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There is growing international interest in the planning, financing and implementation of adaptation to climate change … complemented by a high-level analysis of broader private sector adaptation based on responses to the 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project … adaptation measures and strategies to manage these risks. The analysis also examines how companies are taking advantage of new …
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The term low-emission development strategies (LEDS) first emerged under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2008 and its possible role in a future climate framework continues to be debated. Though no formally agreed definition exists, LEDS are generally used to...
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impacts and adaptation within existing modalities for project design, approval, and implementation. Environmental Impact … climatique et de l’adaptation à ce changement dans les modalités existantes de conception, d’approbation et de mise en oeuvre des …
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Since the first OECD country published its national adaptation strategy in 2005, there has been a marked increase in … national planning for climate change adaptation. This paper provides an overview of national adaptation planning activity … Policy Forum on Adaptation hosted by the OECD in 2012. It finds that twenty-six OECD countries have developed or are …
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This paper explores implications of climate change for fiscal policy by assessing theimpact of large scale extreme weather events on changes in public budgets. We applyalternative measures for large scale extreme weather events and conclude that thebudgetary impact of such events ranges between...
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We examine an incentive scheme for a group of agents, where all agents are rewarded ifthe group meets its target. If the group does not meet its target, only the agents that meettheir individual target are rewarded. In environmental policy, the EU burden sharingagreement and the UK Climate...
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The Bali Action Plan (BAP) indicated the importance of “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRV) greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions and commitments, as well as support for GHG mitigation actions, in the post-2012 climate framework. Negotiations underway for this framework have...
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Sectoral approaches are proposed as a means to broaden the global scope of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation to developing countries. Market mechanisms are put forward in that context to create incentives for mitigation in developing countries beyond the existing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),...
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This paper examines environmental and institutional implications of the use of tradable GHG units under different international accounting scenarios in the post-2012 international climate change policy framework. A range of possible scenarios is presented based on analysis on various building...
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Mitigation pledges put forward by countries under the UNFCCC process are "made to measure" in that they are tailored to fit each country's individual circumstances. However, the pledges also need to be made to be measured so that we have a full understanding of how the various commitments add up...
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