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Monitoring and evaluation for climate change adaptation and resilience: a synthesis of tools, frameworks and approaches

This report represents a synthesis and summary of frameworks for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate change adaptation and resilience (CCAR) interventions, with a specific focus on international development projects and programmes.

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Reducing poverty through climate action: a strategy for global development leaders

This report assesses poverty and climate change and identifies opportunities to jointly tackle these challenges. It argues that adaptation of global development goals will lead to poverty reduction in ways that support low-carbon, resilient, and sustainable economic growth.

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Policy for Public Private Partnership in Kerala

In order to facilitate and promote increasing role of Public Private Partnership in creation of new infrastructure assets as well as for the management of existing ones, the Government of Kerala proposes to lay down an explicit and comprehensive policy.

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Shrinking and sinking deltas: major role of dams in delta subsidence and effective sea level rise

The direct impacts of delta subsidence and effective seas level rise abetted by dams include inundation of coastal areas, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, increased rates of coastal erosion, an increased exposure to storm surges, etc, in addition to the threat to food security, livelihood security, water security to millions and huge l

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Delivering global environmental benefits for sustainable development

The Fifth GEF Assembly comes at a critical but exciting juncture of the Facility. In two decades, the GEF partnership has made demonstrable contributions to delivering global environmental benefits (GEBs) in accord with its mandate as the financial mechanism for the Rio Conventions.

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Delivering global environmental benefits for sustainable development

The Fifth GEF Assembly comes at a critical but exciting juncture of the Facility. In two decades, the GEF partnership has made demonstrable contributions to delivering global environmental benefits (GEBs) in accord with its mandate as the financial mechanism for the Rio Conventions.

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Climate-smart conservation: putting adaptation principles into practice

This paper addresses the questions of climatic shifts and putting adaptation principles into practice. It focuses on the impacts of climate change on wildlife and their habitats as climate change is already having significant impacts on the nation’s species and ecosystems.

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GM crops: global socio-economic and environmental impacts 1996-2012

This study presents the findings of research into the global socio-economic and environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in the seventeen years since they were first commercially planted on a significant area.

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National security and the accelerating risks of climate change

In this follow-up to its landmark study, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, CNA Corporation’s Military Advisory Board (MAB) re-examines the impact of climate change on U.S. national security in the context of a more informed, but more complex and integrated world.

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The Kerala Infrastructure Development Bill, 2014

A Bill to provide for an enabling and facilitative environment in the State for design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of Infrastructure projects, through public investment and also through private sector participation, and to provide for an institutional framework for identification, prioritization and effective implementati

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