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    CCS Retrofit: analysis of the globally installed coal-fired power plant fleet

    International Energy Agency, 2012
    The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a working paper analysing of the global coal-fired plant fleet, drawing on existing research on carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofitting.
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    From transition to transformation: sustainable and inclusive development in Europe and Central Asia

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    A new report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, and establish social protection floors in order to ensure a sustainable future.
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    Worldwide engagement for sustainable energy strategies

    International Energy Agency, 2012
    This paper by the International Energy Agency (IEA) notes that, in contrast to its founding mission to secure access to reliable and ample supplies of oil and establish and maintain effective emergency response capabilities, the IEA today understands energy security as: securing reliable access to all forms of energy, including oil, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear energy and renewables; pr
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    2010-2011 Annual Performance Report of UNDP supported GEF financed projects

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have published this annual report on joint projects financed during 2011 on ecosystems and biodiversity preservation, green development strategies, and sustainable use of water and ocean resources, among other topics. The GEF financed and supported 323 UNDP projects in 2011.
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    Catalysing early stage investment: addressing the lack of early-stage capital for low-carbon infrastructure in developing economies

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011
    The lack of financing for the early-stage development of low-carbon technologies has become a critical market failure, especially in developing economies where the subject remains relatively unexplored.
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    Segunda comunicación nacional ante la Covención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climatico

    Programa de Naciones Unidas de Desarrollo, 2010
    Colombia as a country belonging to the Parties not included in Annex I, presents its Second National Communication (SCN). One of the most relevant results that showed the analysis is that Colombia accounts for 0.37% of global CO2 emissions in 2004, very small share in global emissions but does not exclude the effects of climate change. The Second National Communication, is discussed in seven cha
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    Colombia: hacia una economía baja en carbono

    La Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia, 2010
    The publication gives an overview of the concept of climate change and then explain their impact in a country like Colombia, which, despite generating low emissions, is highly affected by the effects of global climate change.
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    The Cayman Institute

    The Cayman Institute is an independent, apolitical, privately funded, non profit organization established to consider the long term effects and implications of diverse technological, sociological, ec
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    Mechanisms for agricultural climate change mitigation incentives for smallholders

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011
    Smallholder farmers have an important role to play in the prevention of climate change by reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, they are not benefitting from international financial mechanisms established as a result of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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    Cayman energy policy background advisory report

    The Cayman Institute, 2009
    The objective of this report is to provide the Cayman Islands with a comprehensive up-to-date background document and literature review on energy policy, which then leads to a set of recommendations to develop an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable energy policy for the Cayman Islands.

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