Climate change adaptation: Integrating climate science into humanitarian work

International Review of the Red Cross

Volumn 92, Issue 879, 2010, Pages 693-712

  Braman, Lisette M ^a,b   Suarez, Pablo ^a   Van Aalst, Maarten K ^a,b  

^a Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre   (Switzerland)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

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EID: 79956333131     PISSN: 18163831     EISSN: 16075889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1816383110000561     Document Type: Review

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11. Lisette Braman, Maarten van Aalst, Simon Mason, Pablo Suarez, Youcef Ait-Chellouche and Arame Tall, 'The Use of Climate Forecasts in Disaster Management: results from the International Federation's flood operations in West Africa, 2008', draft submission to Disasters, submitted on 29 January 2010.
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35. More information is available at: http://www.climatecentre.org/site/ young-scholars (last visited 28 September 2010).