Policy brief: Changing climates, moving people: Framing migration, displacement and planned relocation by UNU-EaHS ( 21 Jun 2013)

Changing climates, moving people: Framing migration, displacement and planned relocation

INSTITUTE:

UNU-EHS

PUBLISHER:

United Nations University

SERIES:

UNU-EHS publication series

VOLUME:

Policy Brief No. 8

TITLE:

Changing climates, moving people: Framing migration, displacement and planned relocation

AUTHORS:

by Koko Warner, Tamer Afifi, Walter Kalin, Scott Leckie , Beth Ferris , Susan F. Martin and David Wrathall

PUB DATE:

June 21, 2013

ISSN WEB:

2075-0501

ISBN 13:

978-3-944535-03-6

ISBN 10:

978-3-944535-02-9

COPYRIGHT:

United Nations University

COPYRIGHT YEAR:

2013

Different policies are required for different types of human mobility related to climatic changes. Hence, it is necessary to distinguish between migration, displacement and planned relocation in climate policy and operations. The purpose of this Policy Brief is to help distinguish between human migration, displacement and planned relocation and present state-of-the-art thinking about some of the key issues related to addressing these in the context of climate policy.

For more information: 

http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/changing-climates-moving-people-framing-migration-displacement-and-planned-relocation.html

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Publication: Long Term Electricity Scenario And Water Use: A Case Study On India (4 Jun 2013)

Policy Brief Long Term Electricity Scenario And Water Use: A Case Study On India

Author: Mitra, Bijon Kumer and Bhattacharya, Anindya|2012/07|Number 20. p.8.|Publisher: IGES(Hayama, Japan)

Language: English|Publication Type: Policy Brief|Copyright: IGES

This policy brief focused the seriousness of water energy nexus from long-term perspective especially in the water scarce countries like India. It deals with India as a case study country. The findings reveal that the integrated water-energy policies are essential for sustainable development in the water scarce countries.

Keywords:

ENERGY, WATER

Geographic area:

Asia, India

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For more information: http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4089

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Publication: Science-Policy Dialogue on Challenges of Global Environmental Change in Southeast Asia — A Policy Brief by Marwaan Macan-Markar, Linda Anne Stevenson, Xiaojun Deng (Apr 2013)

Science-Policy Dialogue on Challenges of Global Environmental Change in Southeast Asia — A Policy Brief

Description

In light of the UNFCCC COP17 in Durban (December 2011), Planet under Pressure Conference in London (March 2012) and the Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro (June 2012), the APN-START Science-Policy Dialogue (SPD) on Challenges of Global Environmental Change in Southeast Asia aimed to promote informed decision-making on actions to reduce global environmental change vulnerability and promote climate adaptation strategies.

The SPD, held in Bangkok, Thailand, 19–21 July 2012, was attended by 98 scientists and mid-level policy makers from Southeast Asia, including invited experts on global change science, senior policy makers in the region, and observers from Temperate East Asia and South Asia.

Hosted by the Southeast Asia START Regional Center with support from APN and START (through a grant from USGCRP), the threeday dialogue confirmed the need for fostering stronger partnerships between the scientific and policy communities, and the need to incorporate others from the private sector to help shape adaptation strategies. Such sustained partnerships would benefit from a range of science-based policy options for both short- and long-terms.

Contributor

Marwaan Macan-Markar, Linda Anne Stevenson, Xiaojun Deng

Year Published

2013

Link to the document: 
http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/archive/files/1518f595e03abe49fde969622c1379a2.pdf

For more information: http://www.apn-gcr.org/resources/items/show/1880

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Publication: Post-2015: Framing A New Approach To Sustainable Development prepared by the Independent Research Forum (21 Mar 2013)

Post-2015: Framing A New Approach To Sustainable Development

Author: Caribbean Natural Resources Institute Trinidad, West Indies www.canari.org Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural Santiago, Chile www.rimisp.org Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa Dakar, Senegal www.codesria.org; Development Alternatives New Delhi, India www.devalt.org Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Tokyo, Japan www.iges.or.jp; International Institute for Environment and Development London, UK www.iied.org Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa Johannesburg, South Africa www.osisa.org; Overseas Development Institute London, UK www.odi.org.uk; Research Centre for Sustainable Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing, China www.rcsd.org.cn SMERU Research Institute Jakarta, Indonesia www.smeru.or.id/ and Stockholm Environment Institute} Stockholm, Sweden www.sei-international.org World Resources Institute Washington DC, USA www.wri.org|2013/03

Language: English|

Publication Type: Policy Brief|

Copyright: Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Development Agenda

This briefing note, prepared by the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015), offers principles and approaches for integrating economic, social and environmental sustainability and equity in a new post-2015 development agenda. The paper is the first in a series that will examine how post-2015 goals and strategies can address development issues such as water, agriculture and food security, energy security, and urbanisation in a way that integrates their environmental, economic and social dimensions.

Keywords:

POST 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)

Geographic area:

Worldwide

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For more information: http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4323 

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