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International Support for Domestic Climate Policies in Developing Countries

Author : Karstan Neuhoff

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 139 pages

File Size : 24,87 MB

Release : 2015-02-13

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1136574360

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Understanding the roles and interactions of international cooperation on domestic climate policies / Karsten Neuhoff -- Using intermediate indicators: lessons for climate policy / James Cust -- Policy targets: lessons for effective implementation of climate actions / Sarah Lester, Karsten Neuhoff -- A history of conditionality: lessons for international cooperation on climate policy / Maike Sippel, Karsten Neuhoff -- Brazilian law-carbon transportation policies: opportunities for international support / Haroldo Machado-FIlho -- Policy and regulatory framework for renewable energy and energy efficiency development in Ghana / William Gboney -- Domestic climate policy for the Indian steel sector / Umashankar Sreenivasamurthy -- Climate co-benefit policies for the Indian power sector: domestic drivers and north-south cooperation / Anoop Singh -- Concentrated solar power in South Africa / Kate Grant -- China's wind industry: policy lessons for domestic government interventions and international support / Xiliang Zhang, Shiyan Chang, Ruoshui Wang, Molin Huo -- Twinning: lessons for a south-north climate policy context / Zsuzsanna Pato.



Shock Waves

Author : Stephane Hallegatte

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 33,14 MB

Release : 2015-11-23

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1464806748

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Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.



Seychelles

Author : International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher : International Monetary Fund

Page : 60 pages

File Size : 39,38 MB

Release : 2017-06-20

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1484304802

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This paper takes stock of Seychelles’ plans to manage climate change, from the perspective of its macroeconomic implications. It suggests macro-relevant reforms that could strengthen the plans’ likelihood of success. It highlights high public awareness and a body of existing sustainable development planning, which puts Seychelles several steps ahead toward preparedness. Next steps would be to ensure that climate change planning is integrated with the forthcoming National Development Plan. Disaster preparedness is a relatively strong point, but there is much still to be done—from improving warning systems to resilience building to contingency financing.



Climate Change Mitigation Policies and Progress

Author : OECD

Publisher : OECD Publishing

Page : 118 pages

File Size : 29,13 MB

Release : 2015-10-20

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ISBN : 9264238786

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This report reviews trends and progress on climate change mitigation policies in 34 OECD countries and 10 partner economies (Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, India, Latvia, Lithuania, the Russian Federation and South Africa), as well as in the European Union.



The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries

Author : Joyeeta Gupta

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 26,96 MB

Release : 1997-04-30

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9780792345770

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The climate change problem can only be effectively dealt with if global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced substantially. Since the emission of such gases is closely related to the economic growth of countries, a critical problem to be addressed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) is: how will the permissible emission levels be shared between industrialised (ICs) and developing countries (DCs)? The thesis of this book is that the long-term effectiveness of the FCCC runs the risk of a horizontal negotiation deadlock between countries and the risk of vertical standstill within countries if there is little domestic support for the domestic implementation of measures being announced in international negotiations. The research question is: Can one observe trends towards horizontal deadlock and vertical standstill and if yes, how can the treaty design be improved so as to avoid such potential future bottlenecks? The research focuses on the perspectives of domestic actors on the climate convention and related issues in four developing countries: India, Indonesia, Kenya and Brazil. The following key findings emerge from the research: 1. Handicapped negotiating power: The common theme of the foreign policy of DCs is that ICs are responsible for the bulk of the GHG emissions and need to take appropriate domestic action.



World Development Report 2010

Author : World Bank

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 444 pages

File Size : 21,37 MB

Release : 2009-11-06

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0821379887

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In the crowded field of climate change reports, 'WDR 2010' uniquely: emphasizes development; takes an integrated look at adaptation and mitigation; highlights opportunities in the changing competitive landscape; and proposes policy solutions grounded in analytic work and in the context of the political economy of reform.



Advancing the Science of Climate Change

Author : National Research Council

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 526 pages

File Size : 23,51 MB

Release : 2011-01-10

Category : Science

ISBN : 0309145880

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Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for-and in many cases is already affecting-a broad range of human and natural systems. The compelling case for these conclusions is provided in Advancing the Science of Climate Change, part of a congressionally requested suite of studies known as America's Climate Choices. While noting that there is always more to learn and that the scientific process is never closed, the book shows that hypotheses about climate change are supported by multiple lines of evidence and have stood firm in the face of serious debate and careful evaluation of alternative explanations. As decision makers respond to these risks, the nation's scientific enterprise can contribute through research that improves understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change and also is useful to decision makers at the local, regional, national, and international levels. The book identifies decisions being made in 12 sectors, ranging from agriculture to transportation, to identify decisions being made in response to climate change. Advancing the Science of Climate Change calls for a single federal entity or program to coordinate a national, multidisciplinary research effort aimed at improving both understanding and responses to climate change. Seven cross-cutting research themes are identified to support this scientific enterprise. In addition, leaders of federal climate research should redouble efforts to deploy a comprehensive climate observing system, improve climate models and other analytical tools, invest in human capital, and improve linkages between research and decisions by forming partnerships with action-oriented programs.



The Fight for Climate After COVID-19

Author : Alice C. Hill

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 26,44 MB

Release : 2021

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0197549705

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"The Fight for Climate after COVID-19 draws on the troubled and uneven COVID-19 experience to illustrate the critical need to ramp up resilience rapidly and effectively on a global scale. After years of working alongside public health and resilience experts crafting policy to build both pandemic and climate change preparedness, Alice C. Hill exposes parallels between the underutilized measures that governments should have taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 -- such as early action, cross-border planning, and bolstering emergency preparation -- and the steps leaders can take now to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Through practical analyses of current policy and thoughtful guidance for successful climate adaptation, The Fight for Climate after COVID-19 reveals that, just as our society has transformed itself to meet the challenge of coronavirus, so too will we need to adapt our thinking and our policies to combat the ever-increasing threat of climate change." --



The Global Development Of Policy Regimes To Combat Climate Change

Author : Alex Bowen

Publisher : World Scientific

Page : 281 pages

File Size : 19,4 MB

Release : 2014-04-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9814551864

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The year 2015 will be a landmark year for international climate change negotiations. Governments have agreed to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in 2015. The agreement will come into force no later than 2020.This book focuses on the prospects for global agreement, how to encourage compliance with any such agreement and perspectives of key players in the negotiations — the United States, India, China, and the EU. It finds that there is strong commitment to the established UN institutions and processes within which the search for further agreed actions will occur. There are already a myriad of local and regional policies that are helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build mutual confidence. However, the chapters in the book also highlight potential areas of discord. For instance, varying interpretations of the “common but differentiated responsibilities” of developing countries, agreed as part of the UNFCCC, could be a major sticking point for negotiators. When combined with other issues, such as the choice of consumption or production as the basis for mitigation commitments, the appropriate time frame and base date for their measurement and whether level or intensity commitments are to be negotiated, the challenges that need to be overcome are considerable. The authors bring to bear insights from economics, public finance and game theory.



International Trade and Climate Change

Author : World Bank

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 21,69 MB

Release : 2007-10-15

Category : Science

ISBN : 0821372262

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Climate change remains a global challenge requiring international collaborative action. Another area where countries have successfully committed to a long-term multilateral resolution is the liberalization of international trade. Integration into the world economy has proven a powerful means for countries to promote economic growth, development, and poverty reduction. The broad objectives of the betterment of current and future human welfare are shared by both global trade and climate regimes. Yet both climate and trade agendas have evolved largely independently through the years, despite their mutually supporting objectives. Since global emission goals and global trade objectives are shared policy objectives of most countries, and nearly all of the World Bank's clients, it makes sense to consider the two sets of objectives together. This book is one of the first comprehensive attempts to look at the synergies between climate change and trade objectives from economic, legal, and institutional perspectives. It addresses an important policy question - how changes in trade policies and international cooperation on trade policies can help address global environmental spillovers, especially GHG emissions, and what the (potential) effects of (national) environmental policies that are aimed at global environmental problems might be for trade and investment. It explores opportunities for aligning development and energy policies in such a way that they could stimulate production, trade, and investment in cleaner technology options.