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  Warming aid, chilling trade?

  International Policy Network, 2003

  This paper discusses the mechanisms available for the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol, and specifically the potential role of trade sanctions as a means of enforcement.Because they are entangled in regulation, European businesses may be less efficient and competitive than their international counterparts.
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  China and climate change: the role of the energy sector

  SciDev.Net, 2005

  Climate change is affecting China and China is affecting climate change. Key to the relationship are the nation's booming economy and energy sector.With several climatic zones and sensitive physical environments, China is susceptible to the effects of climate change.
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  Is Kyoto a good idea?

  International Policy Network, 2003

  This paper analyses the Kyoto Protocol, and questions whether it is ‘a good idea’, given reasonable expectations of future conditions based on the best available current knowledge.
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  Climatic and socio-economic influences on malaria and cholera risks in the Lake Victoria region of Tanzania

  Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2005

  This paper examines the relationships between socio-economic characteristics, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate-induced malaria and cholera in the Lake Victoria region, Tanzania. It also aims at informing policy-making in response to climate change that is related to malaria and cholera.
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  Gas flaring in Nigeria: a human rights, environmental and economic monstrosity

  Friends of the Earth International, 2005

  This report examines the social, environmental and economic consequences of gas flaring- the process of burning-off surplus combustible vapours from a well, either as a means of disposal or as a safety measure - in the Niger Delta. More gas is flared in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world.
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  How biodiversity and climate change interact

  SciDev.Net, 2004

  This policy brief examines the biodiversity/climate change interface from both sides. The authors firstly explore the impacts of global warming on biodiversity, and then look at how biodiversity affects climate change. Climate impacts on biodiversity can include such things as shifting ecosystem boundaries, sharp increases in the rate of extinction, and more severe pest/disease outbreaks.
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  Beyond the baseline: large scale climate friendly development

  2005

  This article investigates two cases of large scale, development-neutral projects in China and South Africa that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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  Equity in climate change

  Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2005

  Globally the impacts of climate change are likely to disproportionately harm developing nations despite the fact that these nations have contributed little to cumulative greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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  The SouthSouthNorth sustainable development appraisal and ranking matrix tool

  SouthSouthNorth, 2005

  This SouthSouthNorth matrix tool can be used to appraise sustainable development of Clean Development Mechanism project activities under the Kyoto Protocol. It has been designed with project developers and host country governments in mind, as a means of appraising and rating projects at the time of project design and approval.
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  Environment and development in Arab countries: economic impacts of climate change policies in the GCC region

  Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2003

  The paper discusses the importance of the climate change issue that is expected to affect the wellbeing of the GCC region in the next decade. Since the early 1970s, the GCC economies have made continuous efforts to reduce their relative dependence on the oil sector through the development of the manufacturing and services sectors.

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