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    OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030: a summary

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008
    The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges.
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    How to include terrestrial carbon in developing nations in the overall climate change solution

    The Terrestrial Carbon Group, 2008
    This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial carbon and provides guiding principles for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change, which would support:
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    The environment and poverty times

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008
    The paper features a collection of short articles that focus on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. The articles discuss how natural resources can contribute to economic growth that also benefits the poor.
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    Effect of climate change on biodiversity in Lebanon: a preliminary review

    Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, 2008
    Lebanon does not currently have baseline data on which to formulate climate adaptation and mitigation measures. This paper aims to prompt dialogue on the anticipated impact of climate change on the country, acting as a preliminary literature review and consulting experts to identify key species in Lebanon which may be impacted by it.
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    Demographics and climate change: future trends and their policy implications for migration

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2008
    This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for international development and evidence gaps that could be plugged with appropriate new research.
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    HELIO International

    HELIO International is an independent, international network of energy analysts who carry out evaluations of national energy policies and inform decision-makers about their effectiveness.
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    Towards a global forest partnership: consultation, assessment and recommendations

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This report presents the findings of an independent consultation carried out by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on the World Bank’s preliminary idea of a new global forest partnership.
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    Emissions trading, carbon financing and indigenous peoples

    Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2008
    Greenhouse gas abatement activities can have both beneficial and detrimental impacts on the communities in which they operate. For this reason, it is vital that Indigenous communities have accurate information about carbon financing and carbon market processes at the outset – to help them make informed decisions and choices about activities that work for them.
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    Coping with riverbank erosion induced displacement

    Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007
    Each year, tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh are internally displaced as a consequence of riverbank erosion. Yet, such erosion does not draw the attention of policy makers in the same way that other natural disasters do and as a result, a number of coping mechanisms are employed by those affected, with the burden of displacement largely falling on women.
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    Child-led disaster risk reduction: a practical guide

    Save the Children [Sweden], 2007
    This guide, and the examples within it, show the varied, productive and leading roles children can play in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The guide states that it is crucial that as the most vulnerable section of society, children are empowered and educated to be able to prepare themselves and their communities to cope with potential disasters.

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