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Increasingly, city governments are having to deal with climate change repercussions alongside those of other disasters, all while addressing its implications for both daily life and future sustainability.
This image shows the cover of "Finance for adaptation at the level of local government in South Africa: New report with inputs from Kulima".
The report assess the priorities, resource needs and current resource flows for adaptation in South Africa, and the nature of current gaps and barriers to access at subnational level.
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This paper summarizes the immediate outputs and outcomes of a multi-stakeholder dialogue process that was initiated in 2020 and supported by a hydro-economic analysis. It focused on improving understanding of the economic implications of water resources.
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This paper argues that the narrow pursuit of profits and capital accumulation of the few has produced a fundamental disruption between nature and society which contributed to transform drought in Ladismith, South Africa, into a socioecological crisis.
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This paper systematically discusses climate impacts on marginalized women and the ways in which they are actively responding to climate challenges and building their adaptive capacity and resilience in the urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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'Everyday Stories of Climate Change', is a comic that threads together qualitative research about low-income families' experiences and adaptation to climate change across five countries.
IRP Herald 32
IRP Herald Volume 32 is the knowledge report for IRP-supported sessions at the Regional Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2021.
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In this study, the authors develop a structural model to study the long-term impacts of climate and socioeconomic changes on labour supply and the pay gap between male/female and high-skilled/low-skilled labour.

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