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Research in ActionClimate change CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTPublished dateFriday, December 21, 2018 - 15:30
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StoryENVIRONMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT URBAN POVERTY WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT LOW INCOME GROUPS
Giving a voice to the urban poor: the scavengers of Cochabamba
For Bolivia’s urban poor, it’s vital to adopt "survival strategies” to provide supplemental income that makes up for precarious and low wages.
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Adaptation Finance: Linking Research, Policy, and Business
This project will train up to 36 emerging climate change leaders in the field of adaptation finance, which funds efforts to adapt to climate change impacts.
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Valuing climate change impacts on human health in Chile : work in progress
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Patterns of Caboclo perceptions and responses to increasing extreme flood events across the Amazon estuary
The presentation advocates for the Caboclo people of the Amazon Estuary: they should not be defined as “climate change or environmental victims,” but as people adept at adaptation of socio-ecological systems (SES) in response to challenges and opp
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Socio-ecological resilience in the context of sea level rise
The presentation addresses ways to build adaptive capacities of indigenous communities in the Amazon Estuary, a region governed by tidal floods.
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Impact of Climate Change in Andean Bolivian Communities that Depend from Tropical Glaciers
The impact of climate change will be much greater in highlands communities. This brochure shows the decline in two Bolivian tropical glaciers: The Mururata and Illimani.
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Informal settlements and environmental risks in the surroundings of the K'ara K'ara dumpsite in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Cochabamba is the 4th largest city in Bolivia, located in a valley in the Andes mountain range, 2500 metres above sea level.
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Floods, Droughts and Farming on the Plains of Argentina and Paraguay, Pampas and Chaco Regions
The Pampas in Argentina and Chaco in Paraguay constitute one of South America's most important global grain suppliers.
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Water Resource Management and the Changing Climate in Angola's Coastal Settlements
Angola's civil war caused a massive movement of people from rural conflict areas to settlements in places vulnerable to climate extremes - low-lying coastal zones, floodplains, and steep ravines.