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    Investment-Grade Climate Change Policy: Financing the Transition to the Low-Carbon Economy

    2011
    The report has two objectives: (1) to contribute to policymakers' understanding of the factors that institutional investors consider when investing in low-carbon growth areas such as renewable energy and energy efficiency, and (2) to set out what institutional investors see as 'investment-grade' climate change and clean energy policy that would support significant low-carbon, clean energy investme
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    Brazil’s emergence and the potential for Norwegian peacebuilding diplomacy

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2010
    The past decade has seen Brazil play an increasingly important role on the international stage. While always respected because of the reputation of its career diplomats and its commitment to multilateralism and peaceful conflict resolution, its new global clout has turned it into a major pillar of the emerging international system.
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    Engaging private sector capital at scale in financing low carbon infrastructures in developing countries

    Global Climate Change Consultancy, 2010
    This paper examines the possibilities for scaling up financing for low- carbon infrastructure and energy efficiency, especially in developing countries such as India and China. The report contains ten key points, these include:
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    Planning for urban resilience: Framework and examples from the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network

    ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, 2010
    This paper discusses the development of resilience strategies in selected cities of India, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia as part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN). Key lessons derived from the urban resilience planning in these cities include:
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    Energy consumption response to climate change under globalization: Options for India

    Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2012
    The problem of mitigating climate change has continued to dominate public debates in terms of its origin, sources, potential impacts and possibly adaptation strategies. In this paper, the contributions of energy to the climate change debate are explored.
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    Toward a progressive Indian and global climate politics

    Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, 2009
    This paper discusses domestic politics around climate change in India as an entry point to understanding India’s role in global climate negotiations.
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    Climate change: Is India Inc. prepared?

    KPMG, 2008
    This study captures the results of a research KPMG- India carried out with business leaders to see how prepared firms in the country are to deal with the challenges of climate change.A total of around 70 business leaders at the CEO/CXO level were interviewed for this study.
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    The human impact of climate change in India

    Oxfam India, 2009
    A primer for parliamentarians on climate change; This booklet seeks to explain the processes that are behind the change in climate and highlight the very real, human impact of climate change in India. Further this booklet addresses ways to combat climate change and ultimately protect social development prospects for future generations.
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    Adaptation to climate change in India – A study of union budgets

    Oxfam India, 2010
    The study was undertaken to understand the existing public finance framework and its coherence with the policy framework of the Government of India on adaptation to climate change through a study of the Union Budgets for years 2006-07 to 2009-10 on adaptation.
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    Climate change, sustainable development and India: Global and national concerns

    2006
    This paper argues that the most effective way to address climate change is to adopt a sustainable development pathway by shifting to environmentally sustainable technologies and promotion of energy efficiency, renewable energy, forest conservation, reforestation, water conservation, etc.

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