Climate change in Afghanistan is not an uncertain, “potential” future risk but a very real, present threat— whose impacts have already been felt by millions of...
Changes in global weather patterns are now projected to have potentially devastating impacts on agriculture in the coming years and decades. The rising “double...
In this 2016 report, the expert authors examine the link between gender and the environment in order to promote gender-sensitive policies and actions. Input to...
This case looks into the recent growth of large-scale land acquisitions which mostly occur in Africa and Asia. The analysis highlights the drivers of this...
For decades, land distribution has been a salient issue in the Philippines. In recent years, population growth and degradation of productive land has led to...
South Asia is on the front line in confronting the implications of climate change and addressing the consequences for security. To analyse this and more, the...
This Book is part of the Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management-series and examines the nexus between water, food and energy as basic resources which...
Since 2007, the Philippine authorities have increasingly been offering large swathes of land to foreign companies and governments. To clear the way for...
This volume is the second publication under the ASEAN-Canada Research Partnership project and builds on the project's first phase on economic inequality amid...
There is little question that the effects of climate change will cause more extreme weather events and crop insecurity in the decades to come, and it is...
This publication by UN Women is part of the project 'Reducing Vulnerability of Women Affected by Climate Change through Viable Livelihood Options', which...
The World Risk Report 2015 systematically assesses the vulnerability and exposure to natural hazards of 171 countries around the world. Published yearly by the...
This report by the UK-US Taskforce on Extreme Weather and Global Food System Resilience highlights an increasing risk to global food production represented by...
Sustaining and strengthening local livelihoods is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by post-conflict countries. By degrading the natural resources...
In the context of gender and climate change, focus is often laid on women as a particularly vulnerable group that is strongly affected by the impacts of climate...
This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and...
This RSIS policy brief identifies possible implications of climate change disturbances on crops and livestock in world production centers by 2030, 2050 and 2080...
This analysis highlights the factors leading to global food-price shocks, explains how the impacts of food price spikes differ depending on countries and points...
The Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) has just released a new study on "Gender, Climate Change and Human Security". Commissioned by the...