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    China in Africa Policy Brief: China's environmental footprint in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    Along with its economic presence, China has rapidly expanded its environmental footprint in Africa. An important objective of China’s Africa strategy is to extract natural resources that have so far not been accessible. Such resources are often located in fragile ecosystems and countries with weak governance systems.
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    China in Africa Policy Brief: China’s preferential trade policy for Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    While those aspects of China’s foreign policy that concern Africa have received considerable attention, a key dimension — that is, the provisions they make for preferential trade access — has not been the subject of close scrutiny or analysis.
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    Gender patterns and value of unpaid work: findings from China's first large-scale time use survey

    United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
    In 2008, the first large-scale time-use survey (TUS) was carried out across China. This paper, produced by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, analyses the TUS data collected, describing the gender patterns across three different types of activity: paid work, unpaid work, and non-work activity.
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    Gender patterns and value of unpaid work: findings from China's first large-scale time use survey

    United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
    In 2008, the first large-scale time-use survey (TUS) was carried out across China. This paper, produced by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, analyses the TUS data collected, describing the gender patterns across three different types of activity: paid work, unpaid work, and non-work activity.
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    Integrated city strategy for CO2 emission reduction, resource efficiency and climate resilience

    Wuppertal Institute, 2013
    This report integrates the three key dimensions of the Low Carbon Future Cities project: climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and resource efficiency. It presents two low carbon scenarios for the pilot city of Wuxi with project energy consumption and CO2 emission in Wuxi up to 2050.
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    The green economy and the BRICS countries: bringing them together

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    The green economy has been around as a concept since the 1970s but gained relevance again in the wake of the global economic recession in 2009 as government leaders looked towards new economic opportunities through sustainable, equitable and resilient economic growth. International institutions such as the UN helped to shape the thinking
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    Applying abatement cost curve methodology for low-carbon strategy in changning district, Shanghai

    World Bank, 2013
    This report documents the methodology of and key findings from applying abatement cost curves and scenarios to set low-carbon targets and define cost-effective low-carbon investment programs in Changning district, Shanghai.
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    Seen, heard and counted: rethinking care in a development context

    Development and Change Journal, 2012
    This is a diverse collection of contributions covering various aspects of care from around the world, from Chinese women’s burdens under economic reform, to the political and social organisation of childcare in Argentina.
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    City-level climate change mitigation and adaptation

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Latin American cities are under increasing pressure from rapid urbanisation, while current impacts and potential threats from climate change are further exposing municipal vulnerabilities. City planners are responding to these twin pressures with innovations in climate-related policies and are making big strides in terms of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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    How does the global power shift affect the low carbon transformation?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    Two transformations are likely to dominate the first half of the twenty-first century. One is the shift in economic power from the West (North America and Western Europe) to the East (China and the East Asian production system). The second is the transition from a high to low carbon economy. The first shift is at an advanced stage; the second at an early stage.

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