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Climate resilient sustainable agriculture: a real alternative to false solutions
This document illustrates the relationship between climate change and agriculture; reviews and demonstrates how current climate change policy responses fall short of addressing the realities of poor rural farmers who are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; and paints an alternative way forward by defining Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture (CRSA) and suggesting recommendations to national governments. CRSA prioritises the right to food, environmental conservation, and long-term community resilience in order to reduce food insecurity at the local level, and contribute t ...
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Available online: https://actionaid.org/publications/2012/climate-resilient-sustainable-agricultur [...]
Youjin Chung ; Christina Billingsley ; (ActionAid) ActionAid International
Published by: ActionAid ; 2012This document illustrates the relationship between climate change and agriculture; reviews and demonstrates how current climate change policy responses fall short of addressing the realities of poor rural farmers who are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; and paints an alternative way forward by defining Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture (CRSA) and suggesting recommendations to national governments. CRSA prioritises the right to food, environmental conservation, and long-term community resilience in order to reduce food insecurity at the local level, and contribute to effective national and international climate change policies that support self-sufficiency and sustainability in agricultural systems worldwide.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Agroclimatology ; Climate change ; Sustainable agriculture ; Climate policies ; Food Safety
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Mainstreaming of DRR into GoB schemes on water and sanitation: gap analysis and way forward
ActionAid International (ActionAid); Concern Universal ; Islamic Relief Worldwide ; et al. - European Commission, 2012The outcome of this study suggests a framework for mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into existing and new schemes / programme of water and sanitation (WatSan) of government of Bangladesh (GoB). The study outcome also suggest various tools and guidelines to provide necessary practical support to responsible officials of GoB involved in planning, decision making, implementing, monitoring etc. to ensure DRR mainstreaming into WatSan.
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Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/29932_29932watsanstudynarrimainreportfina.pdf
(ActionAid) ActionAid International ; Concern Universal ; Islamic Relief Worldwide ; National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives ; Oxfam International
Published by: European Commission ; 2012The outcome of this study suggests a framework for mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into existing and new schemes / programme of water and sanitation (WatSan) of government of Bangladesh (GoB). The study outcome also suggest various tools and guidelines to provide necessary practical support to responsible officials of GoB involved in planning, decision making, implementing, monitoring etc. to ensure DRR mainstreaming into WatSan.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Natural hazards ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Water ; Bangladesh
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Nepal disaster report 2011: policies, practices and lessons
ActionAid International (ActionAid); Disaster Preparedness Network Nepal (DPNet-Nepal); National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET); et al. - Nepal - Government, 2012This report is a compendium of understanding, concepts, experiences and lessons of disaster risk management (DRM), emergency response planning and capacity building in Nepal. It also provides a chronology of the development of DRM processes in the country including government's initiatives in creating suitable policy and legal environments for effective disaster risk reduction (DRR), creation of Disaster Cluster Groups, participation of Nepal in global initiatives in DRR including the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduct ...
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Available online: https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/29915
(ActionAid) ActionAid International ; Disaster Preparedness Network Nepal ; National Society for Earthquake Technology (Nepal) ; United Nations Development Programme
Published by: Nepal - Government ; 2012This report is a compendium of understanding, concepts, experiences and lessons of disaster risk management (DRM), emergency response planning and capacity building in Nepal. It also provides a chronology of the development of DRM processes in the country including government's initiatives in creating suitable policy and legal environments for effective disaster risk reduction (DRR), creation of Disaster Cluster Groups, participation of Nepal in global initiatives in DRR including the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), participation in the formulation of Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) and translation of its meaning to Nepalese context, participation in Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)ISBN (or other code): 978-99933-710-1-4
Tags: Natural hazards ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Early warning systems ; Disaster Risk Financing, Disaster risk transfer ; Earthquake ; Flood ; Nepal
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Tackling the limits to adaptation: An international framework to address 'loss and damage' from climate change impacts
ActionAid International (ActionAid); Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere - International Secretariat (CARE) ; World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) - ActionAid, 2012This document argues that current and future scale of climate change implies serious loss and damage, especially to the lives and livelihoods of those who are poor, most vulnerable and least to blame.
Tackling the limits to adaptation: An international framework to address 'loss and damage' from climate change impacts
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Available online: http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/tackling_the_limits_to_adaptation___an_inte [...]
(ActionAid) ActionAid International ; Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere - International Secretariat (CARE) ; World Wide Fund For Nature
Published by: ActionAid ; 2012This document argues that current and future scale of climate change implies serious loss and damage, especially to the lives and livelihoods of those who are poor, most vulnerable and least to blame.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Disaster Risk Financing, Disaster risk transfer
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