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Caribbean Weather Impact Group – supporting risk-based decision making (CARWIG)

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / CDKN Global

Project reference: RSGL-0024H Managers and policy makers in the Caribbean require knowledge of the likely impacts and hazards arising from climate change that is relevant to their geographical location and planning

New book on climate change, water and health by LEAD Fellow

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / Sam Gillick

Following her book on the governance of lake ecosystems, LEAD Canada Fellow Velma I. Grover has published “Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health”. The book, edited by Grover

Payments for environmental services as a driver of climate compatible development

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / CDKN Global

Project reference: RSGL-0024E Cooperative agreements for ecosystem services have become increasingly important tools for reducing conflicts. These agreements include voluntary cooperation, corporate-private agreements and Payments for Environmental Services (PES – also

Community resilience and valuing ecosystem-based adaptation approaches for disaster risk reduction in Fiji

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / CDKN Global

Project reference: RSGL-0024F The Pacific Island nations, consisting of many low-lying islands or areas with large population and infrastructure concentrations in the coastal zone, are at risk of climate-related disasters such

Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / Eldis

This paper reviews impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing the

Climate-driven or human-induced: indicating severe water scarcity in the Moulouya river basin (Morocco)

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / Eldis

Many agriculture-based economies are increasingly under stress from climate change and socio-economic pressures. In the Moulouya river basin, Morocco, natural water availability is a key resource for all economic activities

Mainstreaming adaptation into local development plans in Vietnam

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / Eldis

Focusing on two adaptation projects in Vietnam − a climate change vulnerability assessment in the Cat Khanh Commune, Binh Dinh province, and efforts to mainstream adaptation in the Binh Dinh

Working together for REDD+: developing a national readiness strategy in Tanzania

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / Eldis

Forests are of critical importance to the livelihoods of rural and forest-dependent communities in Tanzania, as well as to the country’s national economy. However, much of Tanzania’s vast forested area

How China built the world’s largest wind power market

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / Eldis

China’s energy demand has been growing at breathtaking pace putting pressure on the security of the country’s electricity supply, 70 per cent of which is based on coal. This ‘Inside

The state of environmental migration 2011

Wednesday, January 9 2013 / Eldis

This report is the second volume in an annual series, which aims to provide regular assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration. This volume focuses on cross-border

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