Topic: Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Impacts of aquaculture on social networks in the mangrove systems of northern Vietnam
Orchard SE; Stringer LC; Quinn CH (2015) Ocean and Coastal Management, 114: 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.05.019
Conflicts about water in Lake Chad: Are environmental, vulnerability and security issues linked?
Progress in Development Studies. October 2015 vol. 15 no. 4 308-325. Earlier working paper version of this article.
Does it matter what you call it? Reflections on how companies voluntarily disclose their adaptation activities
Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of a wide range of stakeholders, including the private sector. However, little is still known about if and how corporations, particularly those operating … read more »
Microfinance and climate change adaptation: an overview of the current literature
Abstract There is growing interest in the role microfinance could play in facilitating adaptation to climate change. This article contributes to this interest by reviewing the state of the literature on microfinance and climate change adaptation which has two key areas. The first area of the literature focuses on the potential for microfinance to facilitate […]
Hand in hand: Public endorsement of climate change mitigation and adaptation
Brügger, A, Morton, TA and Rauto Dessai, S (2015). In: PLoS ONE, 10 (4). e0124843. ISSN 1932-6203
Observations on the role of the private sector in the UNFCCC’s loss and damage of climate change work program
Swenja Surminski and Jillian Eldridge, 2015. In: International Journal of Global Warming 2015 – Vol. 8, No.2 pp. 213 – 230
The link between climate change, migration and refugees
Huffington Post, 14 September
A review of the economics of adaptation and climate-resilient development
This working paper aims to inform the development community about the current state-of-knowledge and emerging thinking on the economics of adaptation and the application to development. read more »
The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and spatial price dispersion
This working paper looks at the impact of an institutional intervention on market efficiency in Ethiopia. More specifically it examines whether regional warehouses that are connected to a national commodity exchange reduce transaction costs and price dispersion between regions. read more »