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  1. Library Resource

    Country Environmental Analysis

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    July, 2009
    Timor-Leste, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    The Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) for Timor-Leste identifies environmental priorities through a systematic review of environmental issues in natural resources management and environmental health in the context of the country's economic development and environmental institutions. Lack of data has been the main limitation in presenting a more rigorous analysis. Nevertheless, the report builds on the best available secondary data, presents new data on the country's wealth composition, and derives new results on the costs of water and air pollution.

  2. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Asia, Central Asia

    The objective of this study is to raise awareness and understanding of exposure and vulnerability to drought in Central Asian countries and the Caucasus and to introduce a strategic, pro-active framework of mitigation and prevention. The audiences of the report are the governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the Caucasus and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia. The report will further be of interest to NGOs and civil society, as well as donors.

  3. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Zambia

    This report assesses the economic
    impacts of climate change on agriculture in Zambia, using
    the Ricardian method. A multiple linear regression model
    with net revenue per hectare as response variable has been
    fitted with climate, hydrological, soil, and socioeconomic
    variables as explanatory variables. There is one main
    cropping season in Zambia, lasting from November to April.
    Crop production in this period depends solely on rains.

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Mozambique

    Based on a literature review and expert
    interviews, this paper analyzes the most important climate
    impacts on development goals and explores relevant
    institutions in the context of mainstreaming climate
    adaptation into development assistance in Mozambique.
    Climate variability and change can significantly hinder
    progress toward attaining the Millennium Development Goals
    and poverty aggravates the country's climate

  5. Library Resource
    April, 2013
    Global

    This edition of environment matters
    arrives just as the international community embarks on a
    two-year process to secure a new global framework to limit
    the amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) entering the
    atmosphere and devise ways to help developing countries
    adapt to and prepare themselves for the effects of climate
    change. At the World Bank, the author believe that climate
    change, and developing countries' adaptation to it, is

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    The World Bank's mission is to
    alleviate poverty and support sustainable development.
    Climate change is a serious environmental challenge that
    could undermine these goals. Since the industrial
    revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has
    increased an average 2 degree Celsius due to the
    accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Most of
    this change has occurred in the past 30 to 40 years, and the

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Based on analysis of recent data on the
    evolution of global temperatures, snow and ice covers, and
    sea level rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
    Change (IPCC) has recently declared that "warming of
    the climate system is unequivocal." Global surface
    temperatures, in particular, have increased during the past
    50 years at twice the speed observed during the first half
    of the 20th century. The IPCC has also concluded that with

  8. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Mexico

    This country note briefly summarizes
    information relevant to both climate change and agriculture
    in Mexico, with focus on policy developments (including
    action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Mexico
    is the only developing country to have submitted three
    national communications to the United Nations Framework
    Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), indicating strong
    commitment by the government for addressing climate change

  9. 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

  10. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Argentina

    This country note briefly summarizes
    information relevant to both climate change and agriculture
    in Argentina, with focus on policy developments (including
    action plans and programs) and institutional make-up.
    Argentina is one of the four developing countries in the
    world to have submitted two national communications to the
    United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
    (UNFCCC), indicating strong commitment by the government for

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