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Fragile States 2013: Resource flows and trends in fragile states
By 2015, half of the world’s people living on less than USD 1.25 a day will be in fragile states. While poverty has decreased globally, progress on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 is slower in fragile states than in other developing countries. Fragile states are also off-track to meet the rest of the MDGs by 2015.
Fragile situations became a central concern of the international development and security agenda in the 1990s. Since then, powerful forces have been influencing the causes and manifestations of fragility, including the combination of democratic aspirations, new te ...
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Available online: https://www.oecd.org/dac/fragile-states-9789264190399-en.htm
Published by: OECD ; 2012
By 2015, half of the world’s people living on less than USD 1.25 a day will be in fragile states. While poverty has decreased globally, progress on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 is slower in fragile states than in other developing countries. Fragile states are also off-track to meet the rest of the MDGs by 2015.
Fragile situations became a central concern of the international development and security agenda in the 1990s. Since then, powerful forces have been influencing the causes and manifestations of fragility, including the combination of democratic aspirations, new technologies, demographic shifts and climate change. The last five years have been especially tumultuous, encompassing the 2008 food, fuel and financial crisis and the Arab Spring, which began in 2011.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate change ; Conflict ; Social and Economic development ; Democratic People's Republic of Korea ; Nepal ; Kyrgyzstan ; Iran, Islamic Republic of ; Iraq ; Georgia ; Eritrea ; Sudan ; Chad ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Guinea ; Haiti ; Guinea-Bissau ; Sierra Leone ; Liberia ; Togo ; Cameroon ; Angola ; Central African Republic ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Zimbabwe ; Rwanda ; Burundi ; Uganda ; Ethiopia ; Malawi ; Kenya ; Comoros ; Somalia ; Yemen ; Afghanistan ; Pakistan ; Sri Lanka ; Bangladesh ; Myanmar ; Timor-Leste ; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Solomon Islands ; Marshall Islands ; Kiribati ; West Bank and Gaza ; Kosovo
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Climate ExChange
Climate ExChange is a fully illustrated 250-page book with over 100 authors relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local levels. The commentaries draw upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives. Climate ExChange reflects the progress and challenges in these fields, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of societies and disciplines.
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Event: Technical Conference on Climate Services (26-28 October 2012; Geneva, Switzerland) ; Event: World Meteorological Congress extraordinary session (29-31 October 2012; Geneva, Switzerland)
Published by: Tudor Rose ; 2012Climate ExChange is a fully illustrated 250-page book with over 100 authors relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local levels. The commentaries draw upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives. Climate ExChange reflects the progress and challenges in these fields, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of societies and disciplines.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., charts, maps)ISBN (or other code): 978-0-9568561-3-5
Tags: Climate ; Weather service ; Climate services ; Agroclimatology ; Human health ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Case/ Case study ; Kenya ; Senegal ; Sweden ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; China ; Mozambique ; Australia ; Colombia ; Armenia ; Hong Kong, China ; New Zealand ; India ; Indonesia ; Guinea-Bissau ; Chile ; Central America ; Mongolia ; Bay of Bengal ; France ; Central Asia ; Region I - Africa ; United Republic of Tanzania ; North America ; Caribbean ; Uruguay ; Samoa ; Qatar
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Climate vulnerability monitor
DARA, 2012The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2nd Edition reveals that climate change has already held back global development and inaction is a leading global cause of death. Harm is most acute for poor and vulnerable groups but no country is spared either the costs of inaction or the benefits of an alternative path.
Commissioned by the world’s most vulnerable countries and backed by high-level and technical panels, the new Monitor estimates human and economic impacts of climate change and the carbon economy for 184 countries in 2010 and 2030, across 34 indicators.
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Available online: http://daraint.org/climate-vulnerability-monitor/climate-vulnerability-monitor-2 [...]
Published by: DARA ; 2012 (2nd ed.)
The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2nd Edition reveals that climate change has already held back global development and inaction is a leading global cause of death. Harm is most acute for poor and vulnerable groups but no country is spared either the costs of inaction or the benefits of an alternative path.
Commissioned by the world’s most vulnerable countries and backed by high-level and technical panels, the new Monitor estimates human and economic impacts of climate change and the carbon economy for 184 countries in 2010 and 2030, across 34 indicators.Notes: Pdf version [35Mb] available here
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Vulnerability ; Afghanistan ; Albania ; Algeria ; Angola ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Argentina ; Armenia ; Austria ; Australia ; Azerbaijan ; Bahamas ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Barbados ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Belize ; Benin ; Bhutan ; Bolivia, Plurinacional State of ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Botswana ; Brazil ; Bulgaria ; Brunei Darussalam ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cambodia ; Cameroon ; Canada ; Cape Verde ; Central Africa ; Chad ; Chile ; China ; Colombia ; Comoros ; Costa Rica ; Côte d'Ivoire ; Croatia ; Cuba ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Denmark ; Djibouti ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; Equatorial Guinea ; Eritrea ; Estonia ; Ethiopia ; Fiji ; Finland ; France ; Gabon ; Georgia ; Germany ; Ghana ; Greece ; Greenland ; Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Honduras ; Hungary ; Iceland ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran, Islamic Republic of ; Iraq ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; Kiribati ; Kuwait ; Kyrgyzstan ; Lao People’s Democratic Republic ; Latvia ; Lebanon ; Lesotho ; Liberia ; Libya (State of) ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Republic of North Macedonia ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Malaysia ; Maldives ; Mali ; Malta ; Marshall Islands ; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mexico ; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Republic of Moldova ; Mongolia ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Nepal ; Netherlands ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Norway ; Democratic People's Republic of Korea ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Panama ; Papua New Guinea ; Paraguay ; Peru ; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Qatar ; Congo ; Romania ; Russian Federation ; Rwanda ; Saint Lucia ; Samoa ; Sao Tome and Principe ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Singapore ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Solomon Islands ; Somalia ; South Africa ; Republic of Korea ; Spain ; Sri Lanka ; Sudan ; Suriname ; Eswatini ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Syrian Arab Republic ; Tajikistan ; United Republic of Tanzania ; Thailand ; Gambia ; Togo ; Tonga ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Tunisia ; Türkiye ; Turkmenistan ; Tuvalu ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; United States of America ; Uruguay ; Uzbekistan ; Vanuatu ; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ; Viet Nam ; Yemen ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ; Grenada ; Palau ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Helping to Better Manage the World’s Oceans : the World Bank and the Drive for ‘Blue Growth’
World Bank, 2012A healthy ocean is a valuable natural asset that, if maintained and nurtured, can provide ‘ecosystem services’ that contribute to economic expansion – or ‘blue growth’ – in developing coastal and island countries. World Bank investments in the oceans between 2007 and 2011 have supported developing coastal and island countries in improving the health of their ocean environments, enhancing the value of the ecosystem services they provide to the local and global economy. In particular, these investments supported countries to manage the transition to more sustainable fisheries, establish coastal ...
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Available online: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSDNET/Resources/Results2012-SDN-Oceans.pdf
Published by: World Bank ; 2012
A healthy ocean is a valuable natural asset that, if maintained and nurtured, can provide ‘ecosystem services’ that contribute to economic expansion – or ‘blue growth’ – in developing coastal and island countries. World Bank investments in the oceans between 2007 and 2011 have supported developing coastal and island countries in improving the health of their ocean environments, enhancing the value of the ecosystem services they provide to the local and global economy. In particular, these investments supported countries to manage the transition to more sustainable fisheries, establish coastal and marine protected areas, and implement integrated coastal and marine ecosystem management. In the years going forward, the Bank aims to significantly scale up investments in the development and implementation of new laws and institutions for the use of ocean ecosystem services in countries’ waters, through leadership in a Global Partnership for Oceans.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Oceans ; Environmental policies ; Ecosystem ; Guinea-Bissau ; Indonesia
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Statement at the Workshop on Enhancement of Regional Cooperation and Development of Meteorological Applications in Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Africa
Obasi G.O.P; World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2002 (SG's lectures, speeches, statements-No. 219)
Statement at the Workshop on Enhancement of Regional Cooperation and Development of Meteorological Applications in Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Africa
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Published by: WMO ; 2002
Collection(s) and Series: SG's lectures, speeches, statements- No. 219
Language(s): English; Other Languages: French
Format: Hard copyTags: Speech ; Weather service ; Angola ; Cape Verde ; Guinea-Bissau ; Mozambique ; Sao Tome and Principe
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Allocution prononcée à l'occasion de l'atelier sur le renforcement de la coopération régionale et le développement des applications météorologiques dans les pays africains lusophones
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Address at the opening of the International workshop on West African moonsoon variability and predictability (WAMAP)
Obasi G.O.P - WMO, 1999
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Hydrological Cycle Observing System for West and Central Africa - AOC-HYCOS : Draft Project Document
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Secretariat for Cooperation - WMO, 1997
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