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    Greening rural development in India

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    Greening rural development can stimulate rural economies, create jobs and help maintain critical ecosystem services and strengthen climate resilience of the rural poor. This report by the Ministry of Rural Development, India, with support from the United Nations Development Programme, presents strategies for inclusive rural development embodying the principles of environmental sustainability.
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    Climate change mitigation revisited: low-carbon energy transitions for China and India

    Wiley Online Library, 2009
    China and India are heavily dependent on high carbon fossil fuels. This article elaborates on the implications of low carbon energy transitions in the two countries, which can mitigate their serious contribution to climate change while allowing economic growth.
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    Energy for rural India

    Elsevier, 2009
    This research investigates how rural electrification could be achieved in India using different energy sources and what effects this could have for climate change mitigation. It uses the Regional Energy Model (REM) to develop scenarios for rural electrification for the period 2005–2030 and to assess the effects on greenhouse gas emissions, primary energy use and costs.
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    International REDD+ architecture and its relevance for India

    Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, 2012
    Implementing REDD+ at the national and local levels requires improving understanding of the issue and increasing capacity (technical, human and financial) for implementation. Inadequate means of implementation remains a grey area for effective sustainable management of forests (SMF), particularly in developing countries.
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    Energy [r]evolution: a sustainable India energy outlook

    Greenpeace International, 2012
    This paper is the result of a collaborative effort between Greenpeace, the European Renewal Energy Council and the Global Wind Energy Council. It presents a roadmap to attain a sustainable energy sector in India that ensures continued high economic growth.
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    Climate change and human health: Indian context

    National Institute of Malaria Research, 2012
    Climate change can have direct negative consequences on a number of health indices, due to climate affecting water, air quality, disease and physical comfort.
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    The politics of climate change in India: narratives of equity and co-benefits

    Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, 2012
    According to this paper, India occupies a dual position in global climate politics: as a developing economy with low levels of historical and per capita emissions; and as a rapidly growing economy with rising emissions. Indian climate politics have been mainly shaped around the first perspective, but it is increasingly being forced to tackle with the second.
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    Negotiating climate change

    Taylor and Francis Group, 2012
    Because the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009, failed to reach an agreement on emissions commitments beyond 2012, studying negotiation strategies of country delegations remains relevant.
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    A toolkit for integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into ecosystem management of coastal and marine areas in south Asia

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    This comprehensive toolkit, jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Asia Pacific Secretariat, seeks to provide strategies for integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) into ecosystem management of coastal and marine areas in south Asia.
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    Planning for a low carbon future: lessons learned from seven country studies

    Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [World Bank / UNDP], 2012
    Developing countries are faced with the dual challenge of reducing poverty while improving management of natural capital and mitigating the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and local pollutants. The challenge is particularly acute for large, rapidly growing economies, such as India, China and Brazil.

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