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Index-based mortality livestock insurance in Mongolia

Friday, April 5 2013 / Eldis

This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) explains how the Government of Mongolia’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) project is helping Mongolian herders

Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific

Friday, April 5 2013 / Eldis

Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, making more geographic places inhospitable to human habitation and secure livelihoods. This report presents a detailed picture of the potential

Economics of climate change in the Arab world: case studies from the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and the Republic of Yemen

Friday, April 5 2013 / Eldis

Scarce water and high temperatures have shaped the cultures of the Arab region over thousands of years. Today, however, the region is confronting climate variability and change that could alter

Water security & the global water agenda: a UN-Water analytical brief

Friday, April 5 2013 / Eldis

This analytical brief serves as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the United Nations system. Through this brief, UN-Water aims to capture the constantly evolving dimensions of

Facing the challenge of environmental migration in Asia and the Pacific

Thursday, April 4 2013 / Eldis

Migration driven by environmental factors is emerging as a serious concern, one that demands urgent attention from decision makers. The current paper addresses this issue in the context of the

NEWS: South Asia climate change journalist fellowship awarded

Thursday, April 4 2013 / CDKN Asia

This year’s 24 South Asia Climate Change Award (SACCA) fellows have been selected by a panel of experts after careful consideration of nearly seventy applications from all forms of media

Motivators and barriers to incorporating climate change-related health risks in environmental health impact assessment

Thursday, April 4 2013 / Eldis

Climate change presents health risks that must be addressed by both decision-makers and public health researchers. Within the application of Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA), there have been few attempts

The future of the food system: cases involving the private sector in South Africa

Thursday, April 4 2013 / Eldis

The food system is facing unprecedented pressure from environmental change exacerbated by the expansion of global agri-food corporations. With a large proportion of sub-Saharan African countries’ gross domestic product still

Building resilience to climate change through indigenous knowledge: the case of Bolivia

Thursday, April 4 2013 / Eldis

Indigenous knowledge plays an important role in the way communities interact with their climate. However, according to this ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge

Measuring the effectiveness of public climate finance delivery at the national level

Thursday, April 4 2013 / Eldis

This paper describes an approach to measuring the effectiveness of the national systems that underpin public climate finance delivery. It assesses three interlinked elements of government administration: the policy environment

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