China and Climate change
- Capital:
Beijing - Population:
1330044000 - Size:
9596960.0 Km2
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- The Adaptation Learning Mechanism
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- Climate change adaptation in Inner Mongolia, China
- J.J. West / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2009
- This report documents local perceptions and experiences of environmental migration in selected settlements in Mongolia and China, and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation there. ...
- Emerging economies contribution to climate protection
- N. Höhne; C. Michelsen; S. Moltmann / German Federal Environmental Agency, 2008
- This report provides a detailed overview of the national circumstances, emission levels, mitigation potential and measures for the major developing countries of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea. Th...
- A study to assess the need for a research programme on climate change adaptation in China
- Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2008
- This is a summary of a report on climate change adaptation research knowledge and capacity gaps in China, commissioned by DFID (UK) and IDRC (Canada) to consider support for a programme of applied research on climate adaptation in Asi...
- Evaluating the barriers faced by CDM projects in China
- P. Castro / Climate Strategies, 2008
- Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) coming from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects are not only interesting for government parties under the Kyoto Protocol, who need to meet their emission reduction targets by 2012, but a...
- Asian perspectives on development and the future climate regime
- A. Srinivasan (ed) / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
- With a view to fostering constructive thinking and consensus-building on ways to strengthen the current climate regime, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has been organising a series of national, sub-regional an...
- China's capacity to tackle climate change
- C. Richerzhagen; I. Scholz / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2008
- The economic rise of China has given it not only a major role in the global economic, technological and political arenas but also a larger share of responsibility for averting dangerous climate change. The substantial absolu...
- Could agriculture help to prevent further climate change?
- Jessica Bellarby; Bente Foereid; Astley Hastings / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- There is growing evidence that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity contribute to climate change. Many people blame modern farming practices for accelerating this - agriculture produces between 16.8 and 32.2 percent of global ...
- What approaches can help rehabilitate degraded land?
- New Agriculturalist, 2008
- Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening ...
- What are China's policies on energy security?
- Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, 2006
- China is now the world's second-largest energy producer and consumer and plays an increasingly important role in maintaining global energy security. This government White Paper sets out China's policy to develop a modern energy indust...
- An overview of current CDM project developments in six Asian countries
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
- These fact sheets provide information about Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project developments in six Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The sheets include information on domestic Green H...
- 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.
