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    REDD+ and the Indigenous Question: A Case Study from Ecuador

    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2011
    One of the main issues regarding the implementation of REDD+ in Latin America has been the growing concern that such projects may infringe upon the rights and negatively affect the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. Various indigenous and civil society organizations are ardently opposed to the initiative.
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    Designing public sector interventions to mobilise private participation in low carbon development: 20 questions toolkit

    Overseas Development Institute, 2012
    This paper outlines the goals of low carbon development (LCD) and why public sector interventions are needed to mobilise the private sector to become involved in it. The paper lays out a ‘20 questions toolkit’ for stakeholders involved in designing public and private sector interventions at the project and programme level.
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    IDLO-CISDL compendium of legal best practices on climate change policy

    International Development Law Organisation, 2011
    This paper highlights the challenges that governments face in implementing their international climate change policy commitments and the means to addressing these challenges. The authors note that international action on climate change is a relatively new phenomenon and legal systems were designed prior to the establishment of the multilateral climate change regime.
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    Inclusive green growth: the pathway to sustainable development

    World Bank, 2012
    According to this report by the World Bank, inclusive green growth is the pathway to sustainable development.
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    Quantitative maps of groundwater resources in Africa

    IOPscience, 2012
    In Africa, groundwater is the major source of drinking water and its use for irrigation is predicted to increase substantially to combat growing food insecurity. Despite this, there is little quantitative information on groundwater resources in Africa and groundwater storage is consequently omitted from assessments of freshwater availability.
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    Towards climate finance transparency

    Publish What You Fund, 2012
    International funding and technology transfer are crucial for creating climate change mitigation and adaption opportunities. This paper, jointly published by aidinfo and Publish What You Fund, calls for transparency in climate finance flows, harmonisation between climate change and aid transparency practices, and learning and collaboration between different stakeholders.
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    One planet to share: sustaining human progress in a changing climate

    2012
    The Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Report (APHDR) focuses on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically, while reducing poverty and tackling climate change and environmental concerns.
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    Coal: energy for sustainable development

    World Coal Association, 2012
    Access to energy is essential to addressing the causes of poverty. This report demonstrates the role coal has in delivering energy to the 1.3 billion people who lack access to energy and how it can help build sustainable communities. The publication examines the global energy challenge, coal’s role in delivering clean energy, and coal and sustainable development.
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    Climate-smart trade and investment in Asia and the Pacific: towards a triple-win outcome

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2011
    Managing climate change caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the world's greatest challenges. Trade and investment indirectly contribute to GHG emissions through the energy used in production and transportation processes. However, by developing clean technologies and distribution processes, trade and investment can play a role in being a part of the solution rather than the problem.
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    Annual status report on NAMAs: mid-year update 2012

    ECN, 2012
    Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) were introduced in Bali in 2007 and they continue to be an important item on the agenda of climate policy negotiators and practitioners. This report presents a snapshot of the state of play for NAMAs. The data presented show a significant uptake in NAMA activities in the last six months.

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