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Policymakers take note: climate displacement is driving millions into slavery
… than at any other time in history. According to the Global Slavery Index , 40.3 million people worldwide are living in slavery; 71% are … labour, and forced marriage. The overlooked link between slavery and climate change Many factors make people vulnerable to slavery – but displacement … Climate change … Policymakers take note: climate displacement is driving millions into slavery …
Insight, 05 July 2021
The Bandiagara plateau in Central Mali has been hit by repeated droughts. Climate change is making the weather unpredictable, resulting in poor harvests and increased malnutrition (Photo: Irina Mosel/ODI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
Article, 24 November 2015
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Using digital technology to scan potential for change in sustainable development
… for giving power to people made vulnerable through poverty and climate change, enhancing livelihoods and for predicting future trends in … “Working with Marble Global, we developed a ‘relative importance index’ to help us tease out the different nuances we were looking for, … Using digital technology to scan potential for change in sustainable development …
Project, 24 August 2022
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Event highlights: CBA15 – 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change
Article, 14 June 2021
A view from Australia as the moon blocks out the sun in 2002. Now, Australia's decision to pledge $166 million USD to the Green Climate Fund means light is again on the horizon (Photo: NASA/ESA)
Will climate pledge lead to Australia 'keeping coal in the hole'?
… Minister Tony Abbot, comes just 24 hours after the 2015 Global Climate Change Performance Index (PDF)  ranked Australia as the worst performing industrial country … Climate change … Will climate pledge lead to Australia 'keeping coal in the hole'? …
News, 10 December 2014
2017: pastoralists in Isiolo county in Kenya are digging for water in dried-up river beds. Agricultural insurance schemes can help pastoralists and farmers be more resilient to climate shocks (Photo: Denis Onyodi/KRCS)
Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
Insight, 06 June 2017
A Rwandan farmer checks his coffee beans. A banana tree is visible behind him.
Rwanda: test case on international commitment to financing climate change adaptation?
… still ranks 152 nd out of 167 nations in the Human Development Index , an international measure of national development. Most people in … mountainous landscape, makes Rwanda particularly vulnerable to climate variability and change . There is very little detailed information on how the climate in … Climate change …
Insight, 06 March 2013
Climate change studies analyse risks and resilience in urban Vietnam
… The researchers —whose studies were supported through the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) funded by the Rockefeller Foundation … to protect workers from heat exposure, and develop a heat stress index to enable government officials, employers and workers to better … Climate change … Climate change studies analyse risks and resilience in urban Vietnam …
News, 22 October 2013
Climate activists march to the entrance of Georgetown University before President Obama's speech on climate change. Photo: 350.org via Flickr
IIED views on Obama's climate change plan
… of IIED "While Obama shows some political courage in initiating a US climate change strategy and acting to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions, … US decision-making processes."   Dr Simon Anderson, head of IIED's Climate Change group Strengthening global resilience to climate change …
News, 25 June 2013
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Flooding, homes and loss: insurance as a risk-transfer mechanism in Vietnam
Publication, 01 April 2015