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    The outcome for forests emerging from Cancun

    Global Canopy Programme, 2011
    This policy brief concerns the landmark decision on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) reached in Cancun. The REDD decision states that developing country Parties can contribute to mitigation actions in the forest sector by undertaking the following activities:
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    Household cookstoves, environment, health, and climate change: a new look at an old problem

    World Bank, 2011
    In many developing countries, the poor are still using biomass energy to meet their household cooking needs. This report examines the lessons learned from cookstove campaigns, policies and programmes and the potential of advanced biomass cookstoves as 'game changers'.
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    Poor people’s energy outlook 2010

    Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2010
    Many people in the world still lack access to electricity and rely on traditional biomass and coal for cooking. According to this report, energy poverty is critically undermining the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The publication sets out to reconnect policy with people by bringing together a more textured picture of energy access.
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    Cambio climático y desarrollo: Advertencias y oportunidades para la producción de agrocombustibles

    Programa Salvadoreño de investigación sobre desarrollo y medio mmbiente, 2009
    El Salvador y la región centroamericana en general, apuntan hacia una expansión en la producción de agrocombustibles, reforzando el interés de posicionarse en mercados emergentes vinculados con la reducción de emisiones de carbono, bajo una nueva generación de acciones de mitigación del cambio climático.
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    Yasuni-ITT Initiative: A big idea from a small country

    2009
    This document describes the Yasuni-ITT Initiative from the Government of Ecuador, that proposes the establishment of a Trust Fund in order to maintain the crude oil in the ITT field indefinitely underground, in order to put social and environmental values first, and was exploring other ways to benefit the country economically.
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    ESMAP 2011 annual report

    Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [World Bank / UNDP], 2012
    This document is the 2011 annual report of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), which is governed by a consultative group comprised of representatives from twelve European countries and the World Bank. The report reviews the strategic directions, achievements, resources and requirements of ESMAP.
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    The state of Arab cities 2012: challenges of urban transition

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2012
    This regional report by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) highlights that, although urban slums are decreasing and urban innovations are being introduced, the Arab region still faces major challenges, including high youth unemployment rates and climate change.
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    Coal: energy for sustainable development

    World Coal Association, 2012
    Access to energy is essential to addressing the causes of poverty. This report demonstrates the role coal has in delivering energy to the 1.3 billion people who lack access to energy and how it can help build sustainable communities. The publication examines the global energy challenge, coal’s role in delivering clean energy, and coal and sustainable development.
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    World Coal Association (WCA)

    The World Coal Association was founded by coal producers in 1985.
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    The little green data book 2012

    World Bank, 2012
    This annual book by the World Bank presents environmental data from more than 200 countries relating to agriculture, forests, climate, energy, water, sanitation and ocean health. It functions as a compilation of information allowing countries to value and organise their natural capital.

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