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    Climate change and African forest and wildlife resources

    African Forestry Forum, 2011
    Forests and woodlands cover approximately 23 per cent of Africa and they are an important foundation of many livelihoods and economies. It is estimated that around 70 per cent of Africa’s population depend on forest resources for their survival.
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    Forest management and climate change: stakeholder perceptions

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is currently developing guidelines to assist forest managers to understand, assess and implement climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. To facilitate the development of the guidelines, FAO conducted an online survey of forest stakeholders between May and July 2011.
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    World economic and social survey 2011: the great green technological transformation

    United Nations Development Policy and Analysis Division, 2011
    The world economic and social survey (WESS) provides analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies. Even though enormous improvements in human welfare have taken place over the past two centuries, these have been unevenly distributed and have come at a lasting cost of environmental degradation.
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    Measuring water use in a green economy

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
    A key challenge for humanity over the coming decades will be to meet the energy, land, water and material needs of up to nine billion people, while keeping climate change, biodiversity loss and health threats within acceptable limits.
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    The atmosphere business

    ephemera, 2012
    The contributions collected in this special issue of ephemera question the underlying ideologies and assumptions of carbon markets and bring to light many of the contradictions and antagonisms that are currently at the heart of ‘climate capitalism’.
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    UNEP year book 2012: emerging issues in our global environment

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
    The United Nations Environment Programme's year book for 2012 shows that we are facing a number of environmental challenges, although scientists and policy makers have made headway on addressing some of the most pressing issues through new discoveries and investments.
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    Low carbon green growth roadmap for Asia and the Pacific: turning resource constraints and the climate crisis into economic growth opportunities

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2012
    In 2005, the concept of green growth was introduced in the Asia-Pacific region as a strategy for sustainable growth in developing countries. This roadmap, produced by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), is intended for the use of member states to help policymakers find win-win strategies for promoting growth and reducing carbon emissions.
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    Promoting safety and health in a green economy

    International Labour Organization, 2012
    The two major challenges that define the 21st century are averting climate change and the deterioration of natural resources, and ensuring sustainable development based on economic growth, social equity and environmental protection. Building a green economy is necessary in response to these challenges.
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    Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

    World Bank, 2012
    This report aims to improve the knowledge base for scaling-up investments in land management technologies that sequester soil carbon for increased productivity under changing climate conditions. The report presents the following key messages.
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    Solar heat worldwide: markets and contribution to the energy supply 2010

    International Energy Agency, 2012
    This publication by the International Energy Agency's (IEA) Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (SHC) documents the solar thermal capacity in worldwide markets, assesses the contribution of these systems to energy supplies and evaluates the carbon dioxide emissions avoided by the use of solar energy systems.

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