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Energy [r]evolution: a sustainable India energy outlook
Greenpeace International, 2012This 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.DocumentHarnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development: lessons from China
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries.DocumentAccommodating the interests of developing countries in the climate change regime: lessons from the ozone layer regime
African Journals Online - AJOL, 2012This article argues that the delay in combating climate change is attributable to various factors, including polarised interests among nations. However, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer has managed to balance and reconcile the interests of both southern and northern countries towards a common goal.DocumentAssessing the impact of the Clean Development Mechanism
CDM Policy Dialogue, 2012This 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.DocumentAdaptation of land-use demands to the impact of climate change on the hydrological processes of an urbanized watershed
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2012The adaptation of land-use patterns is an essential aspect of minimising the impact of climate change at regional and local scales; for example, adapting watershed land-use patterns to mitigate the impact of climate change on a region’s hydrology.DocumentThe economic case for adopting low-carbon trajectories in low-income countries: a test case of the electricity sector
Overseas Development Institute, 2012This 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.DocumentGoverning clean development in least developed countries: do CDM rules promote renewable energy in Ethiopia?
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2012The 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.DocumentDistributing the benefits from REDD+: the case of Viet Nam
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012This ‘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.DocumentClimate change and human health: Indian context
National Institute of Malaria Research, 2012Climate change can have direct negative consequences on a number of health indices, due to climate affecting water, air quality, disease and physical comfort.DocumentClimate and development research review: synthesis report
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012This 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.Pages