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Women and men do not experience climate change the same way. Since there are economic and cultural restrictions that restrict women's access to employment in most developing countries, their livelihoods are linked to climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture or water collection...
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
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This adaptation coalition toolkit was developed to promote the strategic empowerment of people by creating more inclusive, cohesive, and accountable societies in the face of climate change. Its purpose is to guide facilitating groups or teams of

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In Spanish:

Boletín informativo sobre actividades desarrolladas por los socios DIPECHO América del Sur, con financiamiento de la Unión Europea a través de su Departamento de Ayuda Humanitaria y Protección Civil de la Comisión Europea.

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This paper presents the Adaptation Coalition Framework (ACF), the goal of which is to address challenges presented by climate change that many other current climate adaptation models and sustainable development frameworks do not completely address. It

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In Spanish:

Este boletín informa sobre DIPECHO programa, que se concentra en reducir la vulnerabilidad de la población ante desastres de origen natural y tiene como objetivo mejorar las capacidades de las comunidades expuestas a estos riesgos para que

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En el taller se elaboró la estrategia y plan de acción de la Red al 2015 con miras a cumplirse el periodo del Marco de Acción de Hyogo...
Redes de Gestión de Riesgos y Adaptación al Cambio climático
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A glance at urban interventions by Red Cross Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean:

This publication was developed in an effort to complement and inform the internal process of defining urban intervention strategies in the Americas in order to

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This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in South America, covering the following 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. The review first


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