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  Colombia: hacia una economía baja en carbono

  La Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia, 2010

  The publication gives an overview of the concept of climate change and then explain their impact in a country like Colombia, which, despite generating low emissions, is highly affected by the effects of global climate change.
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  Estrategia nacional de educación, formación y sensibilización de publicos sobre cambio climático

  2010

  This strategy was carried out under the Second National Communication under the leadership of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies IDEAM and the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.
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  Mechanisms for agricultural climate change mitigation incentives for smallholders

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011

  Smallholder farmers have an important role to play in the prevention of climate change by reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, they are not benefitting from international financial mechanisms established as a result of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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  Towards policies for climate change mitigation: incentives and benefits for smallholder farmers

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012

  Agriculture has been previously neglected by climate negotiators and policymakers, but this is changing due to an increasing understanding of the links between climate change and agriculture.
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  Summing up the parts: Combining Policy Instruments for Least-Cost Climate Mitigation Strategies

  International Energy Agency, 2011

  Meeting the enormous challenge of decarbonising world energy systems will require a rapid expansion of investment in clean technologies on a global scale. Mobilising these resources will be a daunting task, and it is important to undertake the transition at the lowest cost possible.
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  Forest Carbon Partnership Facility 2011 Annual Report

  Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2011

  This report marks the third year of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and sets out to analyse its performance, outlining strengths and weaknesses, as well as any key milestones that have been made over the last twelve months, which include: the the signing of the first Readiness preparation grants for several forest countries; the adoption of the Common Approach to safeguards among Mul
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  Back to the Future: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2011

  Forest Trends, 2011

  This report co-produced by Ecosystems Marketplace and Bloomberg New Energy Finance compiles results from across several continents to shed light on the trading volumes, credit prices, project types, locations, and the motivation of buyers in the voluntary carbon market from 2010-11.
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  State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2011: From Canopy to Currency

  Forest Trends, 2011

  This second annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyses trends in global transactions of emissions reductions generated from forest carbon projects.
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  The Emerging Market for Forest and Land-Use Carbon: A new asset class with early-stage investment opportunities that generate extensive environmental and social benefits

  Terra Global Capital, LLC, 2011

  Human-induced climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is impacting the earth’s ecosystem stability through effects such as ocean acidification, thawing of permafrost regions, shrinking sea ice, increased incidence of extreme weather, and shifting precipitation patterns.
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  Scaling up carbon markets in developing countries post-2012: are NAMAs the way forward?

  Ecologic Centre for International and European Environmental Research, Berlin, 2012

  Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are seen as a pivotal means for enhanced mitigation in developing countries, but the design and implementation complexities of NAMAs are still unclear. This paper sheds light on how carbon markets can be utilised to support NAMAs in developing countries, trying to find out an optimal combination of NAMAs and carbon markets.

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