Institutional Capacity and Climate Actions
This paper, published by the IEA and OECD, explores the issue of country-level institutional capacity necessary for future climate-related actions, particularly in developing countries.
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Making Participation Work
Lessons from Civil Society Engagement in the WSSD
by , , , and -This report assesses the engagement and participation of global civil society in the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002.
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Changing Drivers
The impact of climate change on competitiveness and value creation in the automotive industry
by -Emerging carbon constraints constitute a new influence on competitiveness in the automotive industry, creating both risks and opportunities for companies that could materially affect their earnings and ability to compete in global markets.
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Corporate GPM Guide 5
Renewable Energy Certificates
by and -This installment provides an introduction to RECs for corporate energy users. The publication defines RECs, their business benefits, and their similarities to other renewable energy products. It also makes suggestions for purchase strategy and policy.
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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Ecosystems and Human Well-being -- A framework for assessment
by -Lays out the approaches, assumptions, processes, and parameters scientists are using in the most extensive study of the state of the planet's health and its effects on human well-being.
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Pollution Taxes in a Second-Best World
by and -Plenary Address for the Conference on "Tax Policy in EU Candidate Countries On the Eve of Enlargement" Riga, Latvia, September 12, 2003.
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Canada's large intact forest landscapes 2003
by , , , and -The first analysis of its kind performed in Canada combining satellite imagery, GIS and ground-truthing to create an electronic atlas that uses ESRI software in an easy-to-use interface.
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A guide to securing protected areas in the face of global change
Options and guidelines
by -Distributed for comment at the 5th World Parks Congress, this guide seeks to help protected area managers, policy makers, and stakeholders learn to deal with the factors of global change that will have growing impacts on their areas in the coming decades.
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What Works: PRODEM FFP's multilingual smart ATMs for microfinance
by -The second in a series of "What Works" case studies to be released, the PRODEM FFP case study highlights the innovative use of Smart ATM technology in financial service delivery in Bolivia.
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What Works: Afrique Initiatives
Attempts at Combining Social Purpose and Sustainable Business
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What Works: Vodacom's Community Services Phone Shops
Providing telecommunications to poor communites in South Africa
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World Resources 2002-2004
Decisions for the Earth: Balance, voice, and power
by , , and -This edition focuses on the importance of good environmental governance by exploring how citizens, government managers, and business owners can foster better environmental decisions that meet the needs of people and ecosystems with equity and balance.
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Watersheds Of The World
by , , and -Provides an analysis of the state of the world's river basins, including the environmental goods and services they provide. PDF profiles with maps, data, and indicators for 154 of the world's largest basins are available online....
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Highlighting Coral Reefs in Coastal Planning and Management in Sabah, Malaysia
by -A map-based analysis of human pressure on coral reefs in Sabah, Malaysia, designed to halt reef degradation and improve coastal management.
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Issues and Options
The Kyoto Protocol's second commitment period...
by -Explores a range of options for designing an international framework for climate protection beyond the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period.
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The Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
by , , , and -Provides information on the content and origin of the provisions of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the legal obligations of the parties under the Protocol.
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Aligning Commitments
Public Participation, International Decision-Making, and the Environment
by -Reviews public participation policies of institutions in three international arenas: Multilateral environmental agreements, multilateral development bank policy and lending, and trade and regional economic bodies.
