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  Brazil’s Role in Environmental Governance: Analysis of Possibilities for Increased Brazil-Norway Cooperation

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2011

  This report examines the role played by Brazil in connection with certain international negotiations, such as the climate negotiations and the CBD. It identifies the driving factors that have influenced environmental politics and standards in Brazil, and take note of conflicts that must be discussed when Norway is seeking expanded cooperation with Brazil.
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  Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in developing countries: challenges and opportunities

  Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, 2010

  Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) were introduced by the Bali Action Plan in 2007 and they have since been interpreted in various ways by different countries and country groupings. A key question for the talks on NAMAs at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in 2009 and beyond is whether the different positions can be reconciled.
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  Investments in deep water: The pension fund’s holdings in destructive dam projects

  2011

  Through the Government Pension Fund (hereby referred to as The Fund) income from the Norwegian oil activities is invested in foreign security. This report is divided into three parts. The first part deals with how The Fund is managed with a focus on the Central Bank of Norway and the Ethical Council’s work in relation to the ethical guidelines.
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  Improving the assessment of disaster risks to strengthen financial resilience: a special joint G20 publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank

  World Bank, 2012

  This publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by G20 members and invited countries, as well as the OECD.
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  Respecting rights, delivering development: forest tenure reform since Rio 1992

  The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2012

  This report evaluates the progress achieved in forest management by indigenous people and local communities, which was set as a key objective at the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It presents new findings and identifies what needs to done to protect global forest areas and ensure their contributions to social, environmental and economic development.
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  Safeguarding REDD+ finance: ensuring transparent and accountable international financial flows

  Global Witness, 2012

  Funding forest protection in developing countries poses numerous financial risks, from inefficient allocation through to mismanagement of funds, misappropriation and corruption; detailed measures will be needed to ensure effective, transparent and accountable financial flows if greenhouse gas emissions from forest loss are to be reduced.
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  Real-Time Evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative: Contributions to National REDD+ Processes 2007-2010. Country Report: Brazil

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011

  This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative’s (NICFI) support to the formulation and implementation of national REDD strategies and other REDD readiness efforts in Brazil. The evaluation has been carried out as part of a series of national-level evaluations of NICFI.
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  Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012

  This report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is aimed as a handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatlands. The publication informs on management and finance options to achieve emission reductions and enhance other vital ecosystem services from peatlands.
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  Real-Time Evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative: Contributions to National REDD+ Processes 2007-2010. Executive Summaries from Country Reports

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011

  The primary objective of the Norwegian Government’s climate policy is to help establish a global, binding, long-term post-2012 regime that will ensure cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to limit global temperature rise to no more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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  Brazil’s emergence and the potential for Norwegian peacebuilding diplomacy

  Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2010

  The past decade has seen Brazil play an increasingly important role on the international stage. While always respected because of the reputation of its career diplomats and its commitment to multilateralism and peaceful conflict resolution, its new global clout has turned it into a major pillar of the emerging international system.

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