of Africa

  Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute, 2012

  In mid-2011 the world became witness to a widespread food crisis in the Horn of Africa, which has escalated into acute shortages of food notably in the regions of southern Somalia, northern Kenya, southeastern Ethiopia and Djibouti. The U.N.
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  The impact of environmental and political influences on pastoral conflicts in Southern Ethiopia

  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2010

  This paper attempts to understand the relationship between environmental and climatic factors on the one hand, and the conflict dynamics in the African Horn on the other hand. The paper recognises aspects like global climatic change and local political dynamics, which intensify the competition for scarce water and pasture, the degradation of natural resources and violent conflict.
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  NPA humanitarian mine action 2007–2008

  Norwegian People's Aid, 2008

  Humanitarian mine action refers to activities undertaken to reduce the effect caused by land-mines and other explosive remnants of war in terms of social, economic and environmental impact of mines. The objective is the reduction of risk to a level where people can live safely and where economic, social, and health development can occur without hindrance from land-mines.
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  The search for peace: the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2007

  This document reflects the discussion and outcomes of the scholarly conference on the Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict held in Oslo in July, 2006. The conference aimed to achieve the following objectives:
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  Workshop and policy forum on the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2004

  This paper reports on a conference on internal displacement held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2004.