The State of City Climate Finance 2015
The first annual publication by the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance which identifies the gap between the current levels of investment in low-emission, climate resilient urban infrastructure
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Ireland could be ‘world leader’ in climate smart agriculture
Survey shows that vast majority of experts believe State should take a leadership role Ireland needs to develop its agricultural sector to be climate smart but also economically rewarding to farmers
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Agricultural mechanization: a key input for sub-Saharan African smallholders
Feeding the burgeoning world population will require significant improvements in agricultural productivity, above all in Africa, and mechanization and appropriate mechanization strategies have a large
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Better cities, better growth: India’s urban opportunity
<p>If India continues with its current trend of ‘poorly planned, sprawling and unconnected’ pattern of urbanisation, it could cost the country upto USD 1.8 trillion by mid-century finds this study by New Climate Economy</p>
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Technologies and practices for agriculture and food system adaptation to climate change in The Gambia
Agriculture is a major source of livelihood and income in The Gambia. Despite its socio-economic importance, the sector faces many institutional, technological, and biophysical challenges limiting its
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Africa's pulse October 2021: climate change adaptation and economic transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2021, Sub-Saharan Africa emerged from the recession, but its recovery is still timid and fragile. The region is projected to grow at a rate of 3.3 percent—a weaker pace of recovery than that of advanced
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A practical guide to climate-smart agriculture technologies in Africa
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has been promoted since 2011 to increase productivity, improve resilience to climate variability and change and reduce greenhouse gas emission, where feasible, in farming
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Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture
This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and /or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases. The cases cover
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Climate and Development Outlook: Nepal
Around three quarters of Nepal’s population is dependent on agriculture, which is highly climate sensitive and increasingly at risk from climate change impacts. This directly affects the economic growth
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The climate-smart agriculture papers: investigating the business of a productive, resilient and low emission future
This volume shares new data relating to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), with emphasis on experiences in Eastern and Southern Africa. The book is a collection of research by authors from over 30 institutions,
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Analyzing farm household strategies for food security and climate resilience: the case of climate-smart villages of Southeast Asia
This paper develops a conceptual framework with an indicator-based approach to assess Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) and applies it to case study sites in Lao PDR (Ekxang CSV), Cambodia (Rohal Suong CSV),
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Climate smart agriculture: building resilience to climate change
The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and the challenges associated with its implementation. Drawing upon theory and concepts
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The scientific basis of climate-smart agriculture: a systematic review protocol
‘Climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA)—agriculture and food systems that sustainably increase food production, improve resilience (or adaptive capacity) of farming systems, and mitigate climate change when
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Climate-smart cities could save the world $22tn, say economists
Putting cities on a course of smart growth – with expanded public transit, energy-saving buildings, and better waste management - could save as much as $22tn and avoid the equivalent in carbon pollution
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Financing low carbon transport solutions in Developing Countries
Transport is a key component to climate solution and therefore, pivotal to reach benchmarks established by the ambitious Paris Agreement. We have the technology, tools, and opportunities to advance markets,
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Smart agriculture: weapon against climate change impacts
How can the world adequately feed the projected population of over 9 billion people by 2050 in a manner that aids economic development and at the same time reduces pressure on the environment? Is climate-smart
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Smart solutions put energy efficiency in the spotlight in Latin America
Energy efficiency provides the cleanest, cheapest, and quickest solution to meet worldwide energy demand. Long-term energy scenarios developed by the International Energy Agency assign energy efficiency
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Agriculture and climate change: challenges and opportunities at the global and local level collaboration on climate-smart agriculture
This report is intended to provide an overview of the activities implemented by the project GCP/GLO/534/ITA “International Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture” - funded by the Ministry of Environment,
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Climate-smart practices for intensive rice-based systems in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal
This publication presents the outcomes of initiatives promoting climate-smart agricultural practices and technologies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal. It emphasizes learnings from a technical assistance
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Gender and climate change research in agriculture and food security for rural development
Both women and men play a significant role in safeguarding food security, and their respective roles and responsibilities need to be well understood to ensure that men and women benefit equally from climate-smart