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The paper introduces global resources challenges and their risks and shifts in what society defines as global securities. The paper will then introduce the water-energy-food nexus as a resource integration platform and will highlight green water as a hotspot in this nexus. Analysis will focus on the manner in which green water should be viewed as a resource base for food security. Discussions…

Ethiopia's success in transforming a landscape devoid of vegetation and susceptible to erosion into a healthy landscape since 2008 is a remarkable achievement. The lessons learned from this extraordinary process are important for Ethiopia and for other countries around the world seeking to restore their landscapes, build the resilience of ecosystems, and improve the livelihoods of people whose…

Understanding the cost of inaction and beneftis of action are important in order for all stakeholders to be able to make sound, informed decisions about the amount and type of investments in land they make. Even though techniques for sustainable land management are known, many barriers remain and the financial and economic aspects are often put forward as primary obstacles. If the full…

The links between climate change, economic development and poverty reduction have gained increasing attention over recent years in both the academic and policy literature. In this paper we review potential effects of climate change on the prospects for long-run economic development. These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) as a fundamental determinant of…

This publication provides a sober and revealing analysis of weather-related disaster trends over a twenty year time-frame which coincides with a period which has seen the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties become an established high- profile annual fixture on the development calendar. The contents of this report underline why it is so important that a new climate…

Drought is a growing threat to many people and economies in both developing and developed countries, with characteristics differing considerably across the world. Droughts are considered to be the most farreaching of all natural disasters, causing short and long-term social, economic, and ecological losses and having significant secondary and tertiary impacts. A drought does not…