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  Growth isn’t possible: Why we need a new economic direction

  New Economics Foundation, 2010

  This report looks at the possibility of indefinite global economic growth in the context of climate change and energy.
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  Demonstrating 'respect' for the UNFCCC REDD+ safeguards: the importance of community-collected information

  Global Canopy Programme, 2015

  This paper argues that stakeholder groups – specifically indigenous and local communities living in or directly dependent upon forests – can often offer an important source of knowledge and capacity.
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  Groundwater and ecosystem services: A framework for managing smallholder groundwater-dependent agrarian socio-ecologies – applying an ecosystem services and resilience approach

  International Water Management Institute, 2015

  This report outlines the Water, Land and Ecosystem (WLE) conceptual understanding of groundwater-dependent and groundwater-impacting ecosystem services and devises an approach to guide research and policy development related to agrarian socio-ecologies highly dependent on groundwater.
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  Integrating indigenous, local and modern knowledge for sustainable conservation and management of forest ecosystems in Nepal

  ForestryNepal, 2015

  This paper reports on the documentation and assessment of different community based traditional and local forest and pasture management practices, drawn from five case examples in five districts of Nepal.
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  India’s megacities and climate change: explorations from Delhi and Mumbai

  STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2015

  This working paper, produced by the Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) centre, concerns a study of climate change discourse in urban India, with a focus on the mega-cities of Dehli and Mumbai.
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  Mining value chains and green growth in South Africa: A conflictual but intertwined relationship

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2015

  The development of mining value chains is conflictual but deeply intertwined with the goal of sustainable development.  The response of mining value chains to the shift to a green economy cannot be business-as-usual and requires a proactive answer by business, Government, labour, non-governmental organisations and the research community in support of sustainable development.
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  Taxing Energy Use 2015: OECD and selected partner economics

  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2015

  This report provides a systematic analysis of the structure and level of energy taxes in OECD and selected other countries.
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  Migration and global environmental change: methodological lessons from mountain areas of the global South

  Copernicus Publications, 2015

  This article synthesises evidence on the relationship between migration and environmental and climatic changes, particularly in relation to mountain livelihoods in the global South. The article highlights that mountain livelihoods are often characterized by high prevalence of family farming, widespread dependence on natural resources, and high sensitivity to climatic changes.
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  Future of our coasts: The potential for natural and hybrid infrastructure to enhance the resilience of our coastal communities, economies and ecosystems

  Science Direct, 2015

  This journal article argues that coastal communities and other decision makers need better information in order to incorporate ecosystem protection and restoration into coastal resilience planning efforts.
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  Projected climate change and impact on bioclimatic conditions in Central and South-Central Asia

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2015

  This report summarizes a set of bioclimatic indicators and the expected impacts of climate change on bioclimatic conditions in Central and South-Central Asia.

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