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    New market mechanisms: prerequisites for implementation

    Wuppertal Institute, 2012
    The Durban conference decided to establish a new market based mechanism that is to cover a broad segment of a country’s economy. The question is, however, which developing countries would actually be able to implement such a mechanism. The introduction of the EU emission trading system highlighted the many challenges that even advanced developed countries face when establishing a carbon market.
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    Case study: the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF)

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
    The 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.
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    Ready or not: assessing national institutional capacity for climate change adaptation

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2012
    This report introduces the National Adaptive Capacity (NAC) framework, a tool to help governments bring institutional capacity development into their adaptation planning processes. The NAC framework enables its users to systematically assess institutional strengths and weaknesses that may help or hinder adaptation.
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    REDD+ Safeguards for Vietnam: Key Issues and the Way Forward

    The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
    This brief discusses Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) safeguards in the context of Vietnam and makes recommendations for future action. It begins by outlining the Vietnamese context and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defined REDD+ safeguards.
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    HCVA in Quy Nhon

    Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network: Indore Initiative, 2009
    This report describes the findings of a Hazard, Capacity & Vulnerability Assessment (HCVA) of Quy Nhon, Vietnam. It has been produced by Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCN).
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    Summary: Climate Change Resilience Action Plan for Quy Nhon City

    2010
    This report, published by the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCN), summarizes climate resilience plans for Quy Nhon City, Vietnam. The report is comprised of three parts. The first section examines potential climate change impacts and areas of vulnerability within Quy Nhon.
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    Great expectations: understanding why the UN climate talks seem to fail

    The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    Year after year, the United Nations climate negotiations seem to fail the test of saving the global climate in the public eye. This briefing paper argues that the expectations placed on the UN climate regime are simply too high, which is damaging as they resonate with sceptics of international climate policy and UN multilateralism in general.
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    Analysing REDD+. Challenges and choices

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
    This is the third book in a series of highly recognised REDD+ volumes from CIFOR. It provides an analysis of actual REDD+ design and early implementation, based on a large research project – the Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (GCS).
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    A Workbook on Planning for Urban Resilience in the Face of Disasters: Adapting Experiences from Vietnam’s Cities to Other Cities

    World Bank, 2012
    This comprehensive work book provides tips on urban adaptation drawn from efforts to boost climate resilience in cities in Vietnam. It has been produced by the World Bank Group and is intended to assist policymakers in developing countries plan for anticipated impacts of climate change.
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    Gender Equality in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Vietnam

    2012
    This policy brief examines the gender dimensions of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the context of Vietnam. It is argued that women in Vietnam are active actors in CCA & DRR and their concerns and contributions in a variety of spheres should be reflected in related policies and actions.

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