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It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and … the benefits of a commonly used improved stove that laboratory tests showed to reduce indoor air pollution and require …
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Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in the next decades. At the same time, agriculture is part...
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change in the world left the delegates more bewildered than clear on the strategies to be adopted to tackle the threat of …
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(IPCC), endorsed even by governments the world over, that GHG concentrations in the atmosphere are on the verge of causing …
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The paper examines the genesis of Climate Change which has been referred to as the defining human development issue of our generation. Also studied is the impact of this problem in the global as well as Indian context. India is not immune from the impact of global warming and climate change....
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distribution of productivity losses across global regions would bring significant structural adjustments in world wide agriculture …
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-benefits, sustainability, equity, and attitudes to risk. …
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Despite low expectations, the UN climate change negotiations in Cancún made important progress thanks to decisive Mexican diplomacy and a renewed conviction that reducing emissions can drive green growth. Reflecting on the outcome of Cancún, two results clearly stand out: first, the...
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Climate change is one of the most important issues of the next decades and has the potential to severely impact societies, economies and human wellbeing.
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The main objectives of this seminar has been to contribute to the understanding of the development processes and problems related to water security and climate change; to focus on studies relating to this problem of the by-passed section and regions; and to provide a forum for dialogue on the...
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