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The demography of adaptation to climate change
UNFPA, 2013The document consolidates the knowledge, methods, and practices that emerged from the 2010 expert group meeting entitled "Population Dynamics and Climate Change II: Building for Adaptation" organized by UNFPA, IIED and the Colegio de México in Mexico City.
It intends to catalyze action in global, national and local communities around a more informed, data driven adaptation process, and to bring together disparate disciplines, from environment science to planning to social science and beyond. The use of spatial data is at the core of this agenda.
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Available online: https://www.unfpa.org/publications/demography-adaptation-climate-change
Colegio de México, A.C. ; International Institute for Environment and Development ; United Nations Population Fund
Published by: UNFPA ; 2013The document consolidates the knowledge, methods, and practices that emerged from the 2010 expert group meeting entitled "Population Dynamics and Climate Change II: Building for Adaptation" organized by UNFPA, IIED and the Colegio de México in Mexico City.
It intends to catalyze action in global, national and local communities around a more informed, data driven adaptation process, and to bring together disparate disciplines, from environment science to planning to social science and beyond. The use of spatial data is at the core of this agenda.
It is divided into three sections: (i) population dynamics and adaptation, key concepts and perspectives; (ii) population data for adaptation, sources and methodologies; and (iii) the planning and practice of adaptation.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)ISBN (or other code): 978-0-89714-001-0
Tags: Climate change ; Adaptation ; Case/ Case study ; Urban zone ; Social and Economic development ; Malawi ; Viet Nam ; India ; Mexico ; Brazil
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Linkages between population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risks: a regional vision of Latin America / Vínculos entre las dinámicas demográficas, los procesos de urbanización y los riesgos de desastres: una visión regional de América Latina
Fernandez Rogelio; Sanahuj Haris; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT); et al. - UN/ISDR, 2012This document presents an analysis of the connections among population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risk reduction. Amongst the main findings are that public policies should increase governance and guide urban sustainable development in order to anticipate future levels of exposure, by enhancing land-use plans, climate change adaptation strategies and considering disaster risk management.
Linkages between population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risks: a regional vision of Latin America / Vínculos entre las dinámicas demográficas, los procesos de urbanización y los riesgos de desastres: una visión regional de América Latina
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Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/31104_linkagesbetweenpopulationdynamicsur.pdf
Rogelio Fernandez ; Haris Sanahuj ; United Nations Human Settlements Programme ; United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction ; United Nations Population Fund
Published by: UN/ISDR ; 2012This document presents an analysis of the connections among population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risk reduction. Amongst the main findings are that public policies should increase governance and guide urban sustainable development in order to anticipate future levels of exposure, by enhancing land-use plans, climate change adaptation strategies and considering disaster risk management.
Language(s): English; Other Languages: Spanish
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Hazard risk assessment or analysis ; Vulnerability ; Region III - South America ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean
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Nigeria national capacity assessment report on disaster risk reduction
Dia AliouMamadou; Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); et al. - United Nations, 2012This publication identifies gaps and challenges Nigeria is currently facing to fully engage in preventing, mitigating and reducing natural disaster risks. The assessment is also an opportunity to clearly identify existing capacities both at national and state levels, to understand desired capacities, and to propose recommendations on how they can be further developed and strengthened.
It focuses on national and state capacities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) using the indicators set for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. It looks into five technical areas o ...
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Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/28963
AliouMamadou Dia ; Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; International Organization for Migration ; National Emergency Management Agency (Nigeria) ; United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Switzerland) ; United Nations Development Programme ; United Nations Refugees Agency ; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ; United Nations Population Fund
Published by: United Nations ; 2012This publication identifies gaps and challenges Nigeria is currently facing to fully engage in preventing, mitigating and reducing natural disaster risks. The assessment is also an opportunity to clearly identify existing capacities both at national and state levels, to understand desired capacities, and to propose recommendations on how they can be further developed and strengthened.
It focuses on national and state capacities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) using the indicators set for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. It looks into five technical areas of capacity development: (i) ownership, (ii) institutional arrangements, (iii) competencies, (iv) working tools and resources, and (v) relationships/coordination.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Capacity development ; Natural hazards ; Nigeria
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Sustainable development 20 years on from the Earth Summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC, 2012This report describes the progress achieved in relation to sustainable development since 1992 and the gaps still remaining. It is divided into two parts: (i) of the main traits of development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the past 20 years, particularly those which touch upon economic, social and environmental aspects such as the reduction of exposure to disasters; and (ii) proposed guidelines for moving towards sustainable development in the region.
The guidelines recommend: (i) creating synergies among inclusion, social protection, human security, empowerment of peopl ...
Sustainable development 20 years on from the Earth Summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Available online: http://www.zeeli.pro.br/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/UN-CEPAL-2012-SD-20-Years-on- [...]
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ; United Nations Environment Programme ; United Nations Development Programme ; United Nations Population Fund ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; UN-Habitat ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ; United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Switzerland) ; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ; World Food Programme ; International Labour Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) ; World Tourism Organization ; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ; United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification ; United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Published by: ECLAC ; 2012This report describes the progress achieved in relation to sustainable development since 1992 and the gaps still remaining. It is divided into two parts: (i) of the main traits of development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the past 20 years, particularly those which touch upon economic, social and environmental aspects such as the reduction of exposure to disasters; and (ii) proposed guidelines for moving towards sustainable development in the region.
The guidelines recommend: (i) creating synergies among inclusion, social protection, human security, empowerment of people, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and environmental protection; (ii) measuring the sustainability of development; (iii) internalizing environmental, and social costs and benefits of public and private economic decisions; (iv) improving the coordination and consistency of public action in relation to sustainable development policies; (v) producing and disseminating statistics and information on the environment and sustainable development; (vi) formulating better policies based on a more informed, participatory process; and (vii) strengthening education, culture, science and technology in order to build human capital for sustainability.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Natural hazards ; Sustainable development ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Guide ; Latin America ; Caribbean ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean
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Vínculos entre las dinámicas demográficas, los procesos de urbanización y los riesgos de desastres: una visión regional de América Latina
Fernandez Rogelio; Sanahuj Haris; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT); et al. - UN/ISDR, 2012
Vínculos entre las dinámicas demográficas, los procesos de urbanización y los riesgos de desastres: una visión regional de América Latina
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Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/31104_doc18918contenido.pdf
Rogelio Fernandez ; Haris Sanahuj ; United Nations Human Settlements Programme ; Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres ; United Nations Population Fund
Published by: UN/ISDR ; 2012Language(s): Spanish; Other Languages: English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Hazard risk assessment or analysis ; Vulnerability ; Region III - South America ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean
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The Social Dimensions of Climate Change - Discussion draft
ILO, 2011This discussion paper was prepared under the auspices of the United Nations Task Team on Social Dimensions of Climate Change, which is currently composed of 20 Agencies, including the International Labour Organization. The paper addresses the social dimensions of climate change from a sustainable, equitable development perspective. It aims to broaden and deepen policy-makers’ understanding of the benefits of addressing and incorporating the social dimensions of climate change into climate policies. In doing so, the paper identifies a number of knowledge gaps within the social, human and natura ...
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2 0 0 9 年 世 界 人 口 状 况 报 告 : 面对一个变化中的世界 - 妇女、人口与气候
联合国 (UN), 2009什么是减少碳排放量的最佳方法?谁应当 在应对当前和未来气候变化问题时承担资金方 面的责任? 这些问题至关重要。而另外一些问题也十 分重要。比如说,在全球和各国所发生的气候 变化将会对妇女、男人、男孩和女孩分别产生 什么影响;个人的行为会阻碍还是有助于全球 应对气候变化的努力。贫困人群,特别是那些 生活在发展中国家的贫困人群,可能会承受气 候变化带来的最坏结果。由于大多数穷人生活 在 易 受 洪 水 、 暴 风 雨 和 海 平 面 上 升 影 响 的 地 区,且他们的生活更多地依赖农业和渔业,因 此他们在遭遇难以预测的干旱、洪涝和前所未 有的飓风侵袭时,更易于受到饥饿的威胁,甚 至失去生计。而在贫困人群中的妇女们在灾难 面前显得尤其脆弱。
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حالــة سـكان العــالم 2009 : في مواجهة عالم متغي - املرأة والسكان واملناخ
الأمم المتحدة, 2009فما هو النهج األفضل لتخفيض انبعاثات الكربون؟ ومن سيتحمل املسؤولية املالية من أجل التصدي ملشكلة تغير املناخ اآلن وفي املستقبل؟ ولئن كانت هاتان القضيتان تكتسيان أهمية حاسمة، فإن هناك أيضاً قضايا أساسية لها أهميتها تتعلق بأثر تغير املناخ على النساء والرجال والبنني والبنات في مختلف أنحاء العالم، بل في داخل البلدان ذاتها، وكيف ميكن للسلوك الفردي أن يقوض اجلهود العاملية املبذولة للتصدي لتغير املناخ أو املساهمة في هذه اجلهود. وعلى األرجح، فإن الفقراء، والسيما في البلدان النامية، هم الذين سيواجهون أسوأ اآلثار الناجمة عن تغير املناخ. فاألرجح أن الفقراء هم الذين يعيشون في املناطق املعرضة للف ...
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Народонаселение мира в 2009 году : Перед лицом меняющегося мира - женщины, народонаселение и климат
Каков же наилучший подход к снижению уровня выбросов углеродных соединений? Кто должен нести финансовую ответственность за принятие мер, касаю- щихся нынешнего и будущего изменения климата? Эти вопросы крайне важны. Однако столь же важны вопросы, касающиеся того, каким образом изменение климата скажется на женщинах, мужчинах, мальчиках и девочках во всем мире и, конечно, в каждой стране, и каким образом поведение отдельных людей может либо подорвать глобальные усилия по преодолению измене- ния климата, либо содействовать им. Бедняки, особенно в развивающихся странах, по-видимому, столк ...
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Estado de la población mundial 2009 : frente a un mundo cambiante: las mujeres, la población y el clima
Naciones Unidas, 2009¿Cómo afecta la dinámica de la población a la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero y al cambio climático? La urbanización y el envejecimiento de la población, ¿reforzarán u obstacularizarán las medidas de adaptación a un mundo que se está calentando? Y ¿podrían una mejor atención de la salud reproductiva y unas mejores relaciones entre mujeres y hombres lograr una diferencia en la lucha contra el cambio climático? Encuentre las respuestas a estas preguntas en el informe Estado de la Población Mundial 2009.
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Etat de la population mondiale 2009 : face à un monde qui change, les femmes, la population et le climat
Nations Unies, 2009Quel effet a la dynamique de la population sur les gaz à effet de serre et les changements climatiques? L'urbanisation et le vieillissement de la population vont-ils aider ou entraver les efforts d'adaptation au réchauffement de la planète? Et de meilleurs soins de santé reproductive, ainsi que l'amélioration des rapports entre femmes et hommes, pourraient-ils faire une différence dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques? Vous trouverez les réponses à ces questions dans L'état de la population mondiale 2009.
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State of World Population 2009 : Facing a Changing World, Women, Population and Climate
United Nations, 2009This year's flagship report argues that reproductive health care, including family planning, and gender relations could influence the future course of climate change and affect how humanity adapts to rising seas, worsening storms and severe droughts. Women, especially impoverished women in developing countries, bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, the report concludes.
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