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    <title><![CDATA[Output-based contracts in small-town water supply in Uganda]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This report presents findings from a review of the role of the domestic private sector in the delivery of urban water in Uganda.  Since the introduction of the output-based aid (OBA) scheme in 2008, some towns have seen a relatively rapid increase in the number of connections, while using less public funding than under traditional management contracts. However, replication elsewhere is unlikely to be successful without consideration of the underlying structural and institutional reform condition]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 01:50:42 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Small-Scale Water Providers in Kenya: Pioneers or Predators?]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/small-scale-water-providers-in-kenya-pioneers-or-predators/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In 2008, 83 percent of Kenyans living in urban areas, had access to safe drinking water – down from 91 percent in 1990. This gradual deterioration in urban water access is mainly due to growing demand caused by rapid population growth, especially in the informal settlements Small-scale private water providers have entered the market to fill the gap left in public service provision. This study examines what role they play in ensuring affordable, safe and reliable water supply. It finds that small]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 01:38:12 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Role of the Domestic Private Sector in Water Service Delivery in Tanzania]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/the-role-of-the-domestic-private-sector-in-water-service-delivery-in-tanzania/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This report presents findings from a review of the service activities of informal private water vendors in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s capital is a rapidly growing city, and around 70 percent of the population lacks proper housing and lives in informal settlements. small-scale private water vendors provide an essential service for many, in particular low-income households in the city. Based on a small-sample survey of the operations of small-scale private vendors, the report finds that this segmen]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 01:27:13 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Climate Change, the Clean Air Act, and Industrial Pollution]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/climate-change-the-clean-air-act-and-industrial-pollution/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This article, prepared for UCLA Law’s spring 2011 symposium entitled “Perspectives on Climate Change, Pollution, and the Clean Air Act,” begins by addressing an interesting but narrow question: what are the co-pollutant implications of applying the Clean Air Act (CAA) to stationary source greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Part I of this article begins by exploring the threshold issue of why co-pollutant consequences should be an important parameter for evaluating and designing climate policies. It]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 00:51:27 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wasting Our Waterways 2012]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), pollution from industrial facilities is responsible for threatening or fouling water quality in more than 14,000 miles of rivers and streams, more than 220,000 acres of lakes, ponds and estuaries nationwide. This report uses data from the federal government’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) to estimate releases of toxic chemicals to American waterways in 2010. In this report, the authors examine data on toxic discharges through several ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 00:39:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Green China : Chinese insights on environment and development]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[China has been criticised, even vilified, for failing to support international protocols, such as Kyoto despite the environmental consequences of its rapid industrial expansion: the air in many of China's larger cities is the most polluted in the world, the water in many major rivers is unfit even for irrigation, and soil in key agricultural regions is contaminated by heavy metals. Arable land, water resources and biodiversity are being lost and the country's carbon and nitrous oxide emissions a]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:24:38 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Developing an Indicator-Based Approach to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Urban Regeneration for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/developing-an-indicator-based-approach-to-evaluate-the-effectiveness-of-urban-regeneration-for-clima/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Urban regeneration policy and practices can be an opportunity to take actions to make cities more climate-friendly and less vulnerable. Considering this assumption, this research aims to evaluate the role of urban regeneration in developing climate resilient and low-carbon urban environments. The paper comprises four major sections. In the first section, the conceptual framework of the research is explained through a discussion on the linkages between urban development (with a special emphasis o]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:18:12 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Transport Outlook 2012 : Seamless Transport for Greener Growth]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/transport-outlook-2012-seamless-transport-for-greener-growth/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The mobility projections in this Transport Outlook indicate that global passenger transport volumes in 2050 could be up to 2.5 times as large as in 2010, and freight volumes could grow by a factor of four. Emissions of CO2 grow more slowly because of increasing energy efficiency, but may nevertheless more than double.The projected evolution of mobility depends on income and population growth, and on urbanization. The relation between framework conditions and mobility is uncertain and not immutab]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 03:54:19 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources Systems in Developing Countries]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/climate-change-adaptation-and-vulnerability-assessment-of-water-resources-systems-in-developing-coun/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Water is the primary medium through which climate change influences the Earth’s ecosystems and therefore people’s livelihoods and wellbeing. In this study, the authors review the evolution of approaches to vulnerability assessment related to water resources. From the current practices, the authors identify research gaps, and approaches to overcome these gaps a generalized assessment framework is developed. A feasibility study is then presented in the context of the Lower Brahmaputra River Basin ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 03:49:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/water-governance-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This report attempts to shed some light on the governance of water policy in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It argues that public governance of water in most LAC countries is fragmented, as it is in the OECD area as well, and that greater efforts to coordinate water with other policy areas are crucial to maximize the impact on poverty reduction. It emphasizes the need to design water policies in a more integrated manner and implement effective water governance tools and mechanisms]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 01:36:19 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pigs, Prawns and Power Houses: Politics in Water Resources Management]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/pigs-prawns-and-power-houses-politics-in-water-resources-management/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Normative ideals like Integrated Water Resource Management depicting the ‘good environmental governance’ have proliferated the last twenty years. However, evidence of effective implementation is scarce. The paper analyzes cases from India, the Mekong and Denmark where actors have sought to translate IWRM ideals into practice. The purpose is to demonstrate the importance of politics and power for water governance processes and their outcomes.The concept of social learning is applied in order to u]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 01:22:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Crisis in Congo]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["We are extremely concerned for gorillas and for our field staff. The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was closed in May and some rangers evacuated as a rebel force entered the area."Our gorilla monitoring and protection teams work in very remote areas from which information is incredibly slow to arrive. Our staff who travel between Goma and these areas are particularly vulnerable because travel can take many days and security may change while they are enroute."The]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:24:46 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Video: Future water scenarios]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[William J. Cosgrove is Senior Adviser to the UN World Water Assessment Program for the 4th edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report and the Manager of the World Water Scenarios Project. Mr. Cosgrove is a former vice president of the World Bank, past-president of the World Water Council, and served as chairman of the International Steering Committee of the Cooperative Program on Water and Climate. He was one of the panelists in the UNESCO Future Forum on Global Water Futures 2]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:01:13 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Assessment of the Risk of Amazon Dieback]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/assessment-of-the-risk-of-amazon-dieback/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. The old-growth rainforests in the basin represent storage of ~ 120 petagrams of carbon (Pg C) in their biomass. Annually, these tropical forests process approximately 18 Pg C through respiration and photosynthesis. This is more than twice the rate of global anthropogenic fossil fuel emissions. The basin is also the largest global repository of biodiversity and produces about 20 percent of the world's flow of fresh water into the oce]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:28:12 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Why forests should not be part of the carbon market]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/why-forests-should-not-be-part-of-the-carbon-market/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In the international climate negotiations forests have become a major topic. While most agree that reducing deforestation is essential to reach the goal of keeping temperature rise below two degrees, many believe that opening the international carbon market for forest offsets will be highly counterproductive. For a better understanding of the ongoing processes this paper provides information on the concept of carbon trade, why offsetting does not lead to a reduction in emissions and the role for]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:20:04 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Climate and Trade Relation: Some Issues]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/the-climate-and-trade-relation-some-issues-1/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The double challenge arising from climate change to both the environment and to human development requires that the global battle against climate change should address both these aspects. In this context, one of the important issues is the linkage between climate change policies and trade-related policies. This has become increasingly significant because in their attempts to address climate change, several developed countries are now considering the use of trade measures.The aim of this paper is]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:16:55 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Coping with drought in Ethiopia by building peace]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/coping-with-drought-in-ethiopia-by-building-peace/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The study sheds light on how peacebuilding programming can be done in a way that helps mitigate the effects of severe drought among pastoralists, and likely speed their recovery from them. And by extension, how such programs can serve as an effective part of disaster risk reduction efforts, thereby reducing the need for large scale humanitarian relief during periods of severe drought. This evidence points to the need for greater consideration and dedicated resources for conflict management withi]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:55:03 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Families at risk of forced eviction in Haiti]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of families living in a camp for internally displaced people in Carrefour, in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, are being harassed and intimidated and are at imminent risk of forced eviction.Residents at Grace Village camp, in the Carrefour area of Metropolitan Port-au-Prince are at imminent risk of forced eviction. At least 30 families have already been forcibly evicted, after their shelters and belongings were destroyed during the night of 28 April. They were forced to leave their prope]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:37:28 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Is REDD undermining FLEGT?]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/is-redd-undermining-flegt/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[With proper safeguards, FLEGT has the capacity to bring about real improvements in forest governance – but concerns have been raised that this could all be undermined by the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) schemes currently being developed by the UN and the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). This briefing looks at the case of Ghana and concludes that the Ghana experience should alert us to the dangers of rushing REDD processes.This briefing]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:57:18 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The business of collecting fecal sludge in four Latin American cities]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/the-business-of-collecting-fecal-sludge-in-four-latin-american-cities/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The case studies were conducted in four cities located in countries where coverage with sanitary sewerage services is below the regional average: Santa Cruz (Bolivia), Guatemala City (Guatemala), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), and Managua (Nicaragua).The present report spotlights the major challenges and the opportunities that lie ahead in fecal sludge management and summarizes the findings from four case studies that describe the current and potential market for sludge removal, collection, and disposa]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:54:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Integrating knowledge and actions in disaster risk reduction: the contribution of participatory mapping]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/integrating-knowledge-and-actions-in-disaster-risk-reduction-the-contribution-of-participatory-mapp/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This study provides insight into the way in which large-scale Participatory 3-Dimensional Mapping (P3DM) provides new opportunities for integrating local and scientific knowledge, as well as bottom-up and top-down actions in disaster risk reduction . The article argues that integrating scientific and local knowledge within disaster risk reduction (DRR) using methods that encourage knowledge exchange and two-way dialogue is a difficult yet important task. It focuses primarily on coastal communiti]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:06:07 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Towards a Safer World: recent developments]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/towards-a-safer-world-recent-developments/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This paper summarizes further approaches, case studies and developments that Towards a Safer World (TASW) partners have been working on since the release of 'Beyond Pandemics: a whole-of-society approach to disaster preparedness' at the September 2011 TASW conference in Rome.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:53:49 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ELLA GUIDE: Addressing the Urban Challenge in Integral and Inclusive Ways]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/ella-guide-addressing-the-urban-challenge-in-integral-and-inclusive-ways/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The world’s urban population multiplied ten-fold during the 20th century. Since Latin America has an advanced urban transition, its initiatives offer interesting lessons learned to help create inclusive, environmentally sustainable and integrated cities in other developing countries.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:37:47 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Climate change, migration, and conflict]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/climate-change-migration-and-conflict/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This report is the first in a series of papers from the Center for American Progress that examine the nexus of climate change, migration and conflict, and its implications for United States foreign policy and national security. The paper argues that climate change, migration and conflict in the 21st century will test the capabilities of the United States and the world to manage global security in unprecedented ways. This introductory paper lays the foundation for a series of subsequent regional ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:10:35 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/urban-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-europe/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This report provides a European overview of the challenges and opportunities of urban adaptation to climate change and links them with these other initiatives that provide more detailed information on local climate change impacts, and good practice guidance. As such it facilitates the debate on European and national support for urban adaptation, feeds into the European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate‑ADAPT, and supports an effective participation of local governments in the development and i]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:37:05 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dernières actualités ACP-EU: la clause de la NPF, le PE, et l’Afrique du Sud]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/dernieres-actualites-acp-eu-la-clause-de-la-npf-le-pe-et-lafrique-du-sud/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Malgré ses critiques continues contre l’UE et les APE, Benjamin William Mkapa, l’ancien Président tanzanien&nbsp; a souligné que l’on observe une certaine sympathie de la part de l’UE pour les inquiétudes de l’Afrique puisque les comités du Parlement européen sur le développement (DEVE) et le commerce international (INTA) ont récemment élaboré des propositions rejetant la proposition d’amendement au Règlement 1528/2007, qui prévoit un accès au marché de l’UE sans taxes et sans quotas.&nbsp; Le c]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:26:54 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Strategic Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilient Development]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/strategic-framework-for-water-security-and-climate-resilient-development/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Framework for Water Security and Climate Resilient Development directly supports the aspirations of the Africa Water Vision. Promoting water security and climate resilient development reinforces actions that reflect the overarching messages and outcomes of the UNFCCC COP17 meeting in Durban (December 2011) and the Rio+20 meetings in June 2012. These messages stress the importance of the Green Economy, sustainable development, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and strengthened internationa]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:27:47 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Survey of green growth / environmental sustainability accounting and indicators]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/survey-of-green-growth-environmental-sustainability-accounting-and-indicators/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This study conducted a survey of the major green growth frameworks and indicators to improve understanding of their function, pros, cons and the links between them. The Ecological Footprint has strong academic foundations and draws upon latest work in this area to update and refine the methodology. This is a strength of the EF, but many of the assumptions underlying the footprint measures, and the method itself, although based on academic research, remain contentious in how they are derived and ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:52:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Separated at birth, reunited in Rio? A roadmap to bring environment and development back together]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/separated-at-birth-reunited-in-rio-a-roadmap-to-bring-environment-and-development-back-together-1/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Linking development and environmental objectives through policy initiatives is not an easy task. This Background Note sets out to explain why reconciling the two agendas has been so difficult at a practical level, and suggests how Rio+20 could start to bridge the gaps between the two.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:45:17 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How is the biggest ecosystem on Earth faring in the lead up to Rio+20]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/how-is-the-biggest-ecosystem-on-earth-faring-in-the-lead-up-to-rio-20/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The ocean covers nearly three quarters of the Earth’s surface, contains 96% of its living space, provides around half of the oxygen we breathe and is an increasing source of protein for a rapidly growing world population. It is imperative that international decision-makers understand the enormous role the ocean plays in sustaining life on Earth, and the consequences of a high CO2 world for the ocean and society.In the future many parts of the ocean are likely to experience more than one of these]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:26:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Haiti: Where Has All the Money Gone?]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/haiti-where-has-all-the-money-gone/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Since the 2010 earthquake, almost $6 billion has been disbursed in official aid to Haiti, a country with a population of just under 10 million. An estimated $3 billion has been donated to NGOs in private contributions in addition to official aid. The United States Government alone has disbursed almost $2 billion of this total amount and has pledged over $3 billion for relief and reconstruction.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 03:17:32 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) Risk Reduction through Community-based Approaches]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/glacial-lake-outburst-floods-glof-risk-reduction-through-community-based-approaches/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[One of the manifestations of the impact of climate change has emerged in the form of GLOF hazard – glacial lake outburst floods. With a view to strengthen GLOF risk mitigation efforts, the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), UNDP has been focusing on emerging hazards in the Himalayan region. The aim has been to develop activities and initiatives which can be implemented in a feasible manner and can be sustained by communities and local administrations easily to mitigate the impact ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:41:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Closing the Loop :Responding to People’s Information Needs from Crisis Response to Recovery to Development]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/closing-the-loop-responding-to-peoples-information-needs-from-crisis-response-to-recovery-to-dev/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Information provision typically has been a peripheral concern in humanitarian assistance, if it has been included at all. And yet information is as important as food, shelter, water and medical care in the response to crisis, whether a natural disaster or an armed conflict. The availability of timely and accurate information empowers people who are often otherwise powerless to re-assert control over their own lives to regain their security, their safety and even their dignity.This paper, a revie]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:25:33 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: an institutional and policy analysis]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/disaster-risk-reduction-and-climate-change-adaptation-in-the-pacific-an-institutional-and-policy-an/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The main objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the current level of integration of DRR and CCA in the region, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment. The report outlines some of the challenges and barriers to integration, evolving good practice towards integration and provides recommendations for regional and national stakeholders for further action.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:51:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Latest ACP-EU updates: MFN clause, EP committees and SA message to Hollande]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/latest-acp-eu-updates-mfn-clause-ep-committees-and-sa-message-to-hollande/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Despite vocal criticism of the EU, this is tempered by a number of positive notes. The former president of Tanzania, Benjamin William Mkapa, who warns on a weekly basis of the negative effects of the EPAs, emphasised last week that there exists a certain sympathy within the EU for Africa’s concerns, as the European Parliament committees on Development (DEVE) and International Trade (INTA) recently drafted proposals rejecting the proposal for the amendment of Regulation 1528/2007, which provides ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:19:25 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Trade and Biodiversity: The BioTrade Experiences in Latin America]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/trade-and-biodiversity-the-biotrade-experiences-in-latin-america/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This paper illustrates the potential for developing Sustainable Environment Management practices such as BioTrade in Latin America. In 2008, these practices have already generated over $230 million in exports of sustainably-produced products and services derived for Latin American’s biodiversity. Examples of other results obtained are: the diversification of exports; the strengthening of biodiversity-based sectors including the enhancement of the policy framework that promotes their sustainable ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Center Focus: The ground is shifting]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Durban outcome approved and retained many of the gender equality elements that were gained by gender advocates in the Cancun Decisions. It also approved the instruments for operationalizing the Green Climate Fund, which will hopefully be funded. It also approved and set in motion processes to fully operationalize the Standing Committee to oversee Climate finance under the Convention and the Technology Mechanism and Technology Executive Committee, to oversee the long awaited technology transf]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:28:17 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[No More "Green Capitalism"]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[We will save the markets, not the climate. That is how we can summarize the outcome of the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC) which took place in Durban, South Africa between 28 November and 10 December 2011. With regard to the Green Climate Fund, as a first step, rich countries pledged to contribute up to $ 30 billion in 2012 and 100 billion per year until 2020. In the first place these amounts are insufficient. Further, no source of pub]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:23:37 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Climate Investment Funds Monitor]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The World Bank-housed CIFs are financing instruments designed to pilot low-carbon and climate-resilient development through the multilateral development banks (MDBs). They are comprised of two trust funds – the CTF and the SCF. The SCF is an overarching fund aimed at piloting new development approaches. It consists of three targeted programmes: PPCR, FIP and SREP. So far donors have pledged $4.3 billion to the CTF and $1.9 billion to the SCF.The Clean Technology Fund (CTF) approved India’s inves]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:07:03 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Building International Climate Cooperation]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tackling global climate change requires countries across the world to engage in multigenerational cooperation (referred to herein as “collective action”) to advance a transition to a near-zero-carbon economy by 2050, in order to keep global average temperature increase below 1.5–2 degrees Celsius in comparison with preindustrial levels. What might negotiators in the third decade of building collective action to address climate change learn from the experience of negotiators who manage other prob]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:24:28 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Caspian Sea : State of Environment 2011]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Caspian Sea, surrounded by the five coastal countries the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan), the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan), the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, is the largest land-locked water body on Earth. The isolation of the Caspian Basin together with its climatic and salinity gradients has created a unique ecological system with some 400 species endemic to the Caspian waters.Today, many Caspian species are threatened by over-exploitatio]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 03:49:32 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Releasing the Pressure]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The report puts water productivity at the center of the debate but with a wider concept and context of what productivity actually means and to whom. This report uses various cases to illustrate how to broaden the concept of water productivity and ecosystem services. It suggests ways in which water productivity can be used for addressing more balanced water resource management, so as to achieve multiple benefits for local people. It complements the recent collaboration between UNEP-IWMI on the ec]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 02:27:04 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Measuring Water use in a Green Economy]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/measuring-water-use-in-a-green-economy/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Water is an essential resource for virtually all aspects of human enterprise, from agriculture via urbanization to energy and industrial production. Equally, the many uses for water create pressures on the natural systems. This report analyses the different ways for quantifying and accounting for water flows and productivity within the economy (including environmental needs). Based on data from the literature, the report provides the current state of knowledge of the different indicators and too]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:42:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Teaming up to harness the Nile]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/teaming-up-to-harness-the-nile/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In the Nile watershed, the home of ancient dynasties, 21st century farmers struggle to find better ways to irrigate their crops. Technical solutions help, but can farmers work together to improve their livelihoods in the long term? Research support from Canada’s International Development Research Centre provides some critical analysis.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 01:06:41 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/the-asia-pacific-human-development-report-2012/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific not only has many of the world’s most climate-exposed territories, it is also home to millions of the most vulnerable people. The unprecedented pace and scale of human activities have been transforming the natural environment and contributing to climate change. Emissions cross borders, and so do some of the most affected natural systems, such as glaciers, coral reefs and mangroves. Some of these natural systems that act as natural buffers to the impacts of climate change are increas]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:22:35 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/voluntary-guidelines-on-the-responsible-governance-of-tenure-of-land-fisheries-and-forests-in-the-c/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The aim of the guidelines: to promote food security and sustainable development by improving secure access to land, fisheries and forests and protecting the rights of millions of often very poor people.The new Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security outline principles and practices that governments can refer to when making laws and administering land, fisheries and forests rights.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 03:42:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Disaster risk reduction: a global advocacy guide]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/disaster-risk-reduction-a-global-advocacy-guide/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives encapsulate the growing recognition that relief is not enough in mitigating disasters and that resilient communities in fact are the key to reducing the impact and severity of natural hazards when they strike. During 2010 alone more than 208 million people were affected by natural hazards. Equally alarming is the projection, that should current trends continue, annually 100,000 lives will be lost each year, while the costs of natural disasters will be in]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 03:31:58 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[African Progress Report 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/african-progress-report-2012/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The 2012 African Progress Report says that African leaders must deliver on jobs, justice and equity to turn Africa’s population boom into a demographic dividend and avoid “disaster”.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 02:49:23 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Environmental Quality and Life Satisfaction]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/environmental-quality-and-life-satisfaction-1/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Environmental conditions are likely to have an effect on people’s sense of life satisfaction, both directly and indirectly. In recent years there has been a burgeoning literature assessing the relationship between measures of environmental quality and subjective well-being. This type of studies can be a useful input into the setting of policy priorities. In this paper, the effects of individual and contextual factors on satisfaction with environmental quality and life satisfaction are assessed, ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:05:40 -0400</pubDate>
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    <guid isPermaLink="false">463827</guid>
    <title><![CDATA[International Technology Agreements for Climate Change]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/international-technology-agreements-for-climate-change-1/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[This paper examines the effect of multilateral energy technology initiatives, so called "Implementing Agreements", on international research collaboration in seven important climate change mitigation technologies. The analysis is conducted using patent data on 33 OECD countries during the period 1970- 2009. It was found that co-invention is significantly affected by the membership in the Implementing Agreement. Extending adherence to other countries would increase co-invention by about 90% in th]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:54:52 -0400</pubDate>
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