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Climate change and the extractives sector

Part of Book Extractive Industries

Blog
Indonesia's huge fires and toxic haze will cause health problems for years to come
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Indonesia is currently in the throes of an environmental emergency. Thousands of hectares of forest are burning across the vast country, causing toxic...

Working Paper
Climate change and developing country interests

We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that...

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From CoP15 to CoP21 – Three crucial changes in the climate mitigation landscape
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The 21 st Conference of the Parties ( CoP21 ) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is rapidly approaching. Compared with the...

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ReCom - research and communication on foreign aid

Theme: 2010-11

Research Brief
Global mitigation policies and developing country economies
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Climate modelling for improving development strategy – The case of South Africa

Through the Development Under Climate Change (DUCC) project UNU-WIDER supported efforts by the government of South Africa to develop an integrated approach to assess the effects of climate change on the national economy. Climate analysis for economic...

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