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Safeguards and multiple benefits in a REDD+ mechanism
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D. Murphy
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2011
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This discussion paper was prepared for two workshops delivered by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins at the World Ag...
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ICTs, the Internet and Sustainable Development: Towards a new paradigm
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D. Souter
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2010
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This paper calls for greater dialogue and interaction between sustainable development and ICT/Internet public policymakers
and activists, based upon a greater understanding of these different domains ...
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Rising temperatures, rising tension: climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East
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O. Brown;A. Crawford
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2009
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Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water ...
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Competing for business: sustainable development impacts of investment incentives in Southeast Asia
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H. Baumüller
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2009
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Recent decades have seen a proliferation of investment incentives around the world as governments seek to attract increasingly mobile FDI in the hope of spurring economic growth, raising employment an...
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Environmental impacts of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement on the Greater Mekong Sub-region
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H. Vutha;H. Jalilian
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2008
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Environmental issues have received attention from Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) leaders. However, there is lack of institutional mechanisms to coordinate the implementation of environmental protecti...
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Ensuring development supportive accession of least-developed countries to the WTO: learning from Nepal
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R. Adhikari;M. Pradhananga;N. Dahal
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2008
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This study analyses Nepal’s policy objectives and assesses whether World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership has contributed in achieving these objectives. Nepal was the first least-developed co...
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ICTs, adaptation to climate change, and sustainable development at the edges. An IISD commentary
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D. MacLean
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2008
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This paper explores the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable people to adapt to the consequences of climate change, particularly in the most vulnerable regi...
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Climate change and global governance
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J. Drexhage
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2008
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While at its core climate change remains an environmental issue, the responses required to effectively address it lie far beyond traditional environmental challenges. As such, legitimate questions ...
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The natural capital approach: a concept paper
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V., A. Voora;H., D. Venema
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2008
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Natural Capital is gaining considerable interest as a means for devising policies that reconcile economic and environmental imperatives.This concept paper, funded by Environment Canada, explores th...
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Assessing the security implications of climate change for West Africa: country case studies of Ghana and Burkina Faso
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O. Brown;A. Crawford
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International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg,
2008
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Traditionally seen as an environmental and an energy issue, climate change is now also being cast as a threat to international peace and security. Africa, though the least responsible for greenhous...
