Climate can be viewed in a number of ways. As a constraint or setting, climate provides the broad boundary conditions within which a range of ecosystems services function. Climate may be considered a determinant in that it may be part of a causal chain of direct or indirect events leading to a pa...
Martínez, R.
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Hemming D
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Malone L
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Bermudez, N.
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Cockfield G
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Diongue, A.
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Hansen, James
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Hildebrand A
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Ingram K
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Jakeman G
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Kadi Kadi, Hame A.
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McGregor GR
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Mushtaq S
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Rao P
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Pulwarty R
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Ndiaye, Ousmane
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Srinivasan, G.
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Seck E
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White N
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Improving climate risk management at local level techniques, case studies, good practices and guidelines for World Meteorological Organization members]
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Improving climate risk management at local level techniques, case studies, good practices and guidelines for World Meteorological Organization members
Although there is a relationship between climate change and poverty reduction, some countries in the Sahel region of Africa are yet to incorporate a climate change risk management strategy into their poverty reduction programme. The aim of this research is therefore to evaluate the subjective and...
Labintan AC
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Mignouna, Djana B.
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Ituma, C.C.
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[The contributions of climate change mitigating policies to poverty reduction in the Sahel region]
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The contributions of climate change mitigating policies to poverty reduction in the Sahel region
Weather indexed crop insurance has the potential of offering risk management to high-risk populations in poor areas, by lowering transaction costs of managing contracts and payouts, thereby offering affordable insurance even to poor farmers. Lower transaction costs relative to multiperil yield-ba...
Barton, David N.
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Kakumanu KR
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Palanisami K
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Tirupathaiah, K.
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[Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change]
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Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change
Drechsel, Pay
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Otoo, Miriam
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Rao, Krishna C.
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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[Business models for a circular economy: introduction - Section I]
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Business models for a circular economy: introduction - Section I
Although wastewater has been increasingly used to grow a range of crops for income generation and livelihood resilience in urban and peri-urban areas, irrigation with untreated or partially treated wastewater may result in negative impacts on irrigated crops, soils, and groundwater along with imp...
Barton, David N.
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Tirupathaiah, K.
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[Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change.]
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Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change.
Prosinger, Jana
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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[Linking climate change discourse with climate change policy in the Mekong: the case of Lao PDR]
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Linking climate change discourse with climate change policy in the Mekong: the case of Lao PDR
Wastewater may be defined as the combination of liquid wastes discharged from domestic households, farms, institutions, and commercial and industrial establishments eventually mixed with groundwater, surface water, and stormwater. Wastewater is increasingly receiving global attention as it is see...
Keraita, Bernard N.
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Drechsel, Pay
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[Agricultural water reuse in low-income settings: health risks and risk management strategies]
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Agricultural water reuse in low-income settings: health risks and risk management strategies
Smakhtin, V.
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Nagabhatla, N.
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Qadir, Manzoor
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Guppy, L.
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Burek, P.
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Villholth, Karen G.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Pavelic, Paul
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Tsegai, D.
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Fedotova, T.
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Teruggi, G.
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[NBS [Nature-based solutions] for managing water-related risk, variability and change]
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NBS [Nature-based solutions] for managing water-related risk, variability and change