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Resources and contacts
Blackman R (2003) ROOTS 5: Project Cycle Management, Tearfund UK
www.tearfund.org/tilz or email roots@tearfund.org
Bruntland H (1987) Our Common Future, WCED
Gordon G (2002) ROOTS 1 and 2: Advocacy toolkit, Tearfund UK
www.tearfund.org/tilz or email roots@tearfund.org
IPPC Fourth Assessment Working Group II Report (2007) Climate Change 2007: Impacts,
Adaptation and Vulnerability
www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg2.htm
Spencer N, White R (2007) Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainability, SPCK
Tearfund publications about climate change, including: Two degrees, one chance (2007);
Adaptation and the post-2012 framework (2007); Dried up, drowned out (2005)
http://tilz.tearfund.org/Research/Climate+change+reports/
or email ppadministrator@tearfund.org
Tearfund publications about disaster risk reduction, including: Why advocate for disaster risk
reduction? (2007), Turning practice into policy (2007)
http://tilz.tearfund.org/Research/Disaster+Risk+Reduction+reports/
UNFCCC (2007) Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Adaptation to Climate Change
in Developing Countries
http://unfccc.int
Venton P, Hansford B (2006) ROOTS 9: Participatory assessment of disaster risk, Tearfund UK
www.tearfund.org/tilz
Wright C (2004) Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, IVP
Useful websites related to environmental issues
www.ashdenawards.org/case_studies Case study database of successful sustainable energy
projects
www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/environment Policy website giving information
about natural resource management
www.gnesd.org UN Environment Programme website about sustainable energy
www.grida.no/UNEP/GRID-Arendal Information and maps about themes related to the
environment such as deforestation, biodiversity and poverty
www.iied.org International Institute of Environment and Development
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www.povertyenvironment.net Poverty Environment Net shares knowledge and resources
related to poverty and the environment
www.practicalaction.org Contains practical ideas related to issues such as sustainable
energy, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
www.proventionconsortium.org DRR consortium established by the World Bank
www.tearfund.org/tilz Climate change and Environmental Degradation Risk Assessment
(CEDRA) – a tool developed by Tearfund to give development organisations a detailed
understanding of the risks that affect their development goals and the adaptation options
they can take
www.unep.org United Nations Environment Programme
www.unisdr.org UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
www.vitalgraphics.net/waste/index.html A UN resource giving information and statistics
about waste management
www.wri.org World Resources Institute
Useful websites related to climate change
www.adaptationlearning.net Adaptation Learning Mechanism – includes predicted climate
changes and impacts by country, with potential adaptation measures
www.amberlinks.org Links to many organisations working to respond practically to climate
change
www.climatenetwork.org Climate Action Network – a global network of NGOs
www.linkingclimateadaptation.org Linking Climate Adaptation – information about
climate adaptation
www.maindb.unfccc.int/public/adaptation A database of adaptation strategies
www.unfccc.int/adaptation/napas/items/4583.php Information about the impact of
climate change and National Adaptation Plans of Action (NAPAS) for different countries
www.unfccc.int/national_reports/non-annex_i_natcom/items/2979.php Contains
information about greenhouse gas emissions and national vulnerability to climate change
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