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This report outlines lessons learnt regarding the principal effects of climate change on 15 cities in low-income countries, and what makes them vulnerable to these effects. Coastal cities are susceptible to a rise in sea level and are made vulnerable by

Cahier des changements climatiques, édition spéciale, Octobre 2010 (in French):

Ce numéro vise à sensibiliser le public urbain sahélien sur les risques liés aux changements climatiques. Il prend en compte les lourdes conséquences des événements

This publication highlights some case studies that illustrate successful projects funded by the Community Water Initiative (CWI), which have helped foster water security in local communities while simultaneously helping them mitigate and adapt to climate

This report explores the implications of climate change for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia and Mali. It is intended to support the work of NGOs, policy makers and researchers to improve coherence in efforts linking climate change with

This publications focuses on 20 core countries with high vulnerability to natural hazards and low economic resilience to cope with disaster impacts including anticipated climate change and variability: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti

This paper approaches the challenges of climate change from the point of view of its impact on hunger and nutrition. It presents the sophisticated early warning and vulnerability analysis tools that WFP uses and shares to predict and map the risk of

The purpose of this study is to facilitate the identification of priority mitigation and adaptation measures by the participating countries, in line with their national sustainable development strategies, and to see how these measures can be effectively

Monday developments, April 2008 issue:

This issue explores disaster risk reduction: the types of potential disasters, their effect on poor communities and ways to mitigate disasters. It also addresses preparing for a pandemic and ensuring the health and

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