Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Looking to 2020

CRS

This 22-page US report considers the lessons to be learnt from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-03-08

Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe,

CEPS

A 27-page working paper reviewing the potential impacts of climate change on 11 key indicator categories and 3 large regions covering the entire European Union

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2010-03-03

Understanding India’s Climate Agenda

CEPS

This 6-page policy brief discusses some of the factors that are key to understanding India’s climate agenda with an emphasis on the country’s challenges in development, adaptation, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-03-03

Trade and Deforestation: What Have We Found?

WTO

A research article on the linkage between trade and deforestation

Climate Change & Environment , Globalisation & International Trade Posted: 2010-02-26

From Declaration to Real Protection

DIIS

This 48-page Danish report finds that genuine protection of declared protected areas depends on an explicit focus on how to manage actors and their mutual relations

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-02-26

Five Years of Kyoto

Brookings

A US article reflecting on the wider meaning and significance of the Kyoto Protocol, an instrument into which perhaps too many expectations were invested

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-02-25

Copenhagen's Climate Finance Promise: Six Key Questions

IIED

This 4-page briefing explores the wording in the Copenhagen Accord to unearth six big questions about the promise of climate finance – any one of which could seriously challenge the trust these funds were designed to build

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-02-25

Integrating Environment and Development in Viet Nam: Achievements, Challenges and Next Steps

IIED

This 60-psge report reviews what has worked well in integrating environment and development objectives in Viet Nam, as well as what currently constrains integration. It assesses future needs, given rapidly changing demographic, economic and environmental situations

International Development , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-02-25

Attacks on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Obscure Real Science

UCSUSA

A series of explanatory backgrounders on specific allegations about the IPCC report (introductory page linking to individual backgounders)

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-02-18

Climate Adaptation and Federal Megsadisaster Policy: Lessons from Katrina

RFF

This 16-page US issue brief addresses the challenges of dealing with natural megadisasters

Climate Change & Environment , Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation Posted: 2010-02-15

Adaptation of Agriculture and the Food System to Climate Change: Policy Issues

RFF

A 12-page US issue brief discussing how government policies are likely to affect the ability of agriculture and food sector to adapt to climate change

Climate Change & Environment , Poverty & Hunger Posted: 2010-02-15

Transformative Technology for a Sustainable Future

Nautilus Institute

This 8-page US article looks at some of the possible technological breakthroughs that could pave the way to a sustainable future

Climate Change & Environment , Science & Technology Posted: 2010-02-11

Carbon Capture and Storage: Selected Economic and Institutional Aspects

wiiw

This 48-page Austrian study provides a general overview of CCS and of related economic and institutional challenges ahead of its probable commercial deployment

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2010-02-04

Displacing Coal with Generation from Existing Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants

CRS

This US report provides an overview of the issues involved in displacing coal-fired generation with electricity from existing natural gas plants

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2010-02-04

Enabling Green Growth: Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-innovation

OECD

This 280-page report analyses the nature and processes of eco-innovation; discusses existing sustainable manufacturing indicators; examines methodologies for measuring eco-innovation; and takes stock of national strategies and policy initiatives for eco-innovation

Climate Change & Environment , Science & Technology Posted: 2010-02-03

Climate Change Update 2009

Parliamentary Library - Victoria

An Australian overview paper, which updates climate change, providing recent findings of research conducted by climate scientists world-wide. Key data presented on carbon dioxide emissions, global surface temperatures and sea level rise, with a brief guide to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-02-02

Intergenerational Report 2010

Treasury - Australia

This 190-page report assesses the challenges Australia will face over the next 40 years, including an ageing population, escalating pressures on the health system, and the environmental and economic challenges of climate change

Ageing , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-02-02

Global Security, Climate Change, and the Arctic

ACDIS

A 24-page US report on the complex set of global security challenges that are emerging as a result of warmer temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic region

Defence, Terrorism & Security , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-25

Smart Sensor Networks: Technologies and Applications for Green Growth

OECD

This 48-page report gives an overview of sensor technologies and applications, and quantifies their environmental impacts

Science & Technology , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-21

The Challenges of Environmental Mainstreaming

IIED

This 108-page UK report reviews the rapidly changing context and challenges to environmental mainstreaming, discusses what it takes to achieve effective mainstreaming, and provides a roadmap for selecting operational methods and tools

Climate Change & Environment , Governance & Politics Posted: 2010-01-19

Past Decade the Hottest on Record

EPI

A US note on global temperature trends and their consequences

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-15

The Economics of Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events in Developing Countries

CGDev

This 35-page paper assesses the economics of adaptation to extreme weather events in developing countries

Climate Change & Environment , International Development Posted: 2010-01-15

The Climate of Belief: American Public Opinion on Climate Change

Brookings

A 15-page report on a US study of American public opinion on various aspects of the climate change debate

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-14

Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change: Principles for Innovation and Access to Low-Carbon Technology

CGDev

This 8-page note asserts that negotiators can harness the potential of intellectual property (IP) by creating “global access principles” for all UNFCCC-affiliated multilateral funds

Climate Change & Environment , Science & Technology Posted: 2010-01-10

Warming Increases the Risk of Civil War in Africa

PNAS

A 5-page US article highlighting the risk of civil wars being sparked in Africa by global warming

Defence, Terrorism & Security , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-08

GE Crops Show Uncertain Prospects for Reducing Nitrogen Pollution

UCS

This 46-page US report finds no genetically engineered crops have increased nitrogen efficiency, while traditional plant breeding and other methods have shown success

Climate Change & Environment , Poverty & Hunger Posted: 2010-01-08

New-generation Reactors Help Reduce Nuclear Waste

Academy of Finland

A Finnish press release highlighting the development of advanced technologies that offer ways of reducing the quantity of nuclear waste

Energy , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-08

Sharing the Load: A Multi-country Survey of the Willingness to Pay for Slowing Climate Change

RFF

This 2-page US issue brief gives the results of a survey of US citizens and Swedes who were asked to define their willingness to pay to avaoid the consequences of global temperature changes

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-07

Climate Change Governance: Boundaries and Leakage

RFF

A 62-page US discussion paper addressing how to create incentives for the major developing countries to reduce carbon emissions

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2010-01-07

An African Union? The Shortcomings of Africa’s Strategy in Copenhagen

Stimson Center

A US commentary on Africa's strategy in Copenhagen

Climate Change & Environment , Regional Posted: 2010-01-05

Beyond Copenhagen: Securitising Climate Change

FRIDE

This 5-page Spanish policy brief explains that one of the main imperatives beyond Copenhagen will be to incorporate the geopolitical dimensions of climate change fully into a broadened external energy security policy

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2010-01-04

The Copenhagen Accord - A First Stab at Deciphering the Implications for the EU

CEPS

This 8-page commentary is a first attempt at deciphering the implications of the Copenhagen Accord for the EU.

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-12-29

Climate Change, Land and Security

SIPRI

A Swedish essay on the interaction of climate change and security

Climate Change & Environment , Defence, Terrorism & Security Posted: 2009-12-18

Climate Change and Hunger

IFPRI

This 108-page US report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger. It summarizes knowledge from global studies completed and provides an overview of actions that can be taken to address the challenge

Poverty & Hunger , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-12-18

Other Worlds are Possible: Human Progress in an Age of Climate Change

NEF

This 68-page report calls for new economic approaches to international development which are more in tune with the needs of people and the planet

Climate Change & Environment , Economic Policy Posted: 2009-12-15

Counting Carbon in the Marketplace – and at the Border

DIIS

A 4-page Danish policy brief explaining that developing countries need to prepare for the challenges that product carbon footprints (PCFs) pose

Climate Change & Environment , International Development Posted: 2009-12-14

Copenhagen's Many Agendas

CFR

A US backgrounder summarizing the Copenhagen negotiating positions of the principal participants

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-12-14

China Challenging the United States for World Wind Leadership

Earth Policy Institute

A US note on how leadership of the global wind market is changing

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-12-10

It's One Climate Policy World Out There—Almost

CGD

The results of a US survey of a broad sample of development and climate afficionados on what should be done about climate change

Climate Change & Environment , International Development Posted: 2009-12-09

Europe’s Share of the Climate Challenge

SEI, with FoEE

This 68-page Swedish report examines how Europe can show leadership in keeping global climate change within these limits: firstly, by undertaking domestic actions to rapidly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and secondly, by fulfilling its international obligations to help other countries address the twin crises of climate change and development

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-12-08

The Road to Copenhagen: Climate Change, Energy and South Africa’s Foreign Policy

SAIIA

This 30-page South African occasional paper considers the challenges facing South Africa in balancing domestic priorities with growing international pressure to reduce carbon emission

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2009-12-03

Flexible Mechanisms in Support of a New Climate Change Regime: The Clean Development Mechanism and Beyond

CEPS

The 68-page report of a task force created to consider the current operation and the continuation of the Kyoto mechanisms and well as the possibilities through the Bali Action Plan for introducing new mechanisms and tradable units after 2012

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-12-02

What You Should Know About Nano

Ausralia Institute

This 36-page Australian paper aims to introduce and engage its audience in the experiment that is nanoscale sciences and technologies, particularly from the perspectives of consumer and environmental protection and occupational health and safety

Science & Technology , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-12-01

Warming Increases Risk of Civil War in Africa

PNAS

This 5-page US paper finds that climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decade

Climate Change & Environment , Defence, Terrorism & Security Posted: 2009-11-26

Reconciling Climate Change and Trade Policy

CGD

This 45-page US working paper offers some preliminary quantification of the impact of possible climate change policy approaches on growth in developing countries

International Development , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-25

Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes

RFF

This 37-page US discussion paper presents a qualitative analysis of three options for mitigating the risk of climate mega-catastrophes—drastic abatement of greenhouse gas emissions, development and implementation of geoengineering, and large-scale ex ante adaptation—against the criteria of efficacy, cost, robustness, and flexibility

Climate Change & Environment , Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation Posted: 2009-11-25

Global Climate Negotiations and Tropical Deforestation

RFF

A 7-page US congressional testimony on the state of play of global climate negotiations and the status of international efforts to reduce emissions from tropical deforestation

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-25

Negotiating a Robust Climate Policy

Clingendael

A 23-page Dutch briefing paper on the possibility of robust decisions emerging from Copenhagen

Climate Change & Environment , Governance & Politics Posted: 2009-11-24

Converging Peril : Climate Change and Conflict in the Southern Philippines

RSIS

This 48-page Singaporean working paper studies how the provinces of the ARMM in the southern Philippines are experiencing convergence risks from climate change and violent conflict

Climate Change & Environment , Defence, Terrorism & Security Posted: 2009-11-24

Getting into the Right Lane for 2050

PBL, Stockholm Resilience Centre

This 106-page Dutch-Swedish study identifies key policy junctions at which the EU will soon face strategic choices. This assessment highlights the substantial potential the EU has through its regulatory powers to establish a long-term investment framework for essential infrastructure and to act as a global player

European Union , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-23

Energy Needs and Efficiency, Not Emissions: Re-framing the Climate Change Narrative

CGDEV

A 37-page US working paper suggesting some simple principles for determining equitable distribution of emission cuts between developed and developing countries to meet global targets

Climate Change & Environment , International Development Posted: 2009-11-18

The European Union's Potential for Strategic Emissions Trading Through Minimal Permit Sale Contracts

CESifo

This 37-page working paper explores how the EU could benefit from making permit trade agreements with non-EU countries

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-11-17

Unconventional Gas Shales: Development,Technology, and Policy Issues

CRS

A 53-page US report on the issues affecting the development of unconventional gas shales

Energy , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-14

33 Days to Copenhagen: Progress, Stalemate, and a Game-Changer?.

CGD

A report on recent developments before the much-anticipated COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-10

Carbon Capture and Storage: No Mere Pipedream

IRPP

A 4-page Canadian article on the benefits of carbon capture and storage

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2009-11-06

Warm Homes, Green Jobs: The Economic Impacts of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act in the Residential Sector

Association for the Conservation of Energy

An 8-page report on the economic impact of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector in Scotland

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-05

Equity and Efficiency in Cap-And-Trade: Effectively Managing the Emissions Allowance Supply

Brookings

This 32-page paper discusses the likely distributional implications of a U.S. cap-and-trade system and how policymakers could manage these implications by altering the way in which allowances or allowance revenues are distributed throughout the broader economy

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-05

Transferring Environmentally Sound Technologies in an Intellectual Property-Friendly Framework

Brookings

This 42-page US paper argues that meeting any environmental regulations standards agreed at Copenhagen will require the use of a plethora of climate change technologies, to which most developing nations do not have access

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2009-11-05

Low-Carbon Development for Mexico

World Bank

This 170-page study on low-carbon development in Mexico concluded that Mexico could reduce its carbon (CO2) emissions by at least 42 percent (or 477 million tons) per year by 2030 without sacrificing economic development

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-11-04

Bottom Line on Cost Containment

WRI

This 2-page US fact sheet describes several common examples of cost containment mechanisms that can be used with cap-and-trade programmes

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-10-28

Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa: Impacts, Experiences and Future Directions

IIED

This 171-page review provides an unprecedented pan-African synthesis of CBNRM, drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa

International Development , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-10-28

Keeping Illegal Fish and Timber off the Market

Chatham House

This 12-page UK paper looks at the EU's regulation in illegal fishing and logging

Climate Change & Environment , Corruption Posted: 2009-10-27

Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies

This 77-page UK report argues that the diffusion of energy technologies is taking too long under business-as-usual practices

Climate Change & Environment , Science & Technology Posted: 2009-10-27

Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change

World Bank

This 109-page consultation draft is claimed to be the most in-depth analysis of the economics of adaptation to climate change to date and uses a new methodology for assessing these costs

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-10-18

Climate Disturbances, the New Industrial Policies and Ways Out of the Crisis

ETUC

This 112-page European study aims to analyse the impact of policies to counter climate change on employment by 2030

Climate Change & Environment , Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-10-13

How the Energy Sector Can Deliver on a Climate Agreement in Copenhagen

International Energy Agency

This 62-page excerpt from the World Energy Outlook 2009 is published in advance to assist in the preparations for the Copenhagen summit

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2009-10-13

Emissions Trading: Has it Worked?

Parliamentary Library - Australia

An Australian background note studying the efficacy of emissions trading

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-10-03

Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies

Chatham House

This 78-page UK report examines two issues, patent ownership of climate-friendly technologies, and the rate of technology diffusion

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2009-10-03

China, Copenhagen and Beyond

Clingendael

This 104-page Dutch report analyses China's standpoint in the climate change negotiations

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-28

Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia

Rand Corporation

This 61-page US report examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States

Climate Change & Environment , Housing Posted: 2009-09-23

World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

World Bank

This 365-page report states that developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while promoting development and reducing poverty, but this depends on financial and technical assistance from high-income countries. It also concludes that high-income countries need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle climate change

Climate Change & Environment , International Development Posted: 2009-09-22

The Crisis Next Time: U.S. Leadership at the Pittsburgh G-20 and Beyond

CGDev

An 8-page US speech calling on the G-20 to begin working toward consensus on the institutional arrangements needed to implement a future climate agreement, including the potential role of multilateral institutions such as the World Bank in providing risk management tools to help developing countries respond to new threats arising from both climate change and the globalized economy

Climate Change & Environment , International Development Posted: 2009-09-18

Sustainable Global Governance for the 21st century

FES

This 52-page US report provides recommendations for the UN to position itself to effectively manage new global challenges, such as the economic and financial crisis, climate change, the food and energy crises

Governance & Politics , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-17

The Effect of EU Climate Legislation on Business Competitiveness

GMFUS

This 23-page US paper offers a snapshot of how several companies have fared under the EU ETS

European Union , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-17

The Dead Souls: How to Deal with the Russian Surplus?

FIIA

An 8-page Finnish briefing paper examining the problem of Russia\'s surplus emission allowances

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-15

Climate Sudoku: Japan's Bumpy Ride Towards a Post-2012 Target

FIIA

This 6-page Finnish briefing paper examines Japan's "green" performance in relation to its Kyoto commitments

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-15

Less than 100 Days to Copenhagen: Time to Panic?

CEPS

This 2-page commentary predicts that the best outcome to be hoped for at Copenhagen at this point is an agreement to continue negotiations in earnest. It warns the developed countries, led by the EU, not to accede too easily to the less-founded demands of developing countries, just to be able to declare a political victory

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-09-14

The Basics of Biochar

Parliamentary Library - Australia

This Australian paper introduces the concept and origins of biochar, discuss its production process, potential uses, and the benefits and costs of biochar in its key roles in agriculture and climate change mitigation.

Science & Technology , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-11

Plan B? The Prospects for Personal Carbon Trading

IPPR

The 8-page summary of a UK report examining the case for and against one possible method for helping to reduce personal carbon emissions - personal carbon trading

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-10

Population Growth, Environment and Food Security: What Does the Future Hold?

IDS

A 4-page UK brief considering the effect of population growth on the environment and food security

Poverty & Hunger , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-10

Assessing the Costs of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Critique of the UNFCCC Estimates

IIED

This 116-page book takes another look at the costs of adapting to climate change and finds that the estimates for 2030 used by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are likely to be substantial under-estimates

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-08

Trade Sanctions, Financial Transfers and BRIC's Participation in Global Climate Change Negotiations

CESifo

This35-page working paper investigates the incentives for individual large population low wage rapidly growing countries in the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and the groups of countries as a sub-global coalition to reduce consumption so as to mitigate climate change

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-08

Copenhagen and Japan

AJISS

A 6-page Japanese commentary on how Japan might contribute to a successful Copenhagen meeting

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-09-05

The Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy

FSI

This 29-page US working paper examines the prospects for the large-scale deployment of CCS in China

Climate Change & Environment , Energy Posted: 2009-09-05

“Unbearable Legacies: The Politics of Environmental Degradation in North Korea”

Nautilus Institute

A 9-page report dealing with environmental degredation in North Korea

Climate Change & Environment , Governance & Politics Posted: 2009-09-03

The Sustainability of the EU's Model for Climate Diplomacy

VUB Press

A 22-page Dutch essay focusing on how the EU decides internally on its international climate negotiating position

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-09-03

Climate Sudoku: Japan's Bumpy Ride Towards a Post-2012 Target

FIIA

An 8-page Finnish briefing paper on Japan's contribution towards climate change mitigation

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-08-29

The Gathering Storm: Is Climate Change a Threat to Security?

Security Index

This 11-page Russian article analyzes the implications of climate change and global warming for security in different regions of the world

Defence, Terrorism & Security , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-08-28

Evaluating Emission Trading as a Policy Tool - Evidence from Conditional Jump Models

CESifo

This 15-page working paper empirically investigates European emission allowance (EUA) prices and evaluates emission trading as a policy measure

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-08-19

Setting the NAFTA Agenda on Climate Change

Peterson Institute

This 8-page US policy brief offers the NAFTA members a pragmatic agenda for near-term action on climate change issues

Climate Change & Environment , Globalisation & International Trade Posted: 2009-08-19

Taking Up the Security Challenge of Climate Change

SSI

A 26-page US paper examining the destabilizing effects of climate change and how the military could be used to mitigate global warming and to assist at-risk peoples and states to adapt to climate change, thereby promoting stability and sustainable security

Climate Change & Environment , Defence, Terrorism & Security Posted: 2009-08-16

Hybrid Buildings: Pathways for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Housing Sector

Institute for Social Research

This Australian report shows how the carbon emissions from 5-star rated homes can be reduced to zero, with the savings averaging eleven tonnes per house each year

Climate Change & Environment , Housing Posted: 2009-08-11

A New Climate Strategy Beyond 2012: Lessons From Monetary History

Lowy Institute

A 34-page Australian paper outlining an alternative to the Kyoto Protocol which is a system of national climate policies coordinated around a common global price for carbon

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-08-11

Role of Carbon Capture Technologies in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Models: A Parametric Study for the U.S. Power Sector

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development

This 31-page working paper analyzes the potential contribution of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the U.S. electricity sector

Energy , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-08-09

Carbon Capture and Storage: An Assessment of Required Technological Growth Rates and Capital Investments

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development

This 33-page US working paper studies the required rates of growth and capital investments needed to meet various long-term projections for CCS

Energy , Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-08-09

Governance for Sustainable Development: Meeting the Challenge Ahead

PRI

This 34-page Canadian research paper draws on theoretical literature and practical experience to explore the challenges that sustainable development poses for established governance practices

Climate Change & Environment , Governance & Politics Posted: 2009-08-08

Copenhagen and Japan

JIIA

A 6-page Japanese commentary on the prospects for a successful Copenhagen meeting and Japan's contribution

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-08-03

The Global Environment Facility: Managing the Transition

IFRI

This 114-page French report makes an assessment of the Global Environment Facility, the only global financial mechanism with a mandate to protect the global environment. It analyses its evolution and current challenges, and makes some policy-oriented recommendation for the future

Climate Change & Environment Posted: 2009-07-31

Economic Recovery to a Greener Economy: Mobilising ICT-based Innovations

EPC

This 4-page policy brief shows the potential of ICT's believing that they not only help in achieving the Lisbon goals but also guarantee the transformation in a carbon free economy. The study also provides concrete proposals that aim to promote the development of an \"intelligent, green economy\"

Climate Change & Environment , European Union Posted: 2009-07-29

Climate Change and Vulnerable Societies

Brookings

A US House testimony on America’s critical role in supporting climate change adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable communities

Climate Change & Environment , International Development Posted: 2009-07-26