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NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE | VOL 1 | JANUARY 2015 | www.nature.com/natureclimatechange 23 Resilience has become a popular research and policy concept within climate change adaptation and development contexts1. Emerging from a wide range of disciplines2, …
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" perspective piece published in Nature Climate Change you requested, which argues that resilience can be useful for linking the post 2015 frameworks if given a stronger normative steer, arguing that: - An emphasis on systems thinking in …
“Coping with climate change - the roles of genetic resources for food and agriculture” …
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Genetic resources for food and agriculture play a crucial role in food security, nutrition and livelihoods and in the provision of environmental services. They are key components of sustainability, resilience and adaptability in production systems. They …
Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Methodological Approaches You or your institution have access to this content …
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A new OECD report, Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation: Methodological Approaches , explores methodological approaches that can be used to monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation initiatives at the projects and programme level. …
Dear colleagues, As a key stakeholder you are hereby invited to attend the validation workshop of the draft national climate change and disaster risk reduction policy to be held on 17 February 2015, Holiday Inn . Find also attached copy of invitation …
Dear all, Coastal and marine ecosystems are vital to the economies of Pacific Island Countries and the wellbeing of Pacific Islanders. The marine environment provides the citizens of Vanuatu with food security, fishing and tourism jobs, cultural and …
To His Excellency Mr Manuel Pulgar-Vidal Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Peru and President of the 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — Lima Your Excellency! In the first 12 days of …
London, United Kingdom, 15 January 2015 – The biggest threat to the stability of the world in the next 10 years comes from the risk of international conflict, according to the 10th edition of the Global Risks report, which is published today. The report, …
A new NASA-led study shows that tropical forests may be absorbing far more carbon dioxide than many scientists thought, in response to rising atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas. The study estimates that tropical forests absorb 1.4 billion metric …
Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is an important heat-trapping (greenhouse) gas, which is released through human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels, as well as natural processes such as respiration and volcanic eruptions. The first chart …
Coastal Change in the Pacific Islands (Coastal Change Toolkit) …
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The Coastal Change Toolkit focuses on helping communities understand how coastlines work and what causes coastal change, and supporting decision-making to reduce the impacts of coastal hazards such as flooding and erosion on communities. It is divided …
A new toolkit on „Coastal Change“ developed by a wide range of experts in 2014 and co-funded and carried out by the SPC-GIZ CCCPIR program: COASTAL CHANGE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: A Guide to Support Community Understanding of Coastal Erosion and Flooding …
contact Ms. Janet Jack Programme Assistant Pacific Risk Resilience programme Vanuatu Meteorological & Geo Hazard Department Project Management Unit (PMU) Nambatu Area, PMB 9054, Port Vila, Vanuatu Tel.: +678 24686 Mobile: +678 7111144 …
The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) under the Ministry of Climate Change and Natural Disasters has finally commenced work to the improvement of its disaster risk management equipment around the country early this year 2015 after it …
The Ministry of Climate Change and Natural Disasters, in consultation with other government agencies, provincial governments, civil society and other stakeholders, has developed a draft Vanuatu Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy. The …
Vanuatu is one of the six countries that were selected as pilot project countries for the SPC/USAID project titled “Vegetation and land cover mapping and improving food security for building resilience to a changing climate in Pacific island …
Through this three-to-five year project, C-CAP will work across 12 Pacific Island countries, collaborating with up to 90 communities on: 1. Rehabilitating and constructing new, small-scale community infrastructure 2. Building capacity for …