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Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in developing countries: challenges and opportunities
Institute of Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, 2010Nationally 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.DocumentInvestments in deep water: The pension fund’s holdings in destructive dam projects
2011Through 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.OrganisationEnergy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA)
ECPA was established by the President of the United States of America in 2009; other member countries are Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.DocumentFrom social safety net to social policy? The role of conditional Cash transfers in welfare state Development in Latin America
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009Since the early 1990s, conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been adopted by countries across Latin America as central elements of their poverty reduction strategies. CCTs share three components in common: a cash transfer, a targeting mechanism, and conditionality.DocumentBrazil: curbing forest emissions and anticipating energy issues
Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2012Brazil’s climate policies are often associated with its efforts to curb emissions resulting from the deforestation of the Amazon forest. This working paper reviews Brazil’s exiting climate policies and governance structures, many of which target emissions resulting from deforestation.DocumentMen Who Care: A multi country qualitative study of men in non traditional care giving roles
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2012What hinders men's involvement in care work? What encourages it? Who are the men who are doing more than the average and are taking on care work as a key part of their lives? How do men understand and describe their participation in activities that traditionally seen as female roles, both in the home and in the work setting?DocumentMen Who Care: A multi country qualitative study of men in non traditional care giving roles
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2012What hinders men's involvement in care work? What encourages it? Who are the men who are doing more than the average and are taking on care work as a key part of their lives? How do men understand and describe their participation in activities that traditionally seen as female roles, both in the home and in the work setting?DocumentPutting Contract Research Organisations on the Radar
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011It is a trend for pharmaceutical companies to contract third parties to conduct their clinical trials in order to test their drugs. This trend is referred to as outsourcing, and the companies that carry out the work are called contract research organisations (CROs).DocumentImproving 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, 2012This 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.OrganisationLatin American Platform on Climate (LAPC)
The Latin American Platform on Climate (LAPC) was formed in 2009 by 17 civil society organisations from nine countries of the region (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, PePages