Governance and climate change
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- On developing a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) proposal: discussion paper
- ( X. Tilburg / ECN , 2011)
- In 2007, the Bali Action Plan introduced Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) as a central concept for a new international climate regime (UNFCCC, 2008). Countries are currently trying to...
- Annual Status Report on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) 2011
- ( F Roser / Ecofys , 2011)
- The report includes an up to date snapshot of current NAMA developments around the world as well as an analysis and overview of lessons learned in NAMA development. Here the focus will be on supported...
- Transforming governance and institutions for a planet under pressure. Revitalizing the institutional framework for global sustainability: Key Insights from social science research
- ( F. Biermann / The Earth Governance Project , 2011)
- Human-induced environmental degradation is reaching unprecedented levels. Human societies must change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the earth system that might lead to rapid an...
- Lessons on and limits of knowledge and action on Disaster Risk Reduction
- ( M. Pelling;L. Schipper / International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change , 2009)
- Adapting to climate change requires that risk management be integrated into development planning and practices. This paper identifies lessons and limits for climate change adaptation from disaster ris...
- Climate change adaptation: commiting to action at the local level
- ( Commission on Climate Change and Development , 2009)
- The International Commission on Climate Change and Development examines adaptation to climate change and its links with development and disaster risk reduction. It issues policy recommendations on how...
- Integrating climate change adaptation in development policies
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2009)
- The issue of climate change seems remote when compared with problems such as poverty, disease and economic stagnation, yet the ability to successfully address these core development priorities risks b...
- Is climate adaptation possible through proper resource management?
- ( S. Tyler (ed);L. Fajber (ed) / Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2009)
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This paper identifies key development issues relating to land and water management in the less developed countries of the Himalayan and South East Asian (SEA) regions, and how these are likely to b...
- Global funds for climate change: are they working?
- ( S. Anderson (ed);A. Chandani (ed) / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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Africa's water resources, biodiversity, forests, agricultural systems and the health of its people face immense pressures from current and future climate change. The authors of this paper argue tha...
- Understanding the key climate change issues under negotiation
- ( C. Carpenter / United Nations Development Programme , 2008)
- This paper documents the summaries of briefing papers on key issues under the four main “building blocks” of the current international climate negotiations – mitigation, adaptation, ...
Rights based approaches and climate change
- ( Oxfam , 2008)
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This briefing proposes that human rights principles provide a guideline for dealing with climate change. The document emphasises that the human rights community must beco...
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