Economic Development in Africa Report 2012: Structural Transformation, Decoupling and Sustainable Development
Gore, C., Lebale, N., Osakwe, P., Bineswaree, A., Sakai. M. (2012) Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Topic: Climate compatible development
Embarking on the low carbon journey: National Mitigation Actions as green growth vehicles in developing nations
KPMG, 2011. – External link to download report (PDF)
Enforcement-proof contracts with moral hazard in precaution: ensuring ‘permanence’ in carbon sequestration
Opportunistic behaviour due to imperfect contract enforcement is a risk in many economic transactions. In this paper, an enforcement-proof incentive contract is developed in which a buyer demands a … read more »
Wildlife conservation and reduced emissions from deforestation in a case study of Nantu Wildlife Reserve, Sulawesi: 2 An institutional framework for REDD+ implementation
Climate change threatens ecosystems and human society, with tropical deforestation contributing a fifth of anthropogenic carbon emissions. The proposed REDD mechanism will provide compensation for tropical forest nations to … read more »
Wildlife conservation and reduced emissions from deforestation in a case study of Nantu National Park, Sulawesi: 1. The effectiveness of forest protection—many measures, one goal
Discussions on how to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation have prompted scrutiny of methods for measuring rates of forest loss, as well as discussion of the role … read more »
Moving towards sustainability? An analysis of CITES’ conservation policies.
Gomar, J.O.V., Stringer, L.C. August 2011. Environmental Policy & Governance, v.21, pp.204-258.
Raising finance to support developing country action: some economic considerations
This article explores the principles that should guide efforts to raise finance for climate action in developing countries. The main conclusions are that, first, there is an important role … read more »
Policies Integration and environmental governance: the case of rural environmental licensing in Brazil
Fatorelli L; Mertens, F. (2011 . Ambiente e Sociedade (Campinas), 13(2), p. 401-415. Doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1414-753×2010000200012
The Changing Wealth of Nations: measuring sustainable development in the New Millennium
Close to one third of the wealth of low-income countries comes from their “natural capital” which includes forests, protected areas, agricultural lands, energy and minerals, according to a new … read more »
Ecological modernisation and the spaces for feasible action on climate change
November 2011. In: Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: a chance to reclaim, self, society and nature (Mark Pelling, David Manuel-Navarrete, Michael Redclift [eds.]). Routledge.