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    Transforming on-grid renewable energy markets: a review of UNDP-GEF support for feed-in tariffs and related price and market-access instruments

    Global Environment Facility, 2012
    This report is part of the United Nations Development Programme’s Global Environment Facility’s (UNDP-GEF) efforts to codify and share lessons learnt from how scarce public resources can be used to catalyse larger private financial flows for renewable energy.
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    Green growth unravelled: how rebound effects baffle sustainability targets when the economy keeps growing

    Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2012
    The concept of green growth rests on the idea of an efficiency revolution: green and climate-friendly innovations, huge investments to restructure the industrial, building and transport sectors, and a boost for using resources and energy more productively and efficiently.
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    Global corruption report: climate change

    Transparency International, 2011
    Drawing on the expertise of more than 50 experts, this report explores the corruption risks related to tackling climate change. The analysis includes a set of policy recommendations and it covers four key areas: governance, mitigation, adaptation and forestry governance.
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    Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and climate change adaptation and mitigation: the case of Ghana

    International Telecommunication Union, 2012
    Using Ghana as a case study, this report presents the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation. It provides concrete lessons learned and makes practical suggestions aimed at developing country decision-makers and practitioners.
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    Greenhouse gas market 2012: new markets, new mechanisms, new opportunities

    International Emissions Trading Association, 2012
    This annual flagship publication by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) provides a comprehensive guide to the latest developments in global carbon markets, bringing together market specialists in a series of expert contributions. The report notes that global carbon markets have continued to grow in 2012 despite difficulties in core markets in the European Union.
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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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    Defining climate-related forest activities, finance and expenditure in national budgetary systems

    Overseas Development Institute, 2012
    The identification and tracking of climate-related forest expenditure in national budgetary systems has the potential to aid policy development, planning and financial resource management.
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    The climate investment funds: in action

    African Development Bank, 2012
    The Climate Investment Fund (CIF) provides developing countries with concessional loans, equity, grants and risk mitigation instruments to leverage financing from multilateral banks, the private sector and other sectors. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is one of the five implementing agencies for the CIF concessional funds to Africa; this report is AfDB’s first semi-annual report on the CIF.
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    Climate policy and development: an economic analysis

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
    This paper describes the use of the Climate and Regional Economics of Development (CRED) model to explore the interconnections between climate and development policy. CRED scenarios, based on high and low projections of climate damages, and high and low discount rates, are used to analyse the effects of varying levels of assistance to the poorest regions of the world.
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    Estimating cost elements of REDD+ in Tanzania

    The UN-REDD Programme and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2012
    This study on cost elements of REDD+ in Tanzania is based on data from four REDD+ and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) projects in Tanzania, in addition to an assessment of institutional costs of REDD+ at central government and district levels.

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