China and Climate change
- Capital:
Beijing - Population:
1330044000 - Size:
9596960.0 Km2
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- The Adaptation Learning Mechanism
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- Search country-specific adaptation profiles from the Adaptation Learning Mechanism
- How vulnerable are global coastal cities to climate change hazards?
- A. de Sherbinin; A. Schiller; A. Pulsipher / Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, 2008
- This paper examines the vulnerabilities of three global coastal cities – Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai – to climate hazards. It highlights system characteristics that, in unique combinations, create place-based vulne...
- Developing the institutional capacity of China, India, Brazil and South Africa for international climate change policy
- F. Yamin / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
- The role of large developing countries in combating climate change will become increasingly important as the world negotiates a post-2012 agreement on climate change. This report summarises the activities undertaken by the BASIC Proje...
- id21 viewpoint: Biofuels, climate change and GM crops – who is really benefiting?
- Rod Harbinson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Governments, oil companies and agribusinesses all support biofuels as a way to combat climate change. Genetic engineering plays an increasing role in biofuel production. Can replacing fossil fuels with biofuels reduce carbon emissions...
- Linking trade, climate change and energy
- E. Rose; M.K. Gueye / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006
- This collection of issue briefings highlights the links between international trade, climate change and energy. The report covers the following topics: a summary of the International Centre for Trade and Sustain...
- Country-specific factors, rather than technology or investment alone, are the basis of success for renewable energies
- G. Boyle; K. Deepchand; L. Hua; E.L. bre La Rovere / Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2006
- Although the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could see billions of dollars invested in the development of renewable energies in developing countries, this report argues that successful development of viable markets in renewable tech...
- id21 viewpoint - Questioning climate change: is it really dangerous and fossil fuel induced?
- Sonja A. B. Christiansen / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- Who benefits from disasters and the claims of dangerous, man-made (but still avoidable) global warming? Not that disasters never happen, but do we have the right diagnosis in this case? I would like to add a note of optimis...
- Local financing for energy efficiency in China, India and Brazil urgently needed to reduce climate change?
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006
- Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and c...
- Practical and consolidated CDM country information guides
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2006
- Many developing countries are faced with a lack of consolidated information on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and this information has never been put together before in a comprehensive form. This series of manuals on CDM proje...
- Time to tackle Asia’s electrical waste mountain
- Kevin Brigden; Iryna Labunska; David Santillo / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- As the market for electrical and electronic products grows rapidly, the lifespan of products is dropping. Some developed world governments are promoting recycling and starting to require that manufacturers safely dispose products at t...
- Future directions in Chinese climate change policy
- I. Bjørkum / Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2005
- Expected to become the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases within a few decades, China is key to the the success of global efforts to combat climate change. This report looks into the developments in China's political response...
- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP)
- Founded in 2001, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is a public institution with independent legal status. CAEP provides technical support and services such as environmental planning, environmental policy and consultation on environmental project selection management for the Chinese government and corporations.
