Beyond borders: the need for strategic global adaptation
After taking a back seat to mitigation, adaptation to climate change has come of age. It is now one of the four more or less co-equal pillars of the 2007 UN climate talks
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International migration, remittances and rural development
This paper analyses the root causes of rural outmigration, focusing on its economic and social implications. It takes as its starting point the fact that mobility is inherent in human existence. Livelihoods and sociocultural changes are intimately connected with population movements.
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Responding to the challenges of global change
The impacts of climate change are already becoming evident in the
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Towards a global compact for managing climate change
Despite an enormous amount of work done to persuade the world of the dangers of climate change and the need for quick corrective action, there is little progress toward a global compact for managing climate change.
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Climate change: adaptation and mitigation in development programs
This study provides guidance on linkages between the design of development programs and the objectives of adapting to climate change and limiting emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
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Price caps and price floors in climate policy
This study assesses the long-term economic and environmental effects of introducing price caps and price floors in hypothetical climate change mitigation architecture, which aims to reduce global energy-related CO2 emissions by 50% by 2050.
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Oil refineries a critique: standing committee on petroleum & natural gas (2008-09)
The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas is entrusted with the
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Executive summary of rapid EIA & environmental management plan of expansion proposal of Unchabali iron & manganes ore mines
The Unchabali Iron & Manganese Ore Mines of Srimati Indrani Patanaik is situated in Mahaparbat Pahad in Unchabali & Balda villages under Champua sub division in Keonkhar district of Orissa state.. An area covering 106.4728 hectors was granted for P.L in favour of Smt. Indrani Patnaik on 5.3.98 for a period of two years. Subsequently, the mining lease over an extent of
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A clean solution: tackling climate change and sustainable development through clean technology
Affordable energy is quite literally the fuel for development and poverty reduction. Paradoxically, affordable energy
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Aid effectiveness and capacity development: implications for economic growth in developing countries
Although adequate country capacity is considered to be one of the critical missing factors in development outcomes, a lack of understanding of how capacity contributes to economic development and of how to account for the contribution of capacity development to economic growth remains a challenge. The
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EIA for the proposed 4X300 MW coal based thermal power plant at Binjkot, Raigarh District
With a view to assess the environmental impacts due to the proposed coal based power plant of 4X300 MW at Raigarh district, SKS Power Generation
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Technology transfer, policies, and the role of the private sector in the global poultry revolution
This paper uses a supply response function to measure the importance of different types of private technology and of public investments on poultry productivity. The findings confirm that imported private technology was important to the growth of the poultry industry but also emphasize the importance of complementary government investments such as veterinary services.
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Coverage of natural gas emissions and flows under a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with natural gas make up nearly 18 percent of total U.S. GHG emissions. This report provides an overview of the different point-of-regulation options for covering greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas under a cap-and-trade program.
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Chinas water pricing reforms for irrigation: effectiveness and impact
Irrigation occupies a central position in China
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A review of offset programs: trading systems, funds, protocols, standards and retailers
Carbon or greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach. Offset programs can reduce the overall cost of achieving a given emission goal by enabling emission reductions to occur where costs are lower.
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Green banking in India
Sustainable development can best be achieved by allowing markets to work within an appropriate framework of cost efficient regulations and economic instruments. One of the major economic agents influencing overall industrial activity and economic growth is the financial institutions such as banking sector.
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Adaptation in Africa: the global failure to deliver on funding
Will Africa be steamrollered by climate change? The continent harbours 33 of the Least Developed Countries, is heavily reliant on agriculture and has limited economic resources to finance adaptation. Its geographic position and high sensitivity to climatic variability make it vulnerable. Large swathes of Africa
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Asian trade and global linkages
In the run-up to the 2008 global financial crisis, there was frequent discussion of Asia having decoupled from economic shock transmission originating in Europe or North America. Much of the basis for these arguments was related to the rapid expansion of intraregional trade in Asia.
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Climate change and trade on the road to Copenhagen
The global effort to address climate change will require action in several policy areas, and use of a multitude of policy instruments and measures. Economic and trade-related instruments will be of paramount importance in this context.
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Fast screening for pesticides in fruits and vegetables by gas chromatography
Identifying and quantifying pesticides in fruits and vegetables is important for public health and safety reasons. As sample loads increase, analysts look for ways to enhance the speed of sample preparation and analysis while maintaining high data quality. The United States Department of Agriculture has