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  Transitioning to climate resilient development. Perspectives from communities in Peru

  World Bank Publications, 2008

  While the scientific capacity to forecast El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) extremes, this papers questions the extent to which these advances have benefited vulnerable communities by increasing their resilience to impeding El Niño events.
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  Climate Justice for Realisation of the MDGs: Southern Perspectives and Voices. A Report of the Seventh Annual Regional Meeting of OneWorld South Asia, New Delhi

  Open Archive Initiative, OneWorld South Asia, 2008

  This is a report of the 7th Annual Regional meeting of One World South Asia (OWSA). The purpose of the 2008 meeting was to establish the relevance of climate change and development. The document underlines the need for enhanced Southern participation and activism on climate change and development and explores new avenues for engagement on the subject.
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  SMART 2020: enabling the low carbon economy in the information age

  The Climate Group, 2008

  Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has increased productivity and supported economic growth across the globe. But what impact does ICT have on climate change? This report attempts to quantify the direct emissions from ICT products and services based on expected growth and looks at where ICT could enable significant reductions of emissions in other sectors of the economy.
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  Leveraging private investments in climate change mitigation

  Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2008

  Transformation to a low-carbon economy requires a considerable increase in funding as well as quick and vigorous policy action. Public finance comes nowhere near to meeting the needs of climate change  mitigation - scaling up public funds is important and necessary, but it is not enough in itself. This paper outlines some further requirements in order to finance climate change mitigation.
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  Proposals for contributions of emerging economies to the climate regime under the UNFCCC post 2012

  German Federal Environmental Agency, 2008

  This report provides a detailed overview of the national circumstances, emission levels, mitigation potential and measures for the major developing countries of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea.
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  Liberalisation of trade in environmental goods for climate change mitigation: the sustainable development context

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2008

  This paper surveys the key issues surrounding liberalised trade in low-carbon goods. It begins with an overview of progress to date in the World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) negotiations on environmental goods and services (EGS). The paper also asks about the limitations of the liberalisation approach.
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  A Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) with atmospheric benefits for a post-2012 climate regime

  Öko-Institut e.V. - Institute for Applied Ecology, 2008

  This discussion paper provides an overview of the challenges faced by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It goes on to outline how CDM can be improved and enhanced for the post-2012 climate regime by introducing CDM "with atmospheric benefits".
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  Impact of climate change and bioenergy on nutrition

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008

  This paper examines the consequences of climate change and rising bioenergy demand for sustainable development, food security and nutrition throughout the lifecycle.
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  Reducing poverty and hunger in Asia. Climate change in the context of Asia: pro-poor adaptation, risk management, and mitigation strategies

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008

  With a focus on Asia, this paper looks at climate change, particularly in terms of pro-poor adaptation, risk management, and mitigation strategies. It also discusses what can be done from an international perspective in moving forward the fight against climate change.
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  Joint implementation: looking back and forward

  Climate Strategies, 2008

  This paper looks at the likely future of Joint Implementation (JI) in the fight against climate change. It also compares JI to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and evaluates how things have been going so far for JI.

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