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Mobilizing climate investment: the role of international climate finance in creating scaled-up low-carbon energy
2013It is estimated that developing countries need US$ 531 billion per year additional investment in energy supply and demand technologies, between now and 2050, in order to limit global temperature rise to two degrees above pre-industrial levels.DocumentDemand in a fragmented global carbon market: outlook and policy options
Nordic Council of Ministers, 2013This report, conducted by GreenStream together with Climate Focus, argues that the global carbon market currently faces a deep demand crisis. The consequent price fall reduces the incentive to make low carbon investments and thus increases the risk of locking in carbon-intensive infrastructure.DocumentClimate risks, vulnerability and governance in Kenya: a review
United Nations Development Programme, 2012This report was commissioned under the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), a joint initiative of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and the Bureau for Development Policy of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).DocumentConstructing a transnational climate change regime: bypassing and managing states
Social Science Research Network, 2013This paper argues that the inadequacies of the international inter-state climate change negotiating processes create a pressing need for innovative modes of governance, and it proposes the construction of a transnational climate change regime (TCCR).DocumentThe demography of adaptation to climate change
United Nations Population Fund, 2013In 2010, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and El Colegio de Mexico hosted an expert group meeting in Mexico to discuss aspects of population dynamics with particular focus on adaptation to climate change.DocumentThe water–energy–food security nexus: towards a practical planning and decision support framework for landscape investment and risk management
International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2013In recent decades, researchers and policymakers have increasingly emphasised the importance of the complex relationships between water, energy and food (also called the WEF nexus) that are often overlooked in narrowly focused actions, investments and policies. This paper summarises key arguments, approaches, frameworks and lessons learnt from global WEF initiatives.DocumentMeasurement, reporting and verification (MRV) for low carbon development: learning from experience in Asia
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2013This policy report seeks to contribute to further development of measurement/monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) modalities and methodologies by providing conceptual clarification of MRV and outlining 16 case studies of MRV schemes. The concept of MRV is described as entailing multiple types, which should be distinguished to avoid conceptual confusion.DocumentAfrica environment outlook 3: our environment, our health
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013The Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) is a tool of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) for monitoring environmental management in Africa.DocumentInstitutions and ecosystem-based development potentials of the Elephant Marsh, Malawi
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2012Wetlands and other aquatic ecosystems cover about 20 per cent of Malawi’s surface area. The Elephant Marsh, a wetland in southern Malawi, is important for fishing, agriculture, hunting and the collection of natural resources for the livelihoods of local communities.DocumentClimate legislation study: a review of climate change legislation in 33 countries (third edition)
GLOBE International, 2013This review of climate change legislation in 33 countries shows that developing countries are leading action on climate change. Overall, there has been significant progress in the climate and/or energy-related legislation of almost all major economies, but a great amount of the 2012 effort took place in emerging countries.Pages