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    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature (also known as World Wildlife Fund)

    International NGO funding conservation programmes, research and campaigning on nature conservation issues.
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    International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

    The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit, scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing countries.
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    World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

    Research organisation based in Kenya promoting agroforestry as a means to address the need for improved food security and increased resources for energy, as well as the need to sustainably manage a
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    Climate change and foreign policy: an exploration of options for greater integration

    Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2007
    This report explores ways in which an integrated climate change-foreign policy approach might improve prospects for a more effective global climate regime.
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    Energy revolution: a sustainable world energy outlook

    Greenpeace International, 2007
    This report discusses the need for a change in the energy sector towards sustainable technologies such as renewable energies sources and efficient decentralised cogeneration.
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    Environmental impacts of food production and consumption: final report to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 2007
    This research report aims to inform government policy on the environmental impacts of food consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) whilst providing information on more sustainable food choices that will also be relevant to the food industry and public producers.The review analyses available evidence relating to the environmental impacts that occur in life cycles of a range of food products, in part
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    Greening the greys: climate change and the over 50s

    Climate Talk, 2007
    Known as the baby boomers, this report reveals that the population aged 50-64, have the highest carbon footprint in the UK compared to other age groups. The authors argue that whilst their understanding of the full range of impacts of climate change is often limited, the majority of the over 50s are motivated about climate change.
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    Let our children teach us! A review of the role of education and knowledge in disaster risk reduction

    Child Rights Information Network, 2006
    Action focused on schools should be an important part of efforts to building communities’ resilience to disasters and, this paper argues, children of all ages should be directly engaged in learning about risks and identifying solutions to protect schools. This review sets out a strategy to address the knowledge management, education and risk awareness needs of communities through:
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    A funny place to store carbon: UWA-FACE Foundation’s tree planting project in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda

    World Rainforest Movement, 2006
    This report documents human rights abuses at Mount Elgon National Park in east Uganda, where a Dutch foundation plants trees for the purpose of carbon offsetting.
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    Can payments for avoided deforestation to tackle climate change also benefit the poor?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    Avoided deforestation (AD) has become a global concern with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This paper discusses financial incentive schemes to reduce rates of deforestation and forest degradation in tropical countries may be established and considers some of the issues from the perspective of host countries and the forest-dependent poor.

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