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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    China

    Impacts of land use and climate change on runoff were investigated by studying the runoff in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, China. Trends in precipitation, mean air temperature, and runoff were analysed by non‐parametric Mann‐Kendall tests. Land‐use changes were examined with land‐use transition matrix and geographic information system tools. Land‐use and climate changes showed several characteristics, including increased reforestation, decreased grassland, retreat of glaciers and increased desertification.

  2. Library Resource
    September, 2014

    Dry tropical woodlands provide around 80
    percent of the energy needs of both urban and rural
    populations in Africa and are of similar importance on a
    more localized scale in other areas. They also provide
    livestock fodder, building poles and many of the daily needs
    of the rural people living in and around them. Concern about
    the degradation and depletion of these woodlands date back a
    long time. Large numbers of woodfuel projects were launched

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    China, Global

    China's environmental
    degradation has developed over centuries, but record recent
    rates of economic growth have now widened environmental
    impacts and accelerated many adverse trends. China's
    urbanization and industrialization have produced rising
    material standards of living but have ever more costly
    environmental consequences. The period 1992-2001 coincided
    with a renewed Bank commitment to the environment,

  4. Library Resource
    May, 2014

    Poverty reduction strategies (PRSs)
    provide a central framework for macroeconomic, structural,
    and social policies in developing countries. Because of the
    numerous and complex links between environment and poverty,
    it is important that environmental issues are taken into
    account in the PRS process. This paper follows six previous
    assessments of the degree of mainstreaming environment in
    the PRS process using a similar methodology to present

  5. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Estimating the potential costs of
    climate destabilization is not a trivial matter. Potential
    climate impacts have multiple consequences, some of which
    can be monetized while others are beyond the reach of
    standard economic tools. A full assessment of the
    implications of climate impacts often cannot be completed
    because many of the consequences are only partly known. This
    report summarizes data recently made available, through the

  6. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Rwanda

    Biomass is the most important source of
    energy in Rwanda, especially for domestic cooking. Today
    approximately 86 percent of primary energy comes from
    biomass, mainly in the form of wood that is either used
    directly as a fuel (57 percent), or converted into charcoal
    (23 percent) together with smaller amounts of crop residues,
    and peat (6 percent). In the past, the production of
    charcoal in Rwanda was one of the factors that contributed

  7. Library Resource
    April, 2014

    The global dialogue surrounding the
    United Nations framework convention for climate change has
    focused on two strategies for addressing challenges
    associated with climate change: (1) mitigation (reducing the
    accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere);
    and (2) adaptation (reducing the vulnerability of societies
    and ecosystems to the impacts of climate change). Forests
    feature in both of these strategies. The role of forests as

  8. Library Resource
    January, 2014
    Africa

    Transforming agriculture in Africa is
    not simply about helping Africa; it is essential for
    ensuring global food security. But Africa s agriculture is
    also of critical importance when it comes to meeting the
    world s future needs for food and fiber. With the global
    population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, food
    security producing enough food of sufficient quality and
    making it accessible and affordable for consumers around the

  9. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Kazakhstan

    This overview of climate change
    activities in Kazakhstan is part of a series of country
    notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize
    climate portfolio of the major development partners in a
    number of climate-sensitive sectors, namely energy,
    agriculture, forestry, and natural resources, water, health,
    and transport. Recognizing the nature and significance of
    climate change contribution to an increase in disaster risk,

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2014

    This report evaluates the requirements
    for an assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture
    to guide policy makers on investment priorities and phasing.
    Because agriculture is vital for national food security and
    is a strong contributor to Brazil's GDP growth, there
    is growing concern that Brazilian agriculture is
    increasingly vulnerable to climate variability and change.
    To meet national development, food security, climate

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