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    Climate change, hydroconflicts and human security: achievements of and gaps in current policies

    Clico, 2010
    Both politicians and scientists have called climate change a conflict trigger or multiplier.
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    Policy-making in the face of climate change, water conflicts and human security

    Clico, 2011
    The second policy brief from the EU funded Climate Change, Hydro‐conflicts and Human Security (CLICO) project presents insights on emerging policies at the interface of climate change, water and human security at national and international level. Ten case studies were conducted in variouscountries in the he Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Saheland at UN and EU level.
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    CDM Watch Policy Brief: A new look at loopholes

    CDM Watch / Carbon Market Watch, 2011
    Fulfilment of the pledges signed by 42 developed countries is estimated to reduce emissions by up to 4 billion tons (Gt) of CO2e in 2020. This is about one third of the estimated 12 Gt of CO2e emissions reductions that would be needed to remain on a path consistent with keeping warming below 2°C.
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    Comparison of Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 pledges under the Cancun Agreements

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011
    This report 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. It finds that there is broad agreement that developing country pledges amount to more mitigation than developed country pledges.
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    Transforming governance and institutions for a planet under pressure. Revitalizing the institutional framework for global sustainability: Key Insights from social science research

    The Earth Governance Project, 2011
    Human-induced environmental degradation is reaching unprecedented levels. Human societies must change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change, while ensuring sustainable livelihoods for all. This requires a fundamental transformation of existing practices.
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    Resilient Cities 2011 Congress results in brief

    ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, 2011
    Resilient Cities 2011, the second world congress on cities and adaptation to climate change in June 2011, Bonn, Germany, brought again a broad diversity of actors together. Cities, local governments, public institutions, researchers, NGOs, business and many others took stock and continued their dialogues on sustainable and resilient urban development.
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    Lessons for REDD+ from measures to control illegal logging in Indonesia - report summary

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2011
    Indonesia has committed to reducing its emissions from land use, land use change and forestry by 26 percent by 2020. One way the country plans to meet this target is by committing to the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+ (REDD+) mechanism.
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    Forests and climate change in Latin America: linking adaptation and mitigation

    Forests - Open Access Journal, 2011
    Forest ecosystems play an important role in both adaptation and mitigation and there is a need to explore the linkages between these two options in order to understand their trade-offs and synergies.
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    Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS): technical institutional and policy lessons

    OECD Development Centre, 2010
    Mitigation and adaptation climate change policy cuts across all sectors of the economy and broader national priorities, such as poverty alleviation, sustainable development and economic growth. This paper outlines the evolution of the low-emission development strategies (LEDS) concept in the climate policy discourse and explores the existing strategies, action plans and documents.
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    Urban and Megacities disaster risk reduction: manual of sound practices

    Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative, 2007
    Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is an important component for achieving sustainable development of cities and progress towards the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. This manual is a disaster risk communication tool aimed at facilitating the understanding of disaster vulnerabilities and risk to megacities and large complex urban areas.

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