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    Energy Policy

    Energy Policy is established worldwide as the authoritative journal addressing those issues of energy supply, demand and utilisation that confront decision makers, managers, consultants, politician
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    Real-time evaluation of Norway’s international climate and forest initiative: contributions to a Global REDD+ Regime 2007-2010

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2011
    The Norwegian Government launched its International Climate and Forest Initiative in December 2007, aiming at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). In order to assess the results of the Initiative with regard to its objectives, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) organised a real-time evaluation starting in early 2010.
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    Climate frontline: African communities adapting to survive

    2009
    This report describes how climate change is affecting the lives of vulnerable African people and how they are adapting to survive. The report was compiled by 5 development non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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    Developing the science, economics and governance of ecosystem service payments: a contribution to Norway’s support of REDD

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2010
    This document reports on a workshop, hosted by Sokoine University in Tanzania and commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The workshop tackled the issue of developing ecosystem service payments in Africa in the context of Norway’s support of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) initiatives.
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    Participatory Learning and Action 60. Community-based adaptation to climate change

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2009
    It is now become clear that, for poor people, climate change adaptation approaches based on local knowledge and strategies are bound to be more successful than top-down initiatives. The articles in this issue on participatory learning and action focus on the recent approaches to adaptation to climate change utilizing the priorities, knowledge and capacities of local people.
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    Blue carbon: the role of healthy oceans in binding carbon

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2009
    While the reduction of emissions are currently at the center of climate change discussions, the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems has been vastly overlooked.
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    Managing Africa’s water in a changing climate

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2009
    Nearly one-third of all water-related disasters occur in Africa. The second issue of Joto Afrika considers the relationship between climate change, the greater incidence of extreme weather events, such as drought and flooding, and the increasing scarcity of water on the African continent.
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    Arab environment: climate change and the impact of climate change on Arab countries

    Arab Forum for Environment and Development, 2009
    Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be immense.
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    Growing old in a changing climate: meeting the challenges of an ageing population and climate change

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2009
    Climate change and an ageing population bring together two key policy challenges which need to be addressed to ensure a safe, secure, equitable and sustainable future. to, and casualties of, climate change as well as potential campaigners to tackle the problem.
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    Incentives to sustain forest ecosystem services. A review and lessons for REDD

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2009
    Tropical deforestation and forest degradation contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is an important component of a viable global climate policy framework.

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