Background Papers

Environmental change, insecurity, conflict and migration [PDF 223Kb]
Should climate change alter the way we see the relations between development, security policy and migration policy? What are the implications of this for development agencies?
Phil Champain, International Alert and Ken Webster, Independent Consultant

Climate Change Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Development Discussion Paper [PDF 254Kb]
Valerie Nelson and Richard Lamboll, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, and Adele Arendse, South South North

Climate Change and Disasters [PDF 151Kb]
John Morton, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

How can the objectives of justice, development and climate change mitigation be reconciled in the treatment of developing countries in a post-Kyoto settlement? [PDF 55Kb]
Chukwumerije Okereke and Heike Schroeder, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia

Biofuels [PDF 392Kb]
Steve Wiggins, Overseas Development Institute

Mitigation and new sources of development finance [PDF 146Kb]
Jim Watson and Tao Wang, Sussex Energy Group and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, SPRU, University of Sussex

Development Futures in the light of climate change: creating new insights into past, present and global futures [PDF 148Kb]
Nick Brooks and Natasha Grist, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia

 

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