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Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013The government of Uganda has over time been actively engaged in ensuring the sustainable utilisation of its forestry resources. This has been undertaken by different players including the national forestry sector, forest-neighbouring communities and private individuals owning forested land.DocumentFormative Mid - Term Review of the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) Program in the Amazon: Final report
Scanteam, 2014This is a mid-term review of RFN's Amazon Program, financed by the Norwegian MFA with annual budgets of 30 mill NOK in 2012 - 2013 reduced to 25 mill NOK in 2014.DocumentDrought in Jalna: community-based adaptation to extreme climate events in Maharashtra
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2014This booklet is based on outcomes from a two-year Indo-Norwegian research and capacity development project titled, ‘Extreme Risks, Vulnerabilities and Community-Based Adaptation in India (EVA)’. The findings draw upon empirical data from rural communities in Jalna District in the dryland region of Marathwada of Maharashtra.DocumentFact sheet. Project: Comparative study of incentive options for forest - based emissions reduction, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement; Case of Kilwa and Lindi Districts
Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013The project entails a comparative study on incentive options for forest-based emissions reduction, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement, comparing villages with REDD+/PFM (Participatory Forest Managment) and without REDD+/PFM and also comparing each set of villages over time.DocumentNorway's International Climate and Forest Initiative: a strategic evaluation
2014Norway has created the political space needed to improve forest governance. This is one of the conclusions in a new evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).DocumentSetting the agenda. Chinese NGOs: scope for action on climate change
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2013The Chinese state and society are frequently engaged in an area of shared concern: the increasing threat of climate change. This report explores how a specific set of societal actors – environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) in China – interact with state actors in dealing with issues of climate change mitigation.DocumentCan Climate Change Negotiations Succeed? In: Politics and Governance, vol.1(2013) no. 2
2013More than two decades of climate change negotiations have produced a series of global climate agreements, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the Copenhagen Accords, but have nevertheless made very limited progress in curbing global emissions of greenhouse gases. This paper considers whether negotiations can succeed in reaching an agreement that effectively addresses the climate change problem.DocumentGoverning climate: the struggle for a global framework beyond Kyoto
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2005How can we further develop international regimes to prevent climate change? This publications asks this question in the context of a post-Kyoto plan, considering that the importance of Kyoto over the long term is not its specific targets or number of parties to the agreement, but rather that it has set the stage for ongoing international discussions on the issue.DocumentBroadening the climate regime: design and feasibility of multi-stage climate agreements
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005To meet a climate target like maximum 2 degree (Celsius) temperature increase by 2100, participation in efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases must be broader than that in the Kyoto Protocol. It will also require emission reductions efforts in developing countries.DocumentShould developing countries take on binding commitments in a climate agreements?
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2003This paper analyses the costs and benefits obtained when developing countries take on binding emission constraints in order to take part in emissions trading in a future climate agreement.Highlights of the paper include:developing countries could obtain substantial welfare improvements by making the transition from the Clean Development Mechanism to emissions tradingindustrialised cPages