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    No energy security without climate security

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006
    This brief prepared by the WWF for the 2006 G8 meeting in St. Petersburg argues that energy security is interlinked with climate change.
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    IATAL — an outline proposal for an International Air Travel Adaptation Levy

    Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2006
    A well-designed levy on air travel dedicated to funding climate change adaptation in developing countries would not only reduce emissions, but also raise the necessary 10 billion euros required for only 5 euros per flight on average.
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    Offsetting emissions: a business brief on the voluntary carbon market

    Business for Social Responsibility, 2006
    This brief documents the growing interest in voluntary carbon markets and recommends steps for businesses who are interested in purchasing voluntary offsets.
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    What factors influence mitigative capacity?

    Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2005
    All parties to the Kyoto agreement have a responsibility to limit greenhouse gas emissions according to their capacity.
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    The Kyoto Protocol and the CDM in Africa: a good idea but...

    Unasylva, FAO, 2005
    The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) aims to support sustainable development by stimulating investment in emission-reducing projects and programmes. In Africa, however, the anticipated benefits of CDM have not been realised.
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    Africa: up in smoke 2

    New Economics Foundation, 2006
    This briefing brings up to date the original report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development, "Africa: up in smoke?", released in 2005.Through a number of short case studies the paper describes the impacts of climate change that are already occurring in different countries and region, and discusses the ability of different communities to adapt to these impacts on their liveliho
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    Carbon capture and storage: legal issues

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
    This opinion piece explores a host of legal and regulatory issues and concerns related to increasing carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies as a climate change mitigation strategy.The report highlights the following challenges: international conventions and regional agreements currently prohibit some proposed forms of geological storageboth developed and developing co
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    Three eras of climate change

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
    In this paper, the authors briefly outline a chronology of climate change over the last few decades. They argue that the different eras of climate change are characterised by the scientific evidence, public perceptions, responses and engagement of different groups to address the problem.
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    Climate change and forest resilience

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
    In this briefing, the authors consider the impact climate change has on forest-based livelihoods.
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    How-to guide on national institutional frameworks for the Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanism in Eastern Europe and the CIS

    Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    A prerequisite for effective CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and JI (Joint Implementation) project development is the creation of host country capability to identify, develop, screen, and approve projects.

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