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Displaying 105 of about 1196 resultsThis publication presents grassroots women's initiatives from five different countries (Czech Republic, India, Kenya, Peru and Russia) providing insights into the participation of local communities in decentralized decision making and local governance, including sustaining grassroots women's leadership in redeveloping families, homes, communities, and e…
This document presents the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s role, approach, and progress made towards the integrated delivery of adaptation support and disaster risk reduction in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia, middle East and North Africa, and South Asia. It illus…
A framework for Oxfam-GB Bangladesh:
This report attempts to analyse livelihoods of poor people in the changing climate of Bangladesh, drawing from study outputs from different ecosystems, geographical locations, hazards, and livelihood groups. It asserts that reducing vulnerability and increasing capacity of people to reduce disaster risks in the cha…
Pandangan dari garis depan (Views from the frontline), Hyogo Framework of Action review at local perspectives:
This review is included in the project 'Views from the Frontline' as a follow up initiative of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). It presents a review of the HFA implementation in several regions of Indonesia: Aceh, Nias, Central Jav…
A climate policy report by the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC) and Oxfam, July 2010
As the world reels from the devastating impacts of climate change, financing sources for climate resilient development are proliferating at a rate and scale that, from initial appearance, may all but surpass traditional flows of official development…
This paper reports on the achievements of a UNDP project which envisions technical assistance and policy advice to the Georgian government for the adoption of relevant policies, in the priority areas identified in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. It aims at encouraging policy change from response and preparedness (disaster management) to preven…
The report outlines lessons learned from various countries delivering on poverty-environment efforts, the evolution of the PEI programmatic approach at the country level, and technical support provided in specific areas, such as the long-term impacts of climate change adaptation and the Green Economy agenda, among others. The report describes the work c…
A compilation of abstracts of new research presented at the International conference on Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas addressing the following themes:
- Current status of climate change in the dry areas: simulations and scenarios available;
- Impacts of climate change on natural resource availability (especially water), agr…
This book discusses the practical, political and moral challenges of linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor. It addresses emergent threats from epidemic disease, or the challenges of water scarcity in dryland India, as well as climate change, such as African far…
Good practice in action:
This publication outlines good practices, providing practical case studies of successful disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation projects implemented by ACT members or their partners around the world. The guide includes 14 case studies, which describe local projects that range from renewable energy…
This publication showcases the Lunawa Project approaches tp resettlement and housing/infrastructure reconstruction implemented in Sri Lanka. It intends to record the initiatives taken under the Lunawa Environmental Improvement & Community Development Project as a best practice of promoting the Habitat Agenda in the context of involuntary resettlemen…
This publication allows African women and men to describe, in their own words, how climate change is affecting their lives and how they are adapting to survive. It addresses strategies that can be implemented by communities in order to adapt to the changing conditions and reduce negative impacts of climate change, which need recognition by governments a…
This case study highlights the experience of undertaking a priority implementation partnership (PIP) on incorporating disaster risk impact assessments into the construction of new roads in the Philippines. It assesses the existing procedure of road planning with respect to hazards such as floods, typhoons, earthquakes and landslides, and identifying the…
Indonesia rising - Policy priorities for 2010 and beyond:
This brief addresses the vulnerability to multiple climate change hazards, such as more intense rainfall and sea-level rise, of economically productive areas and their adverse effects on food security, health, water resources, farming and coastal livelihoods, and forest and marine biodiversity.…
This document provides practical examples of IFAD's efforts to help poor rural people dealing with the inevitable impact of climate change by listening to their voices while planning adaptation and mitigation efforts in order to reduce the risks of climate change while accelerating progress towards food security and a world without poverty. It intends t…