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  Addressing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the Pan-Japan Sea Region: an overview of economic instruments

  Ishikawa International Cooperation Research Centre, 2006

  This report analyses atmospheric emissions in the Pan-Japan Sea region countries within the context of some of the economic instruments which are commonly used to address air pollution and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
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  The business case for action on climate change

  Australasian Emissions Trading Forum, 2006

  The first article in this collection reviews the findings and recommendations from a recent study commissioned by the Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change.The study presents the business case for early action on climate change in Australia. Foremost among the recommendations is the need to design a ‘long, loud and legal’ framework to establish a price signal for emission abatement.
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  Free riding on the climate: the possibility of legal, economic and trade restrictive measures to tackle inaction on global warming

  New Economics Foundation, 2003

  This paper argues that economic and trade measures offer a new and entirely legitimate way to raise the costs of inaction to industrialised countries that are not supporting the Kyoto Protocol.
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  Reaching the Kyoto targets: does population change matter?: a first assessment of Kyoto gaps adjusted for population changes

  Joanneum Research - Institute of Energy Research, 2006

  This paper takes a look at the current Kyoto gap of different Annex-B countries, including countries that have not ratified the Kyoto-Protocol, and assesses how this gap would change if the Kyoto Protocol were based on per capita targets. It shows that the picture changes significantly when population changes are taken into account and suggest that for the next Kyoto commitment after 2012 these
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  Climate change and nature: adapting for the future

  World Conservation Union, 2006

  This report argues that climate change requires an adaptive management style that focuses on transparency and learning. Such an approach needs to target stakeholders in decision making and implementation at the level of landscapes and seascapes.
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  Gender: the missing component of the response to climate change

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2006

  Analysing the gender dimension of climate change and the policies that have been established to mitigate and adapt to its impacts, this report points out that gender aspects have generally been neglected in international climate policy. This is a major concern given the emphasis of development policy making on general equity issues. Climate policies are not by default gender-neutral.
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  The sustainable forest products industry, carbon and climate change: key messages for policy-makers

  World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2005

  This paper argues that optimum forest management practices will be those that ensure continued carbon sequestration in the forest, provide wood fibre for biomass-based products and carbon neutral biomass fuels, and protect the ecological values of the forest in a balanced way.The Sustainable Forest Products Industry aims to be responsible managers of carbon by:supplying products that st
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  Climate change: the 21st century’s most urgent environmental problem proverbial last straw?

  International Policy Network, 2003

  Published in: Adapt or Die: The science, politics and economics of climate change, this chapter analyses potential human and environmental vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change.The author examines:the consequences of climate change in the past few decades, arguing that despite any warming, the average person’s welfare has improved over the last century due to technological pr
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  The climate of poverty: facts, fears and hope

  Christian Aid, 2006

  Tens of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa could die of disease directly attributable to climate change, is the main finding of this NGO report.
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  Sustainable development policies and measures and international climate agreements

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2005

  One of the most difficult challenges facing nations attempting to implement the Climate Convention is the integration of greenhouse gas (GHG) considerations into national development programmes. This paper explores this challenge at the international level.

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