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    The foreign policy of carbon sinks: carbon capture and storage as foreign policy in Norway

    Science Direct, 2014
    Norway is among a handful of countries with an explicit policy to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) at both national and international levels. This paper investigates the internal and external driving forces behind Norway's efforts to advance CCS as a global climate change mitigation option.
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    REDD+ as performance-based aid: general lessons and bilateral agreements of Norway

    2013
    REDD+, when it officially became part of the international climate agenda in 2007, was an idea about payment to countries and projects for reducing emission from forests, with funding primarily from carbon markets.
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    REDD+ in India: managing carbon storage and biodiversity safeguarding in national forest politics?

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014
    The report analyses India's approach towards the mechanism on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhance-ment of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), with particular attention to India's handling of both carbon and biodiversity matters.
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    A legally binding agreement (LBA) - growing need for air pollution reduction and control in South Asia

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011
    Environmental degradation remains a challenge in most South Asian countries. With increased industrial activity, the exponential growth in number of vehicles and population, the contribution of each country to the south Asia regional air pollution is expected to increase over time.
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    Environmental challenges and constraints to policy issues for sustainable industrial development in Pakistan

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2012
    Like most of other south Asian countries, traditionally, Pakistan’s economy has been centered on agriculture. However, in the recent past, manufacturing and services have also emerged as major contributing sectors. The share of manufacturing sector, from 18.3% in 2007 to 30% by 2030, has been envisioned in Vision 2030.
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    Systematic Review Approach to identifying key trends in adaptation governance at the supranational level

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2014
    This working paper from CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) analyses literature on adaptation governance focused on food security at the supranational level.
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    The State of REDD+ Finance

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2014
    This paper presents a thorough synthesis of available data to illuminate the current global state of finance for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). It adds to a growing body of work that seeks to understand the size and composition of finance for REDD+ initiatives, as well as the delivery of climate finance more generally.
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    The comparative turn in climate change adaptation and food security governance research

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2014
    This working paper from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) proposes that concepts and methods of comparative politics can shine light on political factors important for catalysing positive change on the governance, climate change adaptation and food security of countries in the developing world.
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    REDD-plus Finance Briefing Paper

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    This brief looks at Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus conservation (REDD+) finance. Seven major bilateral and multilateral funding initiatives have been recently created to support REDD+. Brazil has received the largest volume of REDD+ finance through its Amazon Fund.
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    Climate finance:is it making a difference? A review of the effectiveness of Multilateral Climate Funds

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    International efforts to tackle climate change are at a critical juncture. This report provides a critical review of the climate finance architecture. It examines more than a decade of experience of multilateral climate funds including the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), and the Adaptation Fund (AF).

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