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Second-generation biofuel markets: state of play, trade and developing country perspectives
United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2016By carrying out a non-exhaustive mapping of cellulosic ethanol projects and recent policy lessons around the globe, this report seeks to provide public and private practitioners with a macro-picture of the advanced biofuels sector, with a specific focus on cellulosic ethanol as of 2015-2016.DocumentAdaptation and resilience in Vanuatu
Stockholm Environment Institute, 2015The report documents findings from fieldwork in Vanuatu undertaken during November 2014. The intention is to contextualise the resilience building work of the Vanuatu NGO Climate Change Adaptation Program within themes that have emerged within the academic literature on climate change adaptation and resilience, and on community-based adaptation in particular.DocumentExtreme climate events and the energy sector in the Souris river basin: key stakeholder perspectives
International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2016This study seeks to understand how the energy sector has coped with historic extreme climate events and adjusted its practices in light of lessons learned, through interviews with representatives from the energy sector and local and provincial governments.DocumentBuilding Uncertainty into the Adaptation Cost Estimation in Integrated Assessment Models
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, 2016This paper proposes an operationally simple and easily generalizable methodology to incorporate climate change damage uncertainty into Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs).DocumentPolicy coherence of the sustainable development goals
UNEP Finance Initiative, 2015This report concludes that there is evidence from a number of countries and businesses that pursuing an aggressive SCP agenda need not impact negatively on competitiveness and economic growth. Many initiatives and experiments over the last two decades have shown the kinds of economic, social and environmental benefits which SCP approaches can achieve.DocumentPapua New Guinea: disaster management reference handbook 2016
Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, 2016This handbook intends to provide decision makers, planners, responders and disaster management practitioners with an overview of the disaster management structure, policies, laws, and plans for Papua New Guinea.DocumentHow can climate change adaptation in the semi-arid regions of West Africa be more effective and widespread? evidence from Ghana and Mali
2015This briefing note summarises the key findings from the Regional Diagnostic Study (RDS) recently conducted in Ghana and Mali, as part of the ASSAR project. The RDS aimed to: i) develop a systematic understanding of existing knowledge of climate change trends, impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation strategies;DocumentClimate change, ecosystem services and adaptation in East Africa’s semi-arid regions: early diagnostics of critical knowledge gaps for landscape conservation
University of East Anglia, 2016This brief presents an overview of a Regional Diagnostic Study (RDS) that reviews existing risks and adaptation responses, and identifies major knowledge gaps needed to develop responses that can ensure widespread, sustained and equitable adaptation across the East Africa semi-arid regions.DocumentVulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid regions of East Africa
International Development Research Centre, 2015This report summarises key findings from the regional diagnostic study (RDS) of the ASSAR East Africa team, and identifies major gaps in the existing literature on areas of vulnerability and adaptation in semi-arid regions of East Africa.