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    India: implementing incentives focused on energy

    Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2012
    Compared to the global average and other emerging countries, India’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and income per capita remain low. Nevertheless, this working paper shows that India is making important efforts to decouple energy consumption and GHG emissions from growth, pushed in particular by the challenges of energy security and poverty.
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    Brazil: curbing forest emissions and anticipating energy issues

    Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2012
    Brazil’s climate policies are often associated with its efforts to curb emissions resulting from the deforestation of the Amazon forest. This working paper reviews Brazil’s exiting climate policies and governance structures, many of which target emissions resulting from deforestation.
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    Energy for a shared development agenda: global scenarios and governance implications

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
    This study examines how energy needs for human and economic development can be met in a way that is compatible with long-term sustainable development at the global scale.
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    Frontline observations on climate change and sustainability of large marine ecosystems

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    This publication on the risks posed by climate change on Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) shows that warming ocean waters as a result of climate change are threatening LMEs and thus the livelihoods of billions of people who are dependent on them.
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    International Public Finance to Address Climate Change in Indonesia – Lessons for the Future of European Development Cooperation

    European Development Cooperation, 2011
    This policy brief examines international and national climate finance flows in Indonesia and makes recommendations for future European Union (EU) climate finance operations. The Cancun Agreements (2010) state that developed countries should transfer new and additional finance for developing countries to address climate change.
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    What is a REDD+ Pilot?

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2010
    This policy brief, published by the Centre for International Forestry Research, provides a snapshot of 17 REDD+ pilot projects in Indonesia. It begins by discussing early REDD+ pilots in Indonesia and then provides a comprehensive typology of REDD+ activities in Indonesia.
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    REDD+ Benefit Sharing in Indonesia

    REDD-net, 2011
    This report, published by the World Bank/REDD-net, examines the nature of Indonesia’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) regulatory framework.
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    Realising Development Effectiveness: Making the Most of Climate Change Finance in Asia and the Pacific

    2010
    In order for developing countries to address the issue of climate change, developed countries are required to provide significant financial assistance for low carbon and climate resilient development. This synthesis report examines the nature of climate change finance in Asia and the Pacific.
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    Safer Communities Through Disaster Risk Reduction (SC-DRR) in Development

    2012
    The issue of climate change is set to increase the frequency of extreme weather events. Countries, therefore, are required to undertake adaptive measures to ameliorate the impact of such events; Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is an important element of such measures.
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    One planet - one future: equity and resilience for sustainable development

    CARE International, 2012
    This report by CARE highlights the need for Rio+20 to deliver on sustainable development solutions with equity and resilience as central pillars.

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