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Real-Time Evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative: Contributions to National REDD+ Processes 2007-2010. Executive Summaries from Country Reports
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011The primary objective of the Norwegian Government’s climate policy is to help establish a global, binding, long-term post-2012 regime that will ensure cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to limit global temperature rise to no more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.DocumentSustainable development through policy integration in Latin America: a comparative approach
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012The challenge of Latin American countries today is that they too need to translate socioeconomic development objectives into a model that maintains ecosystem services, biodiversity and low carbon emissions to support Earth Stewardship.DocumentAchieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change.DocumentThe ICT Landscape in BRICS Countries: Brazil, India, China
Directorate-General for Research - European Commission, 2012BRIC countires are becoming major players as producers of ICT goods and services.The aim of this report is to take a closer look at the ICTs landscape in BRICS countries Brazil, India and China. It documents the size of the ICT sector for each of the three countries covered and assesses their R&D expenditures.DocumentAmerica's water agenda: targets, solutions and the pathways to improving water resources management
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2012Developed through a two-year dialogue among regional stakeholders, this Agenda diagnoses the current situation and principal challenges facing water management in the Americas, and proposes 11 time-bound targets for action under six themes: access to water and sanitation for all; climate change adaptation; integrated water resources management (IWRM); food security; energy and water; and the qualiDocumentDeveloping Countries' Trade Vulnerabilities to EU Climate Policies
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011The European Union (EU) aims to take a lead in combating climate change and, as such, experiences a higher intensity of carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns. The EU is, however, an important export market for many developing countries, and BCAs implemented by the EU could therefore have a large impact on these countries.DocumentThe Viability of Cattle Ranching Intensification in Brazil as a Strategy to Spare Land and Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2011Recent research and policy on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Brazil suggests that the least-cost, largest-scale mitigation option is for cattle ranchers to produce more on the land they already use.DocumentEvolving Men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2011DocumentEvolving Men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2011