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Searching with a thematic focus on Climate change, Climate change mitigation in India

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    REDD+ in India: managing carbon storage and biodiversity safeguarding in national forest politics?

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014
    The report analyses India's approach towards the mechanism on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhance-ment of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), with particular attention to India's handling of both carbon and biodiversity matters.
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    Climate-smart development: Adding up the benefits of actions that help build prosperity, end poverty and combat climate change

    World Bank, 2014
    This report argues that smart development policies and projects can also slow the pace of adverse climate changes and that the objectives of economic development and climate protection can compliment one another.
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    Energy, development and climate change: Striking a balance

    Watershed Organisation Trust, 2014
    This report focuses on rural energy needs in India, in particular energy for subsistence for livelihoods, mobility or infrastructure. It argues that in charting out a developmental pathway which is ecologically sustainable, India has a wider spectrum of choices precisely because it is at an early stage of development.
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    Low-carbon development pathways for a sustainable India

    World Wildlife Fund, India, 2014
    This report argues that India can achieve a low-carbon development pathway, with appropriate policies being implemented, without significantly decreasing development ambitions.
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    City-level climate change mitigation and adaptation

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Latin American cities are under increasing pressure from rapid urbanisation, while current impacts and potential threats from climate change are further exposing municipal vulnerabilities. City planners are responding to these twin pressures with innovations in climate-related policies and are making big strides in terms of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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    Low Carbon City: A Guidebook for City Planners and Practioners

    UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, 2013
    Produced as part of a larger United Nations Environment Programme project called Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India (LCT), this guidebook is aimed toward city planners, transport division executives, and urban transport consultants.
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    Diagnostic assessment of select environmental challenges valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in India

    World Bank, 2013
    This paper reports on a wide range of research that estimates the value of ecosystem services (ESS) in India, including those related to forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves, and coral reefs.
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    Developing country perspectives on ‘mitigation actions’, ‘NAMAs’, and ‘LCDS’

    Taylor and Francis Group, 2013
    The MAPS programme, which seeks to deepen mitigation ambition in developing countries, is engaged in exploring the concepts of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS) from a developing country perspective.
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    Climate change in the Himalayas: current state of knowledge

    World Bank, 2013
    This World Bank policy research working paper reviews the literature on the potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. The review was limited mostly to peer reviewed journal articles, with some documents published by national and international agencies also included.
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    Cutting cotton carbon emissions: findings from Warangal, India

    World Wildlife Fund, India, 2013
    WWF-India is working with farmers in Warangal district of India to promote better management practices (BMPs) in cotton so as to reduce the environmental impact associated with the overuse of inputs and resources. This paper examines a pilot project to estimate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of cotton production systems, comparing traditionally grown cotton with BMP cotton.

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