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  Climate variability and change and sea-level rise in the Pacific Islands Region: a resource book for policy and decision makers, educators and other stakeholders

  Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2003

  This book aims to provide a summary of the latest knowledge about climate change as it relates to the Pacific Islands Region.
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  Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in least developed countries (LDCs)

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  Adaptation to climate change has become an important policy priority in the international
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  Balancing agricultural development and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002

  Using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model this report identifies the links among economic growth, poverty alleviation, and natural resource degradation in Brazil.
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  Ecological footprint analysis as a tool to assess tourism sustainability

  Science Direct, 2002

  This article aims to provide a methodological framework for the calculation of ecological footprints related to leisure tourism. Based on the example of the Seychelles, it reveals the statistical obstacles that have to be overcome in the calculation process and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of such an approach.
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  Climate sensitivity uncertainty and the need for energy without CO2 emission

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  This paper states that at least three quarters of the world's power must come from clean sources by the end of this century to sufficiently limit global warming.
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  Sustainable forestry investment under the Clean Development Mechanism: The Malaysian case

  HWWA Institute of International Economics / Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv, 2002

  In the light of the development of the Malaysian forestry sector in recent years, the article gives an overview over the current discussions around the inclusion of biological carbon sink projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.With the aim of facilitating sustainable forestry development as part of the CDM and contributing to development goals, the author rec
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  The war in Iraq: general environmental implications

  Friends of the Earth, 2003

  This briefing note asserts that the possible damage to the environment, to communities and above all to civilians deserves urgent practical and moral consideration before any decision for war is taken.
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  Aviation and the environment: using economic instruments

  2003

  This is an outline document of the options available to the UK government in ensuring that the aviation industry is encouraged to take account of, and where appropriate reduce, its contribution to global warming, local air and noise pollution.The report states that the government's objectives for aviation include sustainability and the polluter pays principle.
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  Carbon finance and the global equity markets

  Carbon Disclosure Project, 2003

  This paper examines the increasing attention on companies to diminish greenhouse gas emissions, assesses how companies are implementing these reduction policies, and attempts to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of a similar action.
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  High stakes: the future for mountain societies

  Panos Institute, London, 2002

  This report looks at the threats that face mountain environments and the people that live in them. It describes a 'vertical gradient of poverty' whereby 80 per cent of mountain inhabitants live below the poverty line. The authors describe the political, cultural and social marginalisation of many mountain communities.

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