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    Pursuing a green economy: growth alongside environmental sustainability in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    Latin American countries have been implementing some innovative market incentives to catalyse the expansion of the green economy, in particular in relation to natural resource conservation and development of greener energy and infrastructure. This Guide explores these experiences to identify useful lessons for other regions of the world.
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    Payments for environmental services: a market mechanism protecting Latin America’s forests

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    In Latin America, payments for environmental services schemes are the preferred market mechanism for forest conservation and reforestation. Success stories from the region provide a range of valuable lessons for other countries still struggling to curb deforestation.
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    The green economy and the BRICS countries: bringing them together

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    The green economy has been around as a concept since the 1970s but gained relevance again in the wake of the global economic recession in 2009 as government leaders looked towards new economic opportunities through sustainable, equitable and resilient economic growth. International institutions such as the UN helped to shape the thinking
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    Adapting to climate change: Long term effects of drought on local labor markets

    Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2013
    This paper examines the long term effects of drought on local labour markets. Using rainfall data going back over a century, the researchers attempt to build contemporaneous and historical drought indices for more than 3000 local areas in Brazil, and examine them in conjunction with five waves of population census data spanning the 1970-2010 period.
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    City-level climate change mitigation and adaptation

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Latin American cities are under increasing pressure from rapid urbanisation, while current impacts and potential threats from climate change are further exposing municipal vulnerabilities. City planners are responding to these twin pressures with innovations in climate-related policies and are making big strides in terms of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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    Green building in Latin America

    2013
    Amidst rapid urbanisation, Latin American countries have been scaling-up green building, in some cases achieving significant reductions in energy consumption, water use, carbon dioxide emissions, and solid waste. This Brief explores how.
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    Rio de Janeiro City’s early warning system for heavy rain

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    The city of Rio de Janeiro has developed a highly efficient early warning system (EWS) that is having an impressive impact after just three years in operation. The measures employed are innovative, inclusive and non-resource intensive, and are thus highly applicable to cities in other developing regions.
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    The green economy in the G-20, post-Mexico: implications for Brazil

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Co-ordination among the BRICS countries concerning the green economy agenda within the G-20 is almost nonexistent. Nevertheless, Brazilian authorities seek to maintain some co-ordination with the other BRICS members, even if the main purpose is to avoid the adoption of those commitments and mandates that can potentially cause discomfort to some of them.
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    Environmental service incentives in the state of Acre, Brazil: Lessons for policies, programmes and strategies for jurisdiction-wide REDD+

    WWF Brazil, 2013
    This study analyses the design of an Environmental Service Incentives System (SISA, in Portuguese), which includes a programme for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), in the Brazilian state of Acre. Formally known as Environmental Service Incentives for Carbon (or ISA Carbon), this programme represents one of the first public policies for REDD+.
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    Capitalising on public transport: reducing GHG emissions in Latin American cities

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Energy efficient modes of transport - like Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, bicycles and electric taxis - are providing an effective means for reducing urban greenhouse gas emissions in Latin American cities. The transport sector is one of the largest contributors to global GHG emissions, both worldwide and in the Latin America region.

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