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    Making sense of the voluntary carbon market: a comparison of carbon offset standards

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2008
    Carbon offsetting is an increasingly popular means of taking action to reduce carbon emmission, and works through both voluntary and compliance mechanisms. The report discusses the role of the voluntary carbon offset market, and provides an overview and guide to the most important currently available standards, using the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a benchmark.
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    The next genetic revolution?

    The Ecologist, 2007
    In recent years, the biotech industry has put considerable effort into attempting to reposition genetically modified (GM) crops as a non-food, industrial “green” energy commodity. While genetically modified biofuel crops are already a reality in the US, the planting of GM crops in Europe is still very limited due to public resistance.
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    Political economy of Bali Climate Conference: a roadmap of climate commercialization

    Equity & Justice Working Group, 2008
    This policy discussion paper critically reviews the UNFCCC climate change negotiations held in Bali in December 2007. It is intended to provide an insight to the readers, especially developing country’s policy makers and negotiators, on the recent dimension of mitigating climate change impacts.
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    Can payments for environmental services help reduce poverty? An exploration of the issues and the evidence to date from Latin America

    Science Direct, 2005
    Recent years have seen considerable interest in using Payments for Environmental Services (PES) as an incentive to enhance conservation efforts. Latin America has been particularly receptive to this approach with programmes in operation in Costa Rica, Columbia, Ecuador and Mexico, amongst others.
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    Local sustainable development effects of forest carbon projects in Brazil and Bolivia: a view from the field

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
    This study seeks to bridge critical gaps that remain in the understanding of social and environmental incentives and impacts at the interface between people, forests, and carbon. It explores the extent to which carbon sequestration projects can contribute to national sustainable development, and suggests avenues for project design and implementation to proactively enhance local benefits.
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    Innovative financing mechanisms for conservation and sustainable forest management

    European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2002
    This newletter contains four short articles discussing the potential for financing carbon sequestration services. The articles particularly focus on this issue in the context of the Kyoto protocol and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Below are the titles of the four articles and some of the key points made by their authors: 
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    China's energy conditions and policies

    Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, 2006
    China is now the world's second-largest energy producer and consumer and plays an increasingly important role in maintaining global energy security. This government White Paper sets out China's policy to develop a modern energy industry that takes both resource conservation and environmental protection into consideration. The paper covers:
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    A climate of conflict

    SIDA Studies, 2008
    Climate change is upon us and its physical effects have started to unfold. This report takes such findings, expressed in the Forth Assessment Review of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, as its starting point and looks at the social and human consequences that are likely to ensue – particularly the risks of conflict and instability.
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    CDM country fact sheets

    Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
    These fact sheets provide information about Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project developments in six Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The sheets include information on domestic Green House Gas (GHG) emission data, domestic approval related information, and the current situation of domestic CDM project development.
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    The implications of carbon financing for pro-poor community forestry

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    This paper explores the implications of new financing mechanisms, carbon markets and increased investment in forestry for community forestry. The main focus of the discussion is on ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD).

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