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  1. Library Resource
    The Nexus Between Urban Land Governance and Climate Adaptation

    A Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    September, 2020
    Global

    Informal settlements in areas that are already disaster prone are an increasing problem. Climate adaptation is also often used as an excuse fo evictions to redevelop sites in a more climate-proof manner in what is often referred to as ‘climate gentrification. Nature-based solutions to climate change, such as increasing green spaces, may increase home values, but the question of who benefits from these initiatives arises. How can the side effects of climate interventions that can lead to inequality, such as increase in value, be avoided?

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    United Kingdom, England

    The report was commissioned by Forest Research, and reviews the data available on the management of woodlands by local authorities in England. The report focuses on the extent to which community groups and social enterprises are involved in their management.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    United Kingdom, England

    This report was commissioned by the Forestry Commission to better understand the current woodland social enterprise sector in England. It provides evidence of a fledgling but very diverse sector with significant innovation. It discusses the definition of “woodland social enterprise”, the potential size of this sector, and suggests indicators for measuring future growth.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2014
    United Kingdom, Wales

    This report was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales to better understand the woodland social enterprise sector in Wales. Findings include the landscape of the sector, what enterprises are doing, and what potential there is for the sector to grow.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2014
    Scotland

    This report was commissioned by Forestry Commission Scotland to better understand the woodland social enterprise sector in Scotland. Findings include the landscape of the sector, what enterprises are doing, and what potential there is for the sector to grow.

  6. Library Resource
    May, 2014
    Global

    The World Bank's new environment
    strategy advocates cost-effective reduction of air and water
    pollutants that are most harmful to human health. In
    addition, it addresses threats to the livelihood of over one
    billion people who live on fragile lands-lands that are
    steeply sloped, arid, or covered by natural forests. The new
    approach will require accurate information about
    environmental threats to health and livelihood, as well as

  7. Library Resource
    Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-Based Solutions from the World Bank Portfolio cover image
    Reports & Research
    June, 2012
    Global

    Climate change is a serious
    environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for
    sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution,
    the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an
    average of 1degree celsius per century due to the
    accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
    Furthermore, most of this change has occurred in the past 30
    to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating, with

  8. Library Resource
    May, 2012
    Global

    Climate change is a serious
    environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for
    sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution,
    the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an
    average of 1degree celsius per century due to the
    accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
    Furthermore, most of this change has occurred in the past 30
    to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating, with

  9. Library Resource
    May, 2014
    Global

    In this report, in addition to aggregate
    results, six brief case studies are used to highlight the
    impact of Bank supported mining sector reform on various
    indicators at different links of the value chain. These
    include: the impacts on investment; production and
    employment in Argentina; institutional capacity building in
    Papua New Guinea; production and fiscal revenues in
    Tanzania; community and regional development in Madagascar;

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Global

    Interest in farmland is rising. And,
    given commodity price volatility, growing human and
    environmental pressures, and worries about food security,
    this interest will increase, especially in the developing
    world. One of the highest development priorities in the
    world must be to improve smallholder agricultural
    productivity, especially in Africa. Smallholder productivity
    is essential for reducing poverty and hunger, and more and

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