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Review of the Embassy’s development assistance portfolio: climate change and environment “climate proofing and greening of the portfolio”
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2008This Norad review identifies ways and means for the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Luanda, Angola to address and integrate appropriate climate change and environmental concerns within the present framework and budget.DocumentThe Vittel payments for ecosystem services: a ‘perfect’ PES case?
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006This document analyses the success of a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) programme implemented in France, where farmers were financed to change their farming practices to reduce the risk of nitrate contamination. The paper examines the methodology used by Vittel, and the ten year process that was used to transform conflict into a successful partnership.DocumentThe ecosystem concept and the identification of ecosystem goods and services in the English policy context
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2007This paper reviews the key aspects of the Ecosystem Approach, and in particular, it explores how the approach can be used to identify and assess the goods and services associated with England’s major terrestrial ecosystems. It also looks at the rationale for using an ecosystem approach in decision making.OrganisationEuropean Central Bank (ECB)
The ECB is the central bank for Europe's single currency, the euro. The ECB’s main task is to maintain the euro's purchasing power and thus price stability in the euro area.DocumentPopulation ageing and public pension reforms in a small open economy
European Central Bank, 2008This paper addresses the issue of pension reforms under demographic changes that are likely to occur in Europe over the next 50 years. This demographic change is characterised not only by lower population growth but also by the alteration of the population structure, with a decline in the proportion of young people to retired workers.DocumentReview of TaTEDO: integrated sustainable energy services for poverty reduction and environmental conservation program ISES-PRECP
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007This document is a review of Tanzania Traditional Energy Development and Environment Organization (TaTEDO), an NGO with more than ten years of experience in developing sustainable energy projects and programs for rural and urban Tanzania.OrganisationAge UK
Information and campaign charity supporting people aged over 50 in the UK, providing essential services such as day care and information.DocumentOut of sight, out of mind: social exclusion behind closed doors
Age UK, 2008This report is Age Concern’s interpretation of the University College London's (UCL) analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ELSA). Studies suggest that the older someone is, the more likely they are to become severely socially excluded. The over 80s are more than twice as likely to be severely excluded as those who are ten years younger.DocumentThe future of retirement: the new old age – a gender perspective
HSBC Global Forum on Ageing and Retirement, 2008HSBC interviewed 21,000 men and women aged between 40 and 79 in 21 mature and transitional countries and territories around the world. The men and women surveyed in this report revealed that they have different attitudes and expectations of old age and retirement, their communities and families and their health. The report is divided into four geographic regions:OrganisationInstitut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé / Institute for Research and Information In Health Economics (IRDES)
IRDES's multidisciplinary team monitors and analyses trends in the behaviour of consumers and health care professionals from a medical, economic, geographic and sociological perspective.Pages
