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Key Documents archive results 1-20 of 31 in Climate Change & Energy and Climate policy
Climate change: A call to action for African leaders
This policy brief, prepared by the Africa Progress Panel, African Development Bank and UN, outlines the implications of climate change for Africa, emphasising the need for a strong and cohesive negotiating position at the December 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen. The authors argue that African...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Simply REDD: CIFOR's Guide to forests, climate change and REDD
This factsheet from The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) aims to answer common questions about the role of reducing forest emissions in tackling climate change. This includes explaining why reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is important and...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2009 | EN
Managing the health effects of climate change
This report provides a policy framework for assessing the impacts of climate change on health, including vector-borne disease, by considering five challenges: informational, poverty and equity-related, technological, sociopolitical and institutional. It begins with a detailed outline of climate...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: May 2009 | EN
The road to REDD
This feature article, published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, uses the Cordillera Azul national park in Peru as an example to introduce mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) that are under global discussion. The author discusses...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: January 2009 | EN
Moving ahead with REDD: Issues, options and implications
This book, written by researchers at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), poses several critical questions that must be addressed in designing a global framework for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) to be implemented after 2012, when the first...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 2008 | EN
Measuring and monitoring forest degradation for REDD
This information briefing, published by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), focuses on the implications of different country circumstances for measuring and monitoring forest degradation within activities for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). ...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 2008 | EN
From REDD to PINC
This policy brief, published by the Global Canopy Programme, proposes a system called Proactive Investment in Natural Capital (PINC), to reward countries for conserving large areas of tropical forest that act as 'global utilities' providing ecosystem services essential for preserving global food...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: December 2008 | EN
Little REDD Book
This guide to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), published by the Global Canopy Programme, reviews many of the REDD proposals under discussion in global climate change negotiations. The authors highlight why strategies for REDD are needed, then outline and...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2009 | EN
The REDD road to Copenhagen: Readiness for what?
This opinion article, published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), argues that the real challenges to effective preparation for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) are creating robust governance and funding structures, not just capacity building. The...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: December 2008 | EN
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
Beyond carbon financing
This policy paper, published by the World Resources Institute (WRI), suggests a range of sustainable development policies within frameworks for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The authors argue that there can be significant barriers to countries providing...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2009 | EN
REDD: An options assessment report
This comprehensive report on the options for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) under consideration for an international deal on climate change was prepared by the Meridian Institute for the Government of Norway. The authors focus on four critical areas for...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2009 | EN
Enabling agriculture to contribute to climate change mitigation
This report, submitted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, looks at how smallholder agriculture could help mitigate climate change. It focuses on soil carbon sequestration, which, say the authors, has high mitigation potential and is relevant to smallholders, although it is currently...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
A global green new deal
This report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for international action to combat the global economic crisis with a stimulus package based on clean energy and environmental protection. The author -- Edward B Barbier from the University of Wyoming -- argues that while stimulating growth...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: February 2009 | EN
How to save the Amazon rainforest
This article, published by Mongabay.com, discusses the use of forest conservation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in the Amazon. The author describes the 'reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation' (REDD) mechanism included in the Bali roadmap for international...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Policy and institutional reforms to support climate change adaptation and mitigation in development programs: A practical guide
This 'toolkit', published by the World Bank, provides policy advice on how to integrate climate change adaptation strategies into development programs. It gives an overview of climate change impacts in developing countries and identifies the main channels through which development programs can...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2008 | EN
Global carbon markets: Are there opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa?
This discussion paper, published by the International Food Policy Research Centre, examines the potential for mitigating climate change through carbon trading, with particular emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors provide an overview of global carbon markets, highlighting Africa's share in...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2008 | EN
Carbon and biodiversity: A demonstration atlas
This report, published by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, highlights areas where high carbon content and high biodiversity overlap. The authors argue that by identifying target areas, such spatial analyses can help tropical countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land-use...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2008 | EN
Factors underpinning future action — country fact sheets
This report, prepared by Ecofys for the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, aims to inform discussions on commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions post-2012, when the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends. It contains fact sheets for 60 countries that include data on key...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2008 | EN
Climate change risk: An adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities
This paper, prepared for the Global Urban Summit, proposes a framework for building climate change adaptation and mitigation measures into India's urban renewal programmes. This involves multiple government stakeholders at national, state and city levels. The author begins with a description of...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: July 2007 | EN
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Easier REDD than done
Designing a framework for reducing forest emissions that will live up to expectations will be hard
A climate for disease?
Will climate change worsen the burden of insect-borne disease? The scientific jury is still out
