Climate equity: women as agents of change
The “Climate Equity: Women as Agents of Change” Report has been jointly produced by the National Commission on Status of Women and UNDP Pakistan. The findings of the report have emerged from an extensive
Climate Equity
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Reconciling human development and climate protection: perspectives from Developing Countries on Post-2012 international...
Human activity is causing irreversible harm to the climate system and environment. The Kyoto Protocol is only a good starting point to raise the awareness of climate change.
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Technology obscuring equity: historical responsibility in UNFCCC negotiations
According to the concept of historical responsibility, the commitments of individual countries to take action on climate
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Forests for climate: developing a hybrid approach for REDD
The Greenpeace Forests for Climate (Tropical Deforestation Emission Reduction Mechanism TDERM) proposal for a hybrid market-linked fund would provide the financing needed to help protect the world
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Wide spectrum of choices: Indias climate investment opportunities revealed
Against the backdrop of the current weak macro situation, believe that responding to climate change presents long-term growth opportunities for investors in India. India has strong potential as a low carbon economy, but it is also highly vulnerable to the projected impacts of climate change.
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A reformed CDM: including new mechanisms for sustainable development
The annual CD4CDM Perspectives Series features a topic of pivotal importance to the global carbon market. The series seeks to communicate the diverse insights and visions of leading actors in the carbon market to better inform the decisions of professionals and policymakers in developing countries.
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The Bali road map: key issues under negotiation
This paper briefly sketches the history of the climate negotiations, ending with the most recent agreements in Bali. The paper then turns to the scientific basis of the work on mitigation. It introduces background concepts for proposals on mitigation, which identifies not only different schools of thought but a number of specific proposals as well.
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A call for leadership: a greenhouse development rights analysis of the EU's proposed 2020 targets
An impasse threatens the international climate negotiations. This impasse
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Learning from the environmentalism of the poor
Suita Narain argues for a more logical and democratic answer to the world
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The Global Warming regime after 2012: Towards a new focus
Any understanding of global warming must consider the relative contribution to the problem by the richer countries and the rich, over the poorer countries and the poor who are the most affected due to the problem. The legal regime adopted to solve the issue should place the poor and human rights in the centre stage of a new entitlement-based strategy to address the issue. This framework would then involve the development of technology reducing greenhouse emissions in the richer countries and the transfer of the same to the poorer ones.
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Switched-on India: how can India address climate change and meet its energy needs?
This report examines the development dilemma that India faces. India has an extremely large economy and a rapid rate of economic growth, so will emit large amounts of GHG. However, the population overall is very poor, and development will require access to basic energy services; meanwhile the Government is Very nervous of taking on costly decarbonisation commitments.