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Kyoto: dead or alive?
Australian Emissions Trading Forum, 2006This article examines the evidence for the claim that "Kyoto is dead" in the light of the first meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol (KP) held in Montreal in late 2005.DocumentLaying the foundations for clean development: preparing the land use sector - a quick guide to the Clean Development Mechanism
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002This booklet provides information to forestry and land-use audiences, principally in developing countries, who want to find out more about the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and how it affects their activities.DocumentWhy ignore tropical deforestation?: a proposal for including forest conservation in the Kyoto Protocol
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005This paper argues that though greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are the principal causes of global warming, tropical deforestation is responsible for 20 to 25 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions.DocumentPoverty alleviation and environmental sustainability through improved regimes of technology transfer
Law Environment and Development Journal, 2006This paper argues that international technology transfer can play a major role for poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability and the the Millennium Development Goals. At present, there are economic, social and legal (rather than technical) barriers preventing the transfer of environmentally sound technology (EST) from a wider use in international regimes.DocumentFinancing energy efficiency: lessons from recent experience with a focus on Brazil, China and India
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and climate.DocumentThe climate of poverty: facts, fears and hope
Christian Aid, 2006Tens of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa could die of disease directly attributable to climate change, is the main finding of this NGO report.DocumentClimate change and the forest sector: possible national and subnational legislation
Forestry Department, FAO, 2004Climate change presents the world with a daunting problem. Responding to this problem will require pioneering efforts in science, politics, pollution control, forest land management and law.DocumentDeploying climate-friendly technologies through collaboration with developing countries
International Energy Agency, 2005Many, if not all, OECD countries are implementing long-term domestic programmes to develop future climate-friendly technologies.In most cases, however, technology deployment efforts are only carried out at the national level.DocumentPower failure: how the World Bank is failing to adequately finance renewable energy for development
Friends of the Earth, 2005Last year, the World Bank committed to increasing its renewable energy financing by 20 percent each year for the next five years, and this year, the G8 has asked the Bank to "finance a framework for climate change." The World Bank Group itself has also emphasised the global leadership role it hopes to play in addressing climate change and financing for renewable energy.Friends of the Earth (FOEDocumentEnergy for the poor?: the Clean Development Mechanism
International Policy Network, 2004The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol allows developed nations to generate carbon credits by aiding poor nations to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. This paper aks the question: what if unsuitable CDM projects are based more on the interests and ideology of the wealthy supplier than of the poor recipient?There are two keys to the success of any project in Africa.Pages