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    Potential and challenges of payments for ecosystem services from tropical forests

    Policy and Environment Programme, ODI, 2008
    ‘Forest carbon’ has taken centre stage due to the urgency to mitigate climate change. One possible avenue to conserve carbon storing forests is through “payments for ecosystem services” (PES) schemes, which are voluntary or conditional agreements between a seller and buyer of environmental services.
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    Climate change negotiations: an Asian stir fry of options

    Singapore Institute of International Affairs, 2007
    The global community’s attitudes to climate change have shifted in 2007, with political will to take action on the issue gathering in many countries. Given that many countries in Asia are still developing with millions below the poverty line, what are the approaches that best suit them and that give priority to continuing the high growth rates of recent years?
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    Climate change and forest genetic diversity: implications for sustainable forest management in Europe

    Bioversity International, 2007
    Climate change is increasingly recognised as one of the most important challenges faced globally by ecosystems and societies alike. Climate change will alter the environmental conditions to which forest trees in Europe are adapted and expose them to new pests and diseases. This document presents papers from a workshop on climate change and forest genetic diversity.
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    Spotlight on biofuels: the research challenge

    SciDev.Net, 2007
    Biofuels are described by some as absolutely catastrophic because of their potential consequences, while others see them as the driving force for development in some of the world's poorest regions. This edition of SciDev.Net picks a path between "doomsayers" and "utopians", and looks at the reality of biofuels research and development in the developing world.
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    Approaches and financial models for scaling up Norwegian development assistance to clean energy

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007
    Norway has launched its Clean Energy for Development Initiative, thus initiating a process aimed at firmly establishing support to clean and renewable energy as a central pillar in its development cooperation.
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    Alternative climate regimes with participation for developing countries

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2007
    New ideas are desperately needed for going beyond the carbon emissions reduction commitment period ending in 2012. But what is the strategy to get the developing countries on board? This 3-page summary paper suggests that there would have to be several simultaneous approaches for engaging developing countries.
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    On the road to Bali: operationalising the Kyoto Protocol Adaptation Fund

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    The Adaptation Fund (AF) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to support adaptation measures on the ground, particularly in very vulnerable countries. It is unique both in the way it is financed and in the potential scale of money generated.
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    Wisions of Sustainability

    WISIONS provides consulting support to ensure the potential seen in visions of renewable energy and energy efficiency can become mature projects through its Sustainable Energy Project Support (SEPS).
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    Patents: taken for granted in plans for a global biofuels market

    WTO Watch Trade Observatory, IATP, 2007
    Understanding patent policy is crucial for predicting how the biofuels technologies can aid or hinder sustainable development. This article examines the influence that patents will have on the biofuel trade and stakeholders involved.
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    Biofuels, agriculture and poverty reduction

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2007
    The development of biofuels has generated vigorous debate on economic and environmental grounds. This paper assesses the potential impacts of biofuels on poverty reduction. It argues that the potential is large, whether through employment, wider growth multipliers or energy price effects.

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