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How well is 'local risk governance' working to bring about progress in disaster risk reduction?

Monday, December 12 2011 / Eldis

In 2009 a Voices from the Front Line (VFL) study gathered views on progress in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) on risk reduction activity ...

JAMAICA: Waking Up to Urgency of a National Climate Policy

Monday, December 12 2011 / Zadie Neufville*

As increasingly extreme and erratic weather driven by the earth's changing climate exacts a heavy toll on Jamaica's population, economy and infrastructure, a consensus has emerged among scientists and policy makers here that adaptation

Exploring trends and patterns in disaster risk globally, regionally and nationally

Monday, December 12 2011 / Eldis

The risk of being killed by a natural disaster is lower today than it was 20 years ago, except for those countries with low GDP and weak governance. In ...

REDD+ biggest success in climate change talks, Norway says (Referenced in Center for International Forestry Research, 12 December 2011)

Monday, December 12 2011 / Overseas Development Institute - Theme: Climate Change

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Saving the Forests with Indigenous Knowledge

Sunday, December 11 2011 / Isaiah Esipisu*

For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya's Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country's Rift Valley Province is more than just a forest. It is a shrine.

Agriculture – small steps; right start

Sunday, December 11 2011 / PwC

We leave Durban with agriculture issues back in the negotiating text. It’s not quite the agreed climate and agriculture work program on adaptation and on mitigation that many, including President

Durban - financing the future?

Sunday, December 11 2011 / PwC

Celine Herweijer, director, PwC sustainability and climate change examines what progress was made on the Green Climate Fund in Durban. Durban will be remembered as the birthplace of the Green Climate

A triumph for the process but will business and market notice?

Sunday, December 11 2011 / PwC

Jonathan Grant, PwC sustainability and climate change: What we’ve got is a clear signal that may be another clear signal in 2015. So Durban was more of a victory for

Making climate compatible development happen: 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' action

Sunday, December 11 2011 / Sam Bickersteth

By Sam Bickersteth, Chief Executive, CDKN During the global climate talks at CoP17 in Durban, many observers asked: ‘What does it take to get a global, legally binding deal on climate

Disasters (Disasters vol. 36, iss. 1, December 2011)

Sunday, December 11 2011 / Overseas Development Institute - Theme: Climate Change

Articles in the latest issue explore coping strategies and risk manageability, climate change adaptation, and the prevention of corruption in humanitarian assistance. For the full table of contents, or to

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