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  Cohort profile: the consortium of health-orientated research in transitioning societies

  Oxford Journals, 2012

  This paper provides an overview of the consortium of health orientated research in transitioning societies. The collaboration brings together five birth cohorts for which there is available long-term data from low- andmiddle-income countries. The aims of the collaboration are:
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  REDD+, Indigenous peoples, The role of the state, NGOs and other actors, Monitoring, Implementation and tenure rights

  Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2012

  This brief summarises relevant findings regarding the emergence of the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It draws evidence from several Masters theses published by Norwegian institutions between 2009 and 2012 as well as from presentations in the Beyond Carbon conference organized by
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  Brazil: the $200 billion low carbon opportunity

  Carbon Trust, 2012

  Brazil’s green growth agenda provides UK companies with significant commercial opportunities for their low carbon products and services. This report aims to describe which subsectors represent particular areas of opportunity for UK companies to participate in Brazil’s low carbon development, and illustrate where along the value chain the biggest commercial opportunities lie.
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  Developing country perspectives on ‘mitigation actions’, ‘NAMAs’, and ‘LCDS’

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2013

  The MAPS programme, which seeks to deepen mitigation ambition in developing countries, is engaged in exploring the concepts of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS) from a developing country perspective.
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  Challenges for a climate compatible development: how to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies

  Latin American Platform on Climate, 2012

  This policy brief emerges from a process of analysis of the status and quality of the public policies on climate change and development in ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay.
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  The politics of Brazil, China, and India’s response to obesity and diabetes: proposing an interdisciplinary approach to unifying international relations theory, history, and policy

  2013

  Despite sharing similar interests in working together to increase their international political and economic influence, in recent years the emerging BRICS nations (Brazil, India, China, Russia, and South Africa) have differed in their response to health epidemics.
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  Civil society - BRICS engagement: opportunities and challenges

  Society for Participatory Research in Asia, 2013

  The nature, scale and strength of civil society across the five BRICS countries vary greatly. While civil society is reasonably strong and visible in Brazil, India and South Africa, its nature and pattern is
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  Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in livestock production: a review of technical options for non-CO2 emissions

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013

  This report presents a unique and exhaustive review of current knowledge on mitigation practices for greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock sector. It focuses specifically on non-CO2 emissions from enteric fermentation and manure management.
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  Feeding an urban world: a call to action

  Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2013

  This report focuses on the specific issue of urban food security, describing the demographic and environmental trends as well as food production and infrastructure challenges that impact supply and demand for food in urban areas.
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  Pensions, poverty and wellbeing: the impact of pensions in South Africa and Brazil, a comparative study

  HelpAge International, 2012

  Brazil and South Africa are leading countries in their respective regions in ensuring extensive coverage of pensions, and particularly social pensions. This briefing summarises the main findings from longitudinal research on ageing, wellbeing and development, and the role of social pensions in the two countries.

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