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    From knowledge to action: dealing with climate change in Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Climate change is likely affect people in Asia more than anywhere else. We must stop further global warming and learn how to live with existing and expected changes. We need to design a model for human development that is climate proof and gives everyone a fair share of the natural resources upon which we all depend.
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    Tackling climate change and bringing development through cross-sector partnerships

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Future climate change policy in developing countries is likely to require the transfer of technologies. These should both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to local social and economic development. Cross-sector partnerships between investors, municipalities, and citizens may be one way to achieve this, through reduced costs and increased local involvement.  
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    The environment and poverty times

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008
    The paper features a collection of short articles that focus on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. The articles discuss how natural resources can contribute to economic growth that also benefits the poor.
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    Kick the habit: a UN guide to climate neutrality

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008
    This guide advises how to live a greener and cleaner life. Its particular focus is on carbon neutrality. The guide aims to explain in practical terms how individuals, corporations, cities and countries can start to change.
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    Post-2012 climate policy dilemmas: a review of proposals

    Earthscan, 2008
    Aiming to serve as a basis for debate on how to configure post-2012 climate policy, this article assesses a wide range of alternative proposals for a post-2012 international climate policy regime.
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    Effect of climate change on biodiversity in Lebanon: a preliminary review

    Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, 2008
    Lebanon does not currently have baseline data on which to formulate climate adaptation and mitigation measures. This paper aims to prompt dialogue on the anticipated impact of climate change on the country, acting as a preliminary literature review and consulting experts to identify key species in Lebanon which may be impacted by it.
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    Demographics and climate change: future trends and their policy implications for migration

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2008
    This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for international development and evidence gaps that could be plugged with appropriate new research.
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    HELIO International

    HELIO International is an independent, international network of energy analysts who carry out evaluations of national energy policies and inform decision-makers about their effectiveness.
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    Anthropology and global warming: the need for environmental engagement

    Eldis Document Store, 2008
    Over decades, a relatively small group of anthropologists have contributed to the understanding of how societies deal with environmental change and climate variability. Those contributions aside, the discipline is not strongly positioned in public debate about - or research and action on - anthropogenic global warming.
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    Climate change and global governance

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
    While at its core climate change remains an environmental issue, the responses required to effectively address it lie far beyond traditional environmental challenges. As such, legitimate questions arise as to whether the appropriate policy/negotiating fora for addressing climate change should be left in the hands of Environment Ministers.

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