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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  2. Getting to grips with the water-energy-food ‘nexus’

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 13 April 2012
    'The ‘nexus’ has become a popular buzz word to describe the complex linkages among water, energy and food security – sectors that have traditionally remained fairly separate. Talk of the water-energy-food nexus was a hot topic at the Planet Under Pressure conference; it is also the focus of a significant German government-organised input to the UN Rio+20 Summit. This blog asks: What has brought nexus thinking to the fore, and what does this nexus look like? How does it relate to climate compatible development?'
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  4. Katie Harris

    Climate-security as agent provocateur

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 19 February 2012
    'I want to stress that we must take seriously the challenges that climate change may present for security... That said, I’m arguing that we need a more cautious approach to how we understand the role of climate change in such dynamics, and more caution in how we treat the issue overseas.'
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  5. Why ‘small is beautiful’ in municipal disaster risk reduction: evidence from the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico

    Publication - Articles and blogs,Journal articles or issues - 1 February 2012
    Environmental Hazards Volume 11, issue 2
    Emily Wilkinson
    This paper examines disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices in five municipalities exposed to hurricanes in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Using a comparative case study method, performance is measured with respect to five indicators of DRR that were identified by stakeholders as being ‘municipal government responsibilities’: effective use of risk maps; publication and enforcement of by-laws and regulations; design and application of risk communication systems; coordination of preparedness measures and evacuations; and shelter management.
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  6. Katie Harris

    The climate-security nexus: ‘operation enduring narrative’

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 25 January 2012

    Betsy Hartmann’s phrase ‘operation enduring narrative’ is one of my favourites from her work that places a critical eye on the dominant US framings of climate security. To me, it captures - somewhat sarcastically - the continuing trend to link climate change and security without providing substantive evidence. We’ve heard it all before: ‘climate change causes conflict’ vs ‘climate change does not cause conflict’.

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  7. Transforming disaster risk management: a political economy approach

    Publication - Discussion papers - 24 January 2012
    ODI Background Notes
    Emily Wilkinson
    This Background Note looks at research undertaken in recent years by disaster researchers on the complex role of institutional arrangements in shaping policy decisions. In doing so it identifies some key research issues that need to be addressed to promote the kind of institutional transformation required to deal with current and future climate extremes, including the need for more multidisciplinary perspectives on disaster risk management (DRM).
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