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An Economic Analysis of the Environmental Impacts of Livestock Grazing in Mongolia

Naidansuren, Erdenesaikhan; Bayasgalan, Onon - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2011

In the last two decades Mongolia's vast areas of pastureland have been rapidly degraded and desertified. Although the main cause of this national crises is believed to be climate change, overgrazing and livestock over-population are also major contributing factors. This study has assessed the...

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Adaptation To Sea Level Rise In The Vietnamese Mekong River Delta: Should A Sea Dike Be Built?

Danh, Vo Thanh - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2011

Vietnam is one of the five countries in the world that will be the most seriously affected by sea level rises as a …

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Linking Climate Change, Rice Yield and Migration: The Philippine Experience

Bordey, Flordeliza H.; Launio, Cheryll C.; Quilang, … - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2013

This study tests the hypothesis that climate change, through its rice productivity impacts, induces out-migration in the Philippines. Results show that climate change effects such as increasing night time temperature and extreme rainfall pattern, by way of reduction in rice yield and farm...

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Adaptive Capacity of Households and Institutions in Dealing with Floods in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jarungrattanapong, Rawadee; Manasboonphempool, Areeya - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2011

Climate change is a modern day concern of serious proportions. Reducing vulnerability to climate change impacts may be viewed either in terms of risk reduction or improvement in adaptive capacity, or both. At the community and household levels, lessening the risk of climate change might be...

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Analysing the links between agriculture and climate change: can 'best management practices' be responsive to climate extremes?

McMartin, Dena W.; Merino, Bruno H. Hernani - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 10 (2014) 1, pp. 50-62

Rural communities the world over depend on agriculturally-based livelihoods. In the Canadian prairies, access to …

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The health impacts of climate change and variability in developing countries

Menne, Bettina; Kunzli, Nino; Bertollini, Roberto - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2 (2002) 3/4, pp. 181-205

economic environment and society. Long-term changes in the world's climate may affect many requisites of good health …Health is a focus reflecting the combined impacts of climate change on the physical environment, ecosystems, the … may be among the early signals of climate change. A change in the world climate could increase the frequency and severity …

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Frontiers in trade: the clean development mechanism and the general agreement on trade in services

Wiser, Glenn - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2 (2002) 3/4, pp. 288-309

By authorising investment, technology transfer, project development and emissions trading between developed and developing countries, the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) will present new opportunities for international trade. Projects hosted in developing countries will result...

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Controlling the Earth's albedo using reflective hollow glass spheres

Walter, Andrew Gordon Neil - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 11 (2011) 2, pp. 91-108

Volcanic eruptions have been found to cool the Earth's atmosphere by ejecting dust into the atmosphere. It should be possible to mimic this effect by designing a substitute for this dust consisting of buoyant reflective glass bubbles. This substitute will form a more efficient and long lasting...

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Water security and sustainability in urban India

Shaban, Abdul; Sattar, Sanjukta - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 11 (2011) 3/4, pp. 231-254

The rapid growth of population combined with rising levels of consumption and pollution has increased water insecurity in urban India. The depleting water sources on the one hand, higher financial and technological costs to refine and transport water from far off sources on the other, leave...

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Developing countries and climate change

Goldemberg, Jose - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2 (2002) 3/4, pp. 170-180

This paper is a discussion of the policies of developing countries in the negotiations on climate change. To most developing countries, this is not considered a major issue (except for OASIS countries) but it was used as an instrument for leveraging their claims for a better distribution of...

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