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This report seeks to shed light on the available evidence on the environment, climate change and migration nexus in Peru. The study puts into perspective various climate risks and hazards that affect communities in the country’s main topographical zones

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More than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide
Guardian, the (UK)
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New research reveals projects are excluding: the knowledge that Quechua women have which increases their communities’ resilience in the face of climate change.
Columbia University
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This report aims to improve understanding of how flexibility can be introduced into the fisheries management cycle in order to foster adaptation to climate change. This work contributes to the overall scope of improving the resilience of fisheries

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A project has been launched in order to maximize cross-border collaboration to increase the reach of vital climate-related information to build resilience.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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This study explores how the two leading approaches in water resources management and ecosystem thinking for climate change adaptation – i.e. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) – can be merged to achieve

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A project that spans almost 5,000 miles across three countries will use cross-border collaboration to increase the reach of vital climate-related information.
Climate Home News
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This study highlights what is understood by participation according to different actors and various international contexts. Participation is an often-demanded process in disaster risk reduction (DRR). However, it is often unclear who understands what


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