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    An ICT-based community plant clinic for climate-resilient agricultural practices in Bangladesh

    Centre for Development Informatics, 2011
    The southwest coastal region of Bangladesh is particularly climate vulnerable; impacted both by immediate climate events and by longer term climate change. As a result, local farmers are demanding information about pest control, new saline tolerant varieties, improved agricultural management practices, and early warning of weather events, amongst others.
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    ICT-Based monitoring of climate change related deforestation: the case of INPE in the Brazilian Amazon

    Centre for Development Informatics, 2012
    Deforestation is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases; accounting for at least two thirds of Brazil’s emissions. This study provides a case study of the PRODES and DETER satellite-based monitoring systems used for policy making and law enforcement in the Brazilian amazon.
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    OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: the consequences of inaction

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012
    Based on joint modelling by the OECD and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), this document looks forward to the year 2050 to find out what demographic and economic trends might mean for the environment if the world does not adopt more ambitious green policies. It also looks at what policies could change that picture for the better.
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    Resilient people, resilient planet: a future worth choosing

    United Nations High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, 2012
    The long-term vision of the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability is to eradicate poverty, reduce inequality and make growth inclusive, and production and consumption more sustainable, while combating climate change and respecting a range of other planetary boundaries.
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    Learning from Norway: A Review of Lessons Learned for REDD+ Donors

    Focali, Forest, Climate, and Livelihood research network, 2011
    This report aims to provide potential REDD+ donors with an analysis of a number of factors to take into account in investment decisions. Focus lies on issues especially relevant for public donors such as governments, and less for private investors. However, hopefully the report can also feed into a general discussion on REDD+ investments and interventions.
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    Climate Change and Tourism Policy in OECD Countries

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011
    Over the next 25 years, GHG emissions from tourism are projected to more than double in a business-as-usual scenario. While tourism is not unique in this respect, these trends are out of step with the climate policy objectives of the international community.
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    Climate change and development links

    Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme, IIED, 2006
    Part of the Gatekeeper Series produced by the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme at IIED, this paper charts the evolution of climate change and development study and shows why the two fields have, until recently, remained largely independent.
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    Climate change and water: IPCC technical paper VI

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2008
    This IPCC technical paper extensively and thoroughly examines the potential consequences of climate change on the world’s freshwater resources and the communities that depend on them. Its objective is to improve understanding of how water-related issues are linked to climate change and adaptation and mitigation responses.
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    What Makes People Adopt Improved Cookstoves? Empirical Evidence from Rural Northwest Pakistan

    Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2011
    Drawing on field work surveys in rural northwest Pakistan, this paper provides empirical evidence of individual, household, and community level variables that play a vital role in the adoption of improved cookstoves.
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    Insights from afforestation and reforestation clean development mechanism projects

    World Bank, 2012
    This report is an effort to inform project developers and policy-makers about the main lessons learned by the BioCarbon Fund while accompanying the development of more than 20 A/R CDM forest projects in 16 countries since it started operations in 2004.

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