Integrating fisheries into coastal area management
Marine and large lake fisheries depend on the coastal area in many different ways. A fishery
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Implementing the Bali action plan: what role for the CDM?
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) envisages enhanced
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Impacts of the EU emissions trading scheme on the industrial competitiveness in Germany
An intended effect of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the reflection of greenhouse gas emissions related costs in the production costs of installations covered by the Directive.
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Groundwater in rural development: facing the challenges of supply and resource sustainability
This volume is based on a review of the evolving groundwater situation during the 1990s in a substantial number of developing nations.
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Addressing emissions from coal use in power generation
This brief describes the potential role of government in facilitating widespread and more rapid deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage through a number of means including: providing financial incentives for initial CCS projects through the use of bonus allowances under a cap-and-trade program, or a fund generated by charges on electricity or fossil-fuel based sources of electricity; setting GHG
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Last gasp of the coal industry
This report takes a look behind the bright vision of carbon capture and storage
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Planning for sustainable sanitation
This factsheet deals with the planning of sustainable sanitation for urban and peri-urban areas of the developing world and its importance for accelerated sanitation coverage by 2015. The United Nation
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Greenhouse gas offsets in a domestic cap-and-trade program
This brief presents the key issues and identifies options for the incorporation of greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets into emerging U.S. climate change policy. A GHG offset represents a reduction, avoidance, destruction, or sequestration of GHG emissions from a source not covered by an emission reduction requirement.
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Climate policy and carbon leakage: impacts of the European emissions trading scheme on aluminium
Since 2005, the European Union has created an emissions trading scheme (ETS)that caps GHG emissions of power generation, but also of industrial activities whose products, in some cases, are traded internationally. The primary aluminium sector in Europe, whose direct emissions are not capped, stands to lose profit
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Carbon capture and storage in Norway
Strong economic and political motives, combined with a partly positive and partly silent NGO community have contributed greatly to the present strong commitment towards the use of CCS in Norway.
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Satellite rainfall estimation in the Hindu Kush-himalayan region
Satellite-enhanced rainfall estimation appears to offer an effective and viable alternative means for estimating precipitation. Satellite-improved rainfall estimates for the HKH region delivered in a timely fashion will facilitate the use of regional flood-information systems.
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Agricultural exit problems: causes and consequences
Contrary to conventional economic theories, the relationship between income growth and the share of the population within the rural or agricultural sector is extremely diverse, even among regions starting from similar levels of development, such as Asia and Africa. The pattern in developing Asia is characterized by
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Deconstructing Chinas and Indias growth: the role of financial policies
This paper uses the standard one-sector neoclassical growth model to investigate why China
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Greenhouse gas emission reduction timetables
This brief describes issues relevant to the timetable for reducing U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) under a
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Watering scarcity: private investment opportunities in agricultural water use efficiency
In many regions around the world, demand for fresh water now outstrips renewable supplies. Water scarcity is projected to worsen considerably due to a combination of factors such as population increase, higher incomes and changing lifestyles, pollution, and climate change. Agriculture is by far the biggest water user, accounting for more than 70% of global withdrawals.
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Maximising the environmental benefits of Europe's bioenergy potential
This report presents various ways to optimise the benefits of bioenergy use in Europe by the years 2020 and 2030
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Carbon markets, institutions, policies, and research
The scale of investment needed to slow greenhouse gas emissions is larger than governments can manage through transfers. Therefore, climate change policies rely heavily on markets and private capital. This is especially true in the case of the Kyoto Protocol with its provisions for trade and investment in joint projects.
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Co-benefits: management options for local pollution & GHG emissions control
Due to regulations and compliance issues for urban centers
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Carbon futures: carbon trading and market strategies post-2012
Carbon trading can have a significant influence on the bottom line and is here to stay. Its future, however, is uncertain and is driven by emerging legislation for the period after 2012. In the face of this uncertainty, what should executives responsible for investment outcomes post-2012 be doing now to ensure they maximize competitiveness and minimize risk?
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Desertification: coping with todays global challenges
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) convened a High-Level Policy Dialogue to discuss