1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396511603316

Titolo

A declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational Churches in England [[electronic resource] ] : agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers in their meeting at the Savoy, October 12, 1658

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by J.P. ..., 1659

Descrizione fisica

[16], 40 p

Altri autori (Persone)

OwenJohn <1616-1683.>

NyePhilip <1596?-1672.>

Soggetti

Congregational churches

Congregational churches - Doctrines

Congregational churches - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Drawn up by a committee appointed by the Assembly of ministers of Congregational churches. Attributed to Philip Nye and John Owen, both members of this committee. Cf. DNB.

The declaration is commonly known as the Savoy Declaration. Cf. Dale, R.W. History of English Congregationalism. 1907.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783468403321

Titolo

Climate change, adaptive capacity and development [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Joel B. Smith, Richard J.T. Klein, Saleemul Huq

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press, c2003

ISBN

1-281-86654-7

9786611866549

1-86094-581-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithJoel B

KleinRichard J. T

HuqSaleemul

Disciplina

333.714

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Environmental aspects

Climatic changes - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The 13 chapters of this book are based on papers presented at the workshop."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. From Adaptation to Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability Reduction; 3. Social Aspects of Adaptive Capacity; 4. Adaptive Capacity; 5. Lessons from Famine Early Warning and Food Security for Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change; 6. Assessing Vulnerability in the Context of Changing Socioeconomic Conditions; 7. Do We Have the Adaptive Capacity to Develop and Use the Adaptive Capacity to Adapt?; 8. The Legal Framework of Adaptation and Adaptive Capacity; 9. Adaptation Funding-Legal and Institutional Issues; 10. Adaptative Capacity

11. Adaptation to Climatic Variability and Change in Tlaxcala, Mexico12. Engaging Africa in Adaptation to Climate Change; 13. Adaptation, Sustainable Development and Equity; 14. Enhancing the Capacity of Developing Countries to Adapt to Climate Change; Appendix-Workshop Agenda and List of Participants; List of Participants

Sommario/riassunto

The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-



induced climatechange is occurring and that all countries of the world will beaffected and need to adapt to impacts. The IPCC points out that manydeveloping countries are particularly vulnerable because of theirrelatively low adaptive capacity.