Publications
In this section you will find a diverse range of sources, including scientific publications, country reports, books, slide presentations, among others.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released a report on the water, food and energy nexus. The report explains how meeting the world…
04-08-2014
1,255
In recent years the increasing propensity for disasters and the failure of existing development frameworks and policies to reduce the impact of disasters on…
04-08-2014
1,303
This report represents a synthesis and summary of frameworks for the monitoring and evaluation (M…
04-08-2014
1,322
Vegetation degradation, especially the disappearance of woody vegetation and a diminished grass cover, has aroused the concern of the Maasai community (semi-…
31-07-2014
1,559
Common property arrangements govern the subsistence harvest of berries in the Gwich’in region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Some of these arrangements…
31-07-2014
1,245
Object of study is the insight of traditional herbalists in the landscape-ecological factors wich control the growth of the plants they use for healing their…
31-07-2014
1,707
This article describes the indigenous knowledge (IK) that agro-pastoralists in larger Makueni District, Kenya hold and how they use it to monitor, mitigate and…
31-07-2014
1,289
Energy savings contributes to energy security, green house mitigation and energy access. Several countries around the world have promoted and implemented…
14-07-2014
1,546
This study examined the role of indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation in Uganda with specific focus on the Teso sub-region. Specifically, the study…
09-07-2014
1,444
An assessment of the impacts of climate change and climate variability on livestock sector in Near East and North Africa (NENA) was undertaken to document…
08-07-2014
1,273
This study examined the role of indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation in Uganda with specific focus on the Teso sub-region. Specifically, the study…
09-07-2014
1,444
An assessment of the impacts of climate change and climate variability on livestock sector in Near East and North Africa (NENA) was undertaken to document…
08-07-2014
1,273
In South Africa the impacts of climate change on children need to be considered in relation to wider development pressures affecting the country. Challenges…
04-07-2014
1,427
Based on a review of the GLOBE Climate Legislation Studies [1 and 2] and desk-top research on climate change policies, laws and regulations from 17…
03-07-2014
1,236
This paper describes the institutional and resource challenges and
opportunities in getting different sectors in eThekwini Municipality (the local…
23-06-2014
1,536
This news brief highlighted height top takeaways from some of the first workshops, from Glasgow to Christchurch. Twenty-one cities around the world have hosted…
23-06-2014
1,385
This paper discusses micro-level practices for adapting to climate change that are available to small-scale farmers in Africa. The analysis is based on a…
19-06-2014
1,363
The research project ‘Adaptations to climate change amongst natural resource-dependant societies in the developing world: across the southern African climate…
19-06-2014
1,300
Coasts and the world’s oceans are crucial to life on Earth, they support livelihoods, and are vital to the global economy in many ways. Coastal ecosystems…
19-06-2014
1,390
Through a case study of two municipalities in South Africa, this paper identifies the factors that enable action to be taken at the local government level. The…
13-06-2014
1,715
The 2013 edition of FAO’s Statistical Yearbook explains agriculture’s contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the…
06-03-2014
2,124
This paper reviews issues around groundwater and climate change in an African context with reference to the “Groundwater and Climate in Africa” Conference held…
06-03-2014
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This report is the result of the workshop held in Mexico City on 19-21 July 2011 on “Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populations and Climate Change:…
02-03-2014
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This report prepared by EIGE reviews the progress made by the European Union Member States in the implementation of one of the twelve areas of concern of the…
02-03-2014
1,356
This is a book published by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) of a series of three books on REDD+. The book is divided in three sections….
02-03-2014
1,363
This working paper reviews the livelihood and food security benefits of agroforestry and conservation agriculture in Malawi and Zambia, as well as examining…
23-02-2014
1,813
This paper assesses the impacts of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) undertaken by developing countries on Sustainable Development (SD). The…
23-02-2014
1,317
This publication provides a global assessment of the magnitude, the sources and pathways of emissions from different livestock production systems and supply…
23-02-2014
2,078
Changes in the agriculture sector are essential to mitigate and adapt to climate
change, meet growing food demands, and improve the livelihoods of poor…
16-02-2014
1,338
The United Nations Development Programme released this document to assist all of those involved in the development of Standardised Baselines (SB) to calculate…
13-02-2014
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