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Searching with a thematic focus on Climate change, Climate change governance, Green growth

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  Unlocking business dynamism to promote green (sustainable and inclusive) growth: learning from innovation in emerging economies

  Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2013

  The Overseas Development Institute, working alongside Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and the International Poverty Reduction Center in China, have been developing a collaborative, research, policy engagement and knowledge transfer exchange programme. The aim is to provide stakeholders with firm evidence of ways to promote effective investment in green growth.
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  Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC)

  The Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project is designed to develop and share internationally China’s experience of integrating climate change adaptation into the development process,
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  Creating market support for energy efficiency: India’s Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013

  India, recognising the challenge of pursuing economic growth in a sustainable manner, has developed an energy efficiency scheme to govern large energy consumers.
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  Green economy or green society? Contestation and policies for a fair transition

  United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012

  This paper outlines a conceptual and policy approach to bringing social concerns to the forefront of green economy and sustainable development debates. It examines a wide range of social problems and other issues associated with green economy, reasserting that any development transformation must be both green and fair ─ leading to a green society, not just a green economy.
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  Recklessly slow or a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy? Time to decide

  Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 2012

  Intended to inform decision-makers in the public, private and third sectors, this policy paper finds that following a two degrees Celsius path requires radical action in both developed and developing countries and that the overall pace of change is ‘recklessly slow’.
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  IRENA handbook on renewable energy nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) for project developers and policy makers

  International Renewable Energy Agency, 2012

  This handbook focuses on the role that nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) can play in promoting renewable energy (RE) in developing countries.
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  CDM Policy Dialogue

  The independent high-level panel on the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was established to review past CDM experience and help ensure the readiness and positioning of the CDM to mee
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  Greenhouse gas market 2012: new markets, new mechanisms, new opportunities

  International Emissions Trading Association, 2012

  This annual flagship publication by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) provides a comprehensive guide to the latest developments in global carbon markets, bringing together market specialists in a series of expert contributions. The report notes that global carbon markets have continued to grow in 2012 despite difficulties in core markets in the European Union.
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  Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 (43rd edition)

  Asian Development Bank, 2012

  This publication includes the latest available economic, financial, social and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aims to present the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience. Part I of this issue is a special chapter on green urbanisation in Asia.
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  A guidebook to the green economy, issue 1: green economy, green growth, and low-carbon development – history, definitions and a guide to recent publications

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2012

  Green economy has been proposed as a means for catalysing national policy development and international cooperation to respond to climate change related crises and support sustainable development. The concept has received significant international attention over the past few years, which has resulted in a rapidly expanding literature on the topic.

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