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Guide on climate change and indigenous peoples
This guide, published by Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education), outlines the expected impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples around the world, and showcases traditional methods of climate change mitigation and adaption. Following a basic...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: September 2008 | EN
Climate change mitigation in developing countries
The role of developing countries in climate change mitigation has been and continues to be a contentious issue. Developing countries' emissions are predicted to surpass those of industrialised countries within the first half of this century, but no formal commitments to reduce emissions have been...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: October 2002 | EN
Agricultural and human health impacts of climate policy in China: a general equilibrium analysis with special reference to Guangdong
China is likely to focus its efforts on reducing poverty through economic growth, which will have consequences for how the country addresses climate change. This OECD study considers the effects of a carbon tax on health and agricultural productivity. The paper shows that there is considerable...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2003 | EN
China beyond 2012
What is China's potential role in greenhouse gas mitigation? "Important," says Maya Papineau, in this article, published in the online journal of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO). China's industrial development, and its huge population, will contribute...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2005 | EN
The People's Republic of China Initial National Communication on Climate Change: Executive summary
In October 2004, China submitted its initial National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, providing a detailed picture of the country and its activities within the context of climate change. This is the executive summary of the National Communication. It...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: October 2004 | EN
Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Chinese Agriculture
This report, published in English and Chinese by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), is the result of a 30-month project exploring how climate change is affecting agriculture in China. The project involved numerous participating research institutions from China and...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: April 2004 | EN
Climate change mitigation in developing countries
The role of developing countries in climate change mitigation has been and continues to be a contentious issue. Developing countries' emissions are predicted to surpass those of industrialised countries within the first half of this century, but no formal commitments to reduce emissions have been...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: October 2002 | EN
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
This is the full text of the Framework Convention, which was adopted at the United Nations Headquarters, New York on 9 May 1992. The convention was open for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 4 to 14 June 1992, and thereafter at the UN Headquarters in New York, from 20 June 1992...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 1992 | EN
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A climate for disease?
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