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  The private sector in the REDD+ supply chain: trends, challenges and opportunities

  ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins, 2012

  Effective private sector engagement is essential for REDD+ success. Nevertheless, little has been done to identify key private sector actors and the trends of their current involvement in REDD+ initiatives. This report presents findings from a three-year REDD+ capacity building initiative which explored the role of the private sector in REDD+.
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  Designing adaptation finance for the green climate fund: challenges and opportunities drawn from existing multilateral funds for adaptation

  Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2012

  Supporting adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change and building resilience to future climate impacts by means of finance, technology transfer and capacity building have long been two of the main needs of developing countries since the beginning of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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  Harnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development: lessons from China

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries.
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  Assessing the impact of the Clean Development Mechanism

  CDM Policy Dialogue, 2012

  This report aims to provide an independent assessment of the impact of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) across a broad range of metrics and possible effects.
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  Framework document on water and climate change adaptation: for leaders and policy-makers in the Asia-Pacific region

  Asia-Pacific Water Forum, 2012

  Water security, especially in the context of climatic change, is recognised as a global security challenge. This framework aims to provide information and advice on climate change adaptation and water resources management for policymakers and decision-makers in the Asia-Pacific region.
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  The economic case for adopting low-carbon trajectories in low-income countries: a test case of the electricity sector

  Overseas Development Institute, 2012

  This working paper examines the financial case behind low-income countries taking low carbon development (LCD) trajectories. The paper integrates the following economic concepts into a single economic assessment: the levelised costs of different technologies; the changing costs of renewable energy technologies; carbon markets and the cost of carbon; and rising costs of fossil fuels.
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  Governing clean development in least developed countries: do CDM rules promote renewable energy in Ethiopia?

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2012

  The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has mobilised significant investment in renewable energy technology around the world. Yet there is a pressing need to reform CDM rules to incentivise renewable energy investment in low-income countries, this paper concludes. The theoretical approach of this study to analysing climate governance processes is grounded in sociological institutionalism.
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  Distributing the benefits from REDD+: the case of Viet Nam

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network highlights key lessons learned from Vietnam’s experiences in planning for a REDD+ compliant benefit distribution system.
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  Special evaluation study: ADB's response to natural disasters and disaster risks

  Asian Development Bank, 2012

  This evaluation reviews the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) disaster-related projects and programmes, and explores ways to improve ADB operations in the natural disaster management cycle. The study focuses on three types of natural events – floods, storms (cyclones, typhoons) and earthquakes (including tsunami) – and evaluates them based on relevance, responsiveness and results.
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  Climate and development research review: synthesis report

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  This report by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) highlights key trends in a growing body of research on the links between climate change and development. The purpose of the review is to pull out the main findings from this body of research to inform policymakers and practitioners who are working towards climate compatible development.

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