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Unlocking forest bonds: a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2011This document is an outcome of a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests, specifically focusing on the development and introduction of forest bonds.DocumentPolicy update: nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets
Ecofys, 2012Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets are currently developing in parallel with increasing debate on how to link the two approaches. This paper explores the role carbon markets may play for NAMAs and the key issues around the compatibility of the two concepts.DocumentHow vulnerable is India’s trade to possible border carbon adjustments in the EU?
Kluwer Law International, 2012This document is an empirical analysis of India’s trade vulnerabilities to a possible border carbon adjustment scheme implemented by the European Union (EU).DocumentFair finance: ensuring developing countries benefit from carbon pricing of international transport
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2011Carbon pricing of international shipping is an innovative mechanism that may reduce emissions, yet it is essential that it does not have negative impacts on developing countries least-responsible for climate change. This briefing paper analyses the impact of carbon pricing of international transport for nearly 200 countries based on their imports by sea and air.DocumentA method to finance a global climate fund with a harmonized carbon tax
Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2010This paper introduces the problem of climate funding, explores the risks associated with cap and trade offsets and expands on the idea of a harmonised carbon tax and global climate fund.DocumentWin-win scenarios at the climate-development interface: challenges and opportunities for stove replacement programs through carbon finance
Social Science Research Network, 2010This paper reviews the possibilities for win-win climate and development outcomes in programmes that distribute improved efficiency cookstoves (ICS) with the use of carbon finance.DocumentShaping forest safety nets with markets: Adaptation to climate change under changing roles of tropical forests in Congo Basin
Science Direct, 2010This paper explores the role of markets for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in facilitating climate change adaptation of local communities in the Congo Basin.DocumentTransport, trade and climate change: carbon footprints, fuel subsidies and market-based measures
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011Transport contributes significantly to global GHG emissions and measures to mitigate these emissions are essential. This paper discusses several measures that can contribute to mitigating emissions related to trade and transport. These measures include: carbon footprinting, elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and market-based measures (MBMs). The main conclusions include:DocumentBalancing development and conservation? an assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of non-timber forest product trade in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Ecology and Society, 2006This article evaluates the extent to which Non Timber Forest Product (NTFP) trade leads to both livelihood improvement and forest conservation. The analysis is based on a standardised expert-judgment assessment of the livelihood and environmental outcomes of 55 cases of NTFP trade from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.DocumentTrade and climate change
World Trade Organization, 2009Greenhouse gas emissions which are the major contributors to climate change are on the increase in both industrialised and developing countries. This paper indicates key linkages between trade and climate change and reviews how their respective policies interact. Questions are posed as to how trade and climate change can be mutually supportive.Pages