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    Local sustainable development effects of forest carbon projects in Brazil and Bolivia: a view from the field

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
    This study seeks to bridge critical gaps that remain in the understanding of social and environmental incentives and impacts at the interface between people, forests, and carbon. It explores the extent to which carbon sequestration projects can contribute to national sustainable development, and suggests avenues for project design and implementation to proactively enhance local benefits.
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    Innovative financing mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management

    European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2002
    This newletter contains four short articles discussing the potential for financing carbon sequestration services. The articles particularly focus on this issue in the context of the Kyoto protocol and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Below are the titles of the four articles and some of the key points made by their authors: 
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    China's energy conditions and policies

    Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, 2006
    China is now the world's second-largest energy producer and consumer and plays an increasingly important role in maintaining global energy security. This government White Paper sets out China's policy to develop a modern energy industry that takes both resource conservation and environmental protection into consideration. The paper covers:
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    CDM country fact sheets

    Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
    These fact sheets provide information about Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project developments in six Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The sheets include information on domestic Green House Gas (GHG) emission data, domestic approval related information, and the current situation of domestic CDM project development.
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    The implications of carbon financing for pro-poor community forestry

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    This paper explores the implications of new financing mechanisms, carbon markets and increased investment in forestry for community forestry. The main focus of the discussion is on ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD).
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    The Amazon’s vicious cycles: drought and fire in the greenhouse - ecological and climatic tipping points of the world’s largest tropical rainforest, and practical preventive measures

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2007
    The Amazon forest greatly influences the global climate and may be coming under increasing threat due to climate change. This report explores the relationship between the Amazon, climate, and the changes in this relationship that are underway as a result of forest destruction and the release of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
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    Reducing US greenhouse gas emissions: how much at what cost?

    McKinsey and Company, 2008
    Annual greenhouse gas emissions are projected to rise in the United States by 35 percent by 2030. This report discusses the costs of reducing emissions in the United States under three different scenarios. The report concludes that achieving reductions at a low cost to the economy requires a coordinated, economy-wide effort beginning in the near future.
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    Renewables 2007: global status report – pre-publications summary for the UNFCCC COP13

    REN21 Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, 2008
    Renewable energy has clearly become mainstream since the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997, with investment flows exceeding $100 billion in 2007. This summary report provides an update on the current status of renewable energy globally. In particular, the report provides figures on current trends in solar, geothermal, biomass, wind and hydroelectric development.
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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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