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Low carbon development and poverty: exploring poverty alleviating mitigation action in developing countries
Energy Research Centre, 2012Climate change and poverty mostly fall into the adaptation category in the current research literature and relevant policy making due to the assumption that poor countries produce only low carbon emissions.DocumentNational climate finance institutions support programme - case study: the Indonesia climate change trust fund (ICCTF)
Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, 2012The Indonesia climate change trust fund (ICCTF) is designed as a national climate (trust) fund (NCF), which aims to develop innovative ways to link international finance sources with national investment strategies.DocumentKey indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 (43rd edition)
Asian Development Bank, 2012This publication includes the latest available economic, financial, social and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aims to present the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience. Part I of this issue is a special chapter on green urbanisation in Asia.DocumentClimate change adaptation in Grenada: water resources, coastal ecosystems and renewable energy
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2012This study attempts to encourage practical implementation of climate change adaptation programmes and their integration into national plans for sustainable development. It argues that the assessment process must evolve over time to fit continuously changing climate change impacts, conditions, priorities and national sustainable development criteria.DocumentInstitutions for sustainable development
Wiley Online Library, 2012This special issue of Natural Resources Forum, a United Nations Sustainable Development Journal, is devoted to institutions for sustainable development.DocumentDisaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: an institutional and policy analysis
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012Disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) both share a common focus: reducing the vulnerability of communities and contributing to sustainable development. This study provides an analysis of the current level of integration of DDR and CCA in the Pacific region, with an emphasis on the institutional and policy environment.DocumentA guidebook to the green economy, issue 1: green economy, green growth, and low-carbon development – history, definitions and a guide to recent publications
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2012Green economy has been proposed as a means for catalysing national policy development and international cooperation to respond to climate change related crises and support sustainable development. The concept has received significant international attention over the past few years, which has resulted in a rapidly expanding literature on the topic.DocumentClimate finance readiness: lessons learned in developing countries
The Nature Conservancy, 2012This report explores how strategies to reduce carbon emissions relate to a country’s financial structures and institutions. It details lessons learned in Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico and Peru on how best to design in-country financial architecture for receiving and utilising international funding for climate action.DocumentLessons from REDD+ readiness implementation experience in the Republic of Congo: getting ready for REDD+ under uncertain, national circumstances
Congo Basin Forest Fund, 2012This report presents lessons learned from readiness activities in the Republic of Congo towards reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). The report reveals progress in technical and scientific capacity building and institutional strengthening.OrganisationCongo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
The Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) was launched in 2008 with a grant of £100 million from the governments of the UK and Norway to develop the capacity of the people and institutions of the CongoPages