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Rediscovering ambition on forests: maintaining one of the world’s greatest assets
2012This draft report argues that economic crises have displaced climate change and resource insecurity from the international agenda and funding for forests is currently fragmented and short-term. The report builds the case, and provides a proposal, for ambitious action on forests between now and 2020 by providing an analysis of what might be possible.DocumentTenure of indigenous peoples territories and REDD+ as a forestry management incentive: the case of Mesoamerican countries
The UN-REDD Programme and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2012Programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation, including REDD+ and Payment for Environmental Services (PES), could represent an opportunity to strengthen processes of conservation, sustainable usage and poverty reduction in the Mesoamerican region, particularly in indigenous territories and communities.DocumentProtecting carbon to destroy forests: land enclosures and REDD+
Transnational Institute, 2013This paper argues that REDD+ will not stop forest destruction developing countries and the underlying causes of deforestation remain untouched. The paper suggests that because REDD+ is embedded in the logic that environmental destruction in one location can be ‘compensated’ in another, it acts to reinforce the underlying drivers of deforestation and climate change.DocumentPutting the pieces together for good governance of REDD+: an analysis of 32 REDD+ country readiness proposals
World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Readiness Fund and the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) are supporting capacity building efforts in preparation from REDD+ implementation.DocumentLeast developed, most vulnerable: have climate finance promises been fulfilled for the LDCs?
European Capacity Building Initiative, 2013As part of the Copenhagen Accord, wealthy nations pledged to help developing countries transition to a low carbon economy and to deal with the impacts of climate change.DocumentEnergy poverty alleviation and climate change mitigation: is there a trade off?
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, 2013Energy poverty alleviation has become an important political issue. Several initiatives and policies have been proposed to deal with poor access to modern sources of energy in developing countries. However, this paper argues that an important question is whether providing universal access to energy could significantly increase carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.DocumentNational integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: a review paper
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013This review of national greenhouse gas mitigation planning in the agriculture sector has two objectives: to provide national policymakers and others in the agriculture sector with an overview of national mitigation planning processes and aid then in identifying the relevance of these processes for promoting agricultural development; and to provide policymakers and advisors involved in low-emissionDocumentGreening rural development in India
2012Poverty reduction and economic growth can be sustained only if natural resources are managed on a sustainable basis. Greening rural development can stimulate rural economies, create jobs, help maintain critical ecosystem services and strengthen climate resilience of the rural poor.DocumentUnlocking business dynamism to promote green (sustainable and inclusive) growth: learning from innovation in emerging economies
Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2013The 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.DocumentImpacts of environmental degradation and climate change on electricity generation in Malawi
International Energy and Environment Foundation, 2013This paper explores the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change on electricity generation in Malawi. Hydropower provides almost all of the country's electricity; a reliance on freshwater supply makes it a highly vulnerable energy source to climate change and environmental degradation.Pages