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    Addressing climate change in comfort standards

    Science Direct, 2010
    Buildings continue to be one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. This paper argues that both mitigation of greenhouse gases and adaptation to climate change should be added to building codes and standards.
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    Belize second national communications to the conference of the parties of the UNFCCC

    2011
    Belize's second national communication to the conference of parties (COP) under the UNFCCC is meant to serve as a snapshot of the nation's status quo as it relates to the effects of climate change on the various aspects of its socio-economic make-up as well as its responses to these impacts.
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    Transportation NAMAs: a proposed framework

    Center for Clean Air Policy, 2010
    There may be no other sector where sustainable development and greenhouse gas mitigation are as closely aligned as in the transportation sector.
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    The budget approach: A framework for a global transformation toward a low-carbon economy

    Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2010
    This paper argues that the carbon budget approach (which is a combination of findings from climate science and economics with fundamental concepts of equity) could serve as a cornerstone for a future climate regime which is based on the concept of a low-carbon economy. The authors present the following general principles which could be the basis for a future climate regime:
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    Mobilising private finance to drive an energy industrial revolution

    Science Direct, 2010
    This paper notes that while uptake of renewable energies as a solution to climate change is widely discussed, the issue of public vs. private financing has not yet been adequately explored.
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    Comparison of Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 pledges under the Cancun Agreements

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011
    This report, based on an analysis conducted for Oxfam International, examines four recent detailed studies of countries' mitigation pledges under the Cancun Agreements, for the purpose of comparing developed (Annex 1) country pledges to developing (non-Annex 1) country pledges.
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    Development without Carbon: Climate and the Global Economy through the 21st Century

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
    Economic development and the eradication of energy poverty are increasingly seen as key components in a comprehensive strategy to prevent dangerous climate change, along with greenhouse gas emission reductions and adaptation measures. But the current crop of climate economics models used to guide policymakers assumes very little economic growth in the poorest countries.
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    Energy-Water-Climate Planning for Development Without Carbon in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
    Energy is essential for development, but given the urgent need to mitigate climate change, developing nations are under pressure to keep their carbon emissions low. This leaves them with three options: abandon development; ignore climate concerns; or take a third path: finding energy sources that emit little or no carbon.
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    Civil Climate Change Activism in China – More than Meets the Eye

    2012
    This publication provides a brief overview of several important ways in which Chinese environmental groups are working to address climate change issues – both at home and internationally.
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    Climate instruments for the transport sector: considerations for the post 2012 climate regime

    Asian Development Bank, 2010
    This report uses case studies conducted in Asian and Latin American cities to explore how urban transport policies and programmes could be developed as supported Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). The report covers issues related to the scope, institutional involvement, financing and monitoring of NAMAs:

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