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
- The global South and the international politics of climate change. Proceedings report of the international workshop: negotiating Africa and the global South’s interests on climate change
- U. Salifu / Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2011
- This proceedings report captures the first half of the discussion at COP17 hosted in Durban, South Africa, in 2011 where the role of rising powers within the international climate change negotiations was discussed. Panellists in this ...
- Harnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development: lessons from China
- B. Kinkead / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
- The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries. According to this ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by t...
- Policy options for low-carbon power generation in China: designing an emissions trading system for China’s electricity sector
- R. Baron / International Energy Agency, 2012
- China has indicated that it intends to rely on emissions trading to curb its growing greenhouse gas emissions. This paper explores how China could use an emissions trading system (ETS) to control CO2 emissions from its power generatio...
- Negotiating climate change
- K. Michaelowa / Taylor and Francis Group, 2012
- Because the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009, failed to reach an agreement on emissions commitments beyond 2012, ...
- Grow in concert with nature: green water defense for flood risk management in East Asia
- X. Li / World Bank, 2012
- This report takes stock of advances in management practices, and institutional and technological innovations for managing water resources under a changing climate. The focus is on green water defense (GWD) for flood risk management in...
- Grow in concert with nature: sustaining East Asia's water resources through green water defense
- X. Li / World Bank, 2012
- As countries develop, the demand for water increases while water supply becomes less certain. In general, pressures from both the environment and human activities can increase the likelihood of water scarcity. Climate change is likely...
- Greenhouse gas market 2012: new markets, new mechanisms, new opportunities
- International Emissions Trading Association, 2012
- This annual flagship publication by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) provides a comprehensive guide to the latest developments in global carbon markets, bringing together market specialists in a series of expert ...
- Planning for a low carbon future: lessons learned from seven country studies
- Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [World Bank / UNDP], 2012
- Developing countries are faced with the dual challenge of reducing poverty while improving management of natural capital and mitigating the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and local pollutants. The challenge is particularly acute f...
- Impacts of megacities on air pollution and climate
- T. Zhu / World Meteorological Organization, 2012
- Over half of the world’s population resides in urban areas and this number is projected to nearly double by 2050. This report provides an initial assessment of available information on air pollution and climate impacts in megacit...
- Transboundary landscape management framework for ecological and socioeconomic resilience
- B. Shakya 2012
- Current land management approaches focus on achieving ecological resilience for natural resources and biological diversity, and socioeconomic resilience for the people who depend on the land for their livelihoods and wellbeing. In the...
- 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.
