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CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT. By Richard J.T. Klein, 2009. This new academic journal the first that is dedicated specifically to the wide range of issues surrounding climate variability, climate change, and climate policy in the context of development needs. It presents conceptual, methodological and empirical analysis of climate impacts, adaptation mechanisms, mitigation, and development at local, national, and regional levels. Of relevance to academics, policy analysts, and those working in industrial, government and non-governmental organisations the journal is cross-disciplinary, publishing research results, reviews and commentaries that provide a crucial link between climate and development issues. The journal is part of a larger effort to build capacity on climate and development. This effort includes a series of write-shops to support scholars from developing countries to ‘upgrade’ their paper submissions to peer-review quality. A sample copy of the first issue can be accessed here: http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=29957.
THE 3RD UNITED NATIONS WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT: WATER IN A CHANGING WORLD (WWDR-3). By the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2009. The third edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report highlights the point that that urgent action is needed to avoid a global water crisis. The Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of the world’s freshwater resources. It also, for the first time, shows how changes in water demand and supply are affected by and affect other global dynamics. It represents a considerable collaborative achievement for the 26 UN agencies that make up UN-Water and are engaged in the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), which leads the monitoring and evaluation behind the Report. The Report can be accessed here: http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/tableofcontents.shtml.
BUILDING THE GREEN ECONOMY: A GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. By Nikhil Chandavarkar, December 2008. This book aims to serve as a guide to those who shape and make policy in business, civil society, and government on how to promote equitable growth and development today while safeguarding the livelihoods, natural resources and well-being of future generations. The book synthesises the concepts and analytical tools of sustainable development, and proposes how to build national consensus on sustainable development as the framework for national development strategies. The book also explains how sustainable national development strategies can be implemented and how sustainable development goals can be promoted in international negotiations. In this era of planetary interconnectedness and accelerating climate change, ensuring national interests in sustainable development requires action at all levels. The author hopes the book with act as a guide for action at the local, national, regional, and international levels. The book can be purchased from various booksellers.
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