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    Drivers and challenges for climate compatible development

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013
    This working paper explores some of the drivers and challenges affecting countries’ climate compatible development (CCD) policy processes and their incentives for engaging on this agenda. The paper argues that there is not a straightforward relationship between CCD policies and outcomes such as growth, poverty and equity.
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    Creating the climate for change

    Climate Investment Funds, 2013
    This 2012 annual report of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), jointly produced by its partner multilateral development banks, provides an overview of CIF's activities in 49 pilot countries. So far CIF has pledged US $7.6 billion, funding 66 projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transport, sustainable management of forests and climate resilience.
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    The challenges of climate change and exposure growth for disaster risk management in developing countries

    The Government Office for Science, 2012
    Over the past 30 years, total economic losses from natural hazards have more than tripled in real terms. The economic and social impacts have been particularly great in developing countries, where past development gains are at risk and human security is increasingly threatened.
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    Governing the forests: an institutional analysis of REDD+ and community forest management in Asia

    International Tropical Timber Organization, 2013
    This report examines the history, structure and monitoring mechanisms of REDD+ to better understand how it impacts upon, and interacts with, Community Forest Management (CFM). It presents case studies of CFM and REDD+ governance from Bangladesh, Indonesia and India, and concludes with some lessons learned.
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    Transboundary wildlife conservation in a changing climate: adaptation of the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species and its daughter instruments to climate change

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2012
    Species migrating across boundaries represent the classic case for international cooperation in biodiversity conservation. Climate change is adding new challenges to such cooperation, on account of the shifting ranges and particular vulnerabilities to climate change of migratory wildlife.
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    Creating market support for energy efficiency: India’s Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013
    India, recognising the challenge of pursuing economic growth in a sustainable manner, has developed an energy efficiency scheme to govern large energy consumers.
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    Resilience of outdoor spaces in an era of climate change: the problem of developing countries

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
    This paper suggests a framework for integrating climate change into the design of public spaces in developing countries. The aim is to explain the urgent need for public-space design codes in developing countries that factor in global warming and climate extremes. The paper argues that environmental considerations must form an integral part of such design to ensure human wellbeing.
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    National climate funds: learning from the experience of Asia-Pacific countries

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    This discussion paper from the United Nations Development Programme examines the experiences of Asia-Pacific countries in establishing and managing extra-budgetary national climate funds (NCFs).
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    Mainstreaming gender and climate change in Nepal

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012
    This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences are taken into account in the development of policies and plans for adaptation to climate change in Nepal and investigates the opportunities and progress made toward mainstreaming gender into policy more widely. Whilst the recommendations presented are particularly tailored for Nepal, they also have wider relevance to other contexts.
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    Determinants and effectiveness of local-level adaptation to climate change: case studies of two initiatives in Bangladesh

    AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific, 2012
    Bangladeshi ministries and non-governmental organisations have been implementing a number of local level adaptation (LLA) projects in response to the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) and the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategies and Action Plan (BCCSAP).

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