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    Jawaharlal Nehru solar mission

    India Water Portal, 2009
    Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's document for India's Solar Mission. The NAPCC aims to promote the development and use of solar energy for power generation and other uses with the ultimate objective of making solar competitive with fossil-based energy options.
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    National mission for enhanced energy efficiency

    India Water Portal, 2008
    Ministry of Power's framework document for India's NMEEE. This document states that current initiatives are expected to yield savings of 10,000 MW by 2012.
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    National mission for green India: National consultations

    India Water Portal, 2010
    Draft prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for comments. The draft outlines a fundamental shift in forest policy from focusing on forest quantity to forest quality. There is an attempt to look at forest governance holistically and promote decentralization. This mission also lists the involvement of civil society and public in developing its objectives.
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    National mission on sustainable habitat

    India Water Portal, 2011
    Draft proposal prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.
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    Climate change risk: An adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities

    Environment and urbanization, 2008
    This paper considers the needed adaptation and mitigation agenda for cities in India – where the urban population is likely to grow by around 500 million over the next 50 years.
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    Considering climate change in Latin American and Caribbean urban transportation: concepts, applications, and cases

    Global Metropolitan Studies at the Institute of Urban & Regional Development, UC Berkeley, 2009
    This report presents the framework and discusses methods and approaches that can be used for transport project CO2 evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean through the presentation of two case examples.
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    Free, prior, and informed consent in REDD+: principles and approaches for policy and project development

    2011
    This publication is aimed at those concerned with the design and implementation of REDD+ projects or programmes. The audience includes independent community facilitators or advisors; indigenous and local community leaders; local government staff; project staff/liaison officers; private sector investors; and NGO facilitators, advocates and activists. Divided into three main sections: 1.
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    The Global Status of CCS: 2011

    2011
    The Global Status of Carbon capture and storage (CCS): 2011 report is the Institute’s flagship publication and consolidates the current understanding of the level and nature of global CCS activities, as well as the major opportunities and challenges experienced by large-scale integrated CCS projects.
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    The Allocation of Emission Allowances Free of Charge: Legal and Economic Consderations

    2011
    This paper investigates the practice of using free allowances within an ETS, and analyses whether this can amount to a subsidy. The purpose is to shed light on a policy tool that is widely used, and to discuss whether it might conflict with trade and trade rules and thus with the opportunities of trade to contribute to sustainable development.
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    City carbon budgets: A proposal to align incentives for climate-friendly communities

    Science Direct, 2010
    This paper proposes a framework for climate policy instruments for local governments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities. The proposal put forth is that local governments would be assigned a city carbon budget, and would be required to keep annual GHG emissions from local transport and buildings within this allocated budget.

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