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    India renewable energy trends

    Centre for Social Markets, UK, 2008
    India has developed to a stage where it is generally recognised that renewable energy is the most substantial and sustainable solution to its future needs. This paper provides an objective analysis of present day trends in renewable energy in India.
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    Maximising the contributions of local enterprises to the supply chain of oil, gas & mining projects in low income countries

    Engineers against Poverty, 2008
    A publication from Engineers Against Poverty for the extractive industries - an eight-page briefing note to guide oil, gas and mining (OGM) companies on how they can maximise the contribution of local enterprises to the supply chain of their projects in low income countries.
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    Planning for change: guidelines for national programmes on sustainable consumption and production

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2008
    In the context of climate change, it has become clear that our global community urgently needs to adopt more sustainable life-styles to both reduce the use of natural resources and CO2 emissions.
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    Ten years of genetically modified crops in Argentine agriculture

    Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (National Institute for Agricultural Technology), Argentina, 2006
    Argentina is the world's second largest producer of genetically modified (GM) crops, after the United States, with over 17 million hectares planted. This paper explores the assertion that the introduction of GM crops into Argentinian agriculture represents a turning point not only for the farm sector but for the economy as a whole.
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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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    Agroenergy: myths and impacts in Latin America

    Focus on the Global South, 2007
    Biofuels (or agrofuels) production has increased dramatically in Latin America over recent years, as global concern over climate change grows and oil prices continue to rise. But are biofuels really a sustainable energy solution, and what are the costs?
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    100 to 1: EFIC’s gamble with climate

    AID/WATCH, 2007
    This report explores the ways in which Australia’s Export Finance Insurance Corporation (EFIC) may be undermining efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It argues that,  through its export credit agency (ECA), the Australian Government facilitates and encourages the development of many highly polluting projects in developing countries.
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    Amazon Watch

    Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organisations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial de
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    Energy Transition Task Force

    The Netherlands-based Energy Transition Task Force has the mandate to establish a national Transition Action Plan which - in concrete and operational terms - will answer the following questions:
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    Criteria for sustainable biomass production

    Energy Transition Task Force, 2006
    This report describes the results of work that has been done by the “Sustainable production of biomass” project group on formulating sustainability criteria for the production and processing of biomass for energy, fuels and chemistry.

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