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  International REDD+ architecture and its relevance for India

  Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, 2012

  Implementing REDD+ at the national and local levels requires improving understanding of the issue and increasing capacity (technical, human and financial) for implementation. Inadequate means of implementation remains a grey area for effective sustainable management of forests (SMF), particularly in developing countries.
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  Designing adaptation finance for the green climate fund: challenges and opportunities drawn from existing multilateral funds for adaptation

  Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2012

  Supporting adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change and building resilience to future climate impacts by means of finance, technology transfer and capacity building have long been two of the main needs of developing countries since the beginning of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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  IRENA handbook on renewable energy nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) for project developers and policy makers

  International Renewable Energy Agency, 2012

  This handbook focuses on the role that nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) can play in promoting renewable energy (RE) in developing countries.
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  Energy, water and climate change in southern Africa: what are the issues that need further investment and research?

  Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012

  Regional climate change projections for southern Africa indicate that global warming is likely to lead to greater increases in annual mean temperatures than the global average.
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  Accommodating the interests of developing countries in the climate change regime: lessons from the ozone layer regime

  African Journals Online - AJOL, 2012

  This article argues that the delay in combating climate change is attributable to various factors, including polarised interests among nations. However, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer has managed to balance and reconcile the interests of both southern and northern countries towards a common goal.
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  Framework document on water and climate change adaptation: for leaders and policy-makers in the Asia-Pacific region

  Asia-Pacific Water Forum, 2012

  Water security, especially in the context of climatic change, is recognised as a global security challenge. This framework aims to provide information and advice on climate change adaptation and water resources management for policymakers and decision-makers in the Asia-Pacific region.
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  Governing clean development in least developed countries: do CDM rules promote renewable energy in Ethiopia?

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2012

  The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has mobilised significant investment in renewable energy technology around the world. Yet there is a pressing need to reform CDM rules to incentivise renewable energy investment in low-income countries, this paper concludes. The theoretical approach of this study to analysing climate governance processes is grounded in sociological institutionalism.
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  Mainstreaming climate resilience into government: the Philippines' Climate Change Act

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  The Philippines is at high risk from rising sea levels and a projected increase in severe tropical storms due to its geography and location. The vulnerability of its population to climate change is made worse by high poverty levels, and the negative environmental and social impacts of the country’s large natural resource extraction industries such as mining and logging.
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  Distributing the benefits from REDD+: the case of Viet Nam

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network highlights key lessons learned from Vietnam’s experiences in planning for a REDD+ compliant benefit distribution system.
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  Climate and development research review: synthesis report

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  This report by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) highlights key trends in a growing body of research on the links between climate change and development. The purpose of the review is to pull out the main findings from this body of research to inform policymakers and practitioners who are working towards climate compatible development.

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