Environment

A key issue: Payment for Environmental Services

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The Eldis Environment Resource Guide is pleased to announce a key issues page on Payments for Environmental Services (PES), a highly discussed and controversial topic. This key issues page, conducted through a literature review, focuses on: the main components and types of PES to encourage sustainable practices, ways of implementing and developing such markets, and concerns of PES. A recommended list of reading is provided for each section.

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Leaders' role in addressing fundamental global issues: ( B. Carin;C. Abbott;L. Innis / Centre for International Governance Innovation , 2008); One of a series of meeting reports, this paper attempts to refine the concept of how leaders play an instrumental role in addressing pressing global issues. The purpose of the meeting covered by this ...
Conserving mountain gorillas in conflict regions: ( A, Hammill;A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development [ES] , 2008); Conservation work in conflict zones and across international borders has impacts on more than just wildlife populations and their habitats. It can also have a profound effect on the peace and confl...
Addressing pastoral rights in response to climate change: ( M. Nori;M. Taylor;A. Sensi / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008); This paper presents an overview of pastoral systems and addresses rights issues around access and control of resources in the context of climate change. The document brings together the inputs made by...
Policies to address pastoralists impacted by climate change: ( Oxfam , 2008); This paper analyses the policies required to enable pastoralist communities to cope with the impact of climate change. ...
Community-based climate adaptation: ( S. Huq / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary , 2008); Climate change impacts disproportionately affect the poor. Impacts will intensify yet poor communities already struggle to cope with current climate shocks. Adaptation is therefore fundamental, yet da...
Can science and technology improve Africa’s future?: ( C. Webersik;C. Wilson / Environment and Sustainable Development Programme, United Nations University , 2008); Focusing on sustainability through science and technology, this paper looks at the key environmental challenges for Africa in the near future. It also identifies environmental best practices and ad...
How can better management of forests impact other global challenges?: ( The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008); The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is asserted that...
How are major cities in East Asia responding to climate change?: ( World Bank , 2008); This primer is a guide for local governments in East Asia to help them understand the concepts and consequences of climate change and how climate change consequences contribute to urban v...
Environmental trends to 2030: an OECD perspective: ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2008); The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges. ...
Developed countries must meet their obligations on trade and climate change: ( South Centre / , 2008); This South Centre bulletin highlights the need for an integrated approach to addressing the challenges of development and climate change. It argues that both the trade and climate regimes have a key r...