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When disasters and conflicts collide: improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention

Friday, February 8 2013 / Eldis

In recent years most of the people affected by natural disasters lived in fragile and conflict-affected states. This report focuses on the links between conditions of vulnerability and risks associated

REDD+ related risks, opportunities and safeguards for biodiversity conservation: a survey of issues and options in Lao PDR and Ecuador

Friday, February 8 2013 / Eldis

REDD+ aims to create incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions through the protection and better management of forests. However, despite of generating multiple co-benefits for nature and people, there

OPPORTUNITY: KMAF-0014 – National climate compatible development planning: learning from experiences in Africa

Friday, February 8 2013 / CDKN Africa

CDKN is seeking a partner organisation to lead its new initiative to capture, synthesise and share learning from national climate compatible development (CCD) planning in Africa. CDKN’s overall purpose is to

Desert bacteria could help boost crop yields

Thursday, February 7 2013 / AlertNet News

Desert soil microbes could help halt desertification and boost agriculture in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa, according to a study.

KMAF-0014 - National climate compatible development planning: learning from experiences in Africa

Thursday, February 7 2013 / CDKN Global

CDKN is seeking a partner organisation to lead its new initiative to capture, synthesise and share learning from national climate compatible development (CCD) planning in Africa. CDKN’s overall purpose is to

Climate change could impact wave height, says study

Thursday, February 7 2013 / SciDev.Net | Climate Change & Energy

Over the twenty-first century, wave height could fluctuate by up to 30 centimetres and severely affect fisheries in the global South, say scientists.

FEATURE: What can we learn from CDKN’s Inside Stories on climate compatible development?

Thursday, February 7 2013 / CDKN Global

CDKN recently published the twentieth edition of its Inside Stories on climate compatible development. This milestone provides an opportunity to review the series, and highlight some of the top considerations

In the face of war: examining sexual vulnerabilities of Acholi adolescent girls living in displacement camps in conflict-affected Northern Uganda

Thursday, February 7 2013 / Eldis

Adolescent girls are an overlooked group within conflict-affected populations and their sexual health needs are often neglected. Girls are disproportionately at risk of HIV and other STIs in times of

Consequences of climate change and gender vulnerability: Bangladesh perspective

Thursday, February 7 2013 / Eldis

According to this study, in Bangladesh, women are more vulnerable than men generally to all kinds of disasters and climate related impacts due to gender inequalities in social, economic and

The role of international business in clean technology transfer and development

Thursday, February 7 2013 / Eldis

Policy-related literature on clean technology transfer and development has so far paid little attention to the characteristics and drivers of international companies. This paper aims to help open the debate

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