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Three tools to unlock finance for land-use mitigation and adaptation

This study presents three tools for governments and their partners to use to inform the design of efficient and effective land use mitigation and adaptation strategies supported by multilateral and bilateral programs, to identify domestic and international financial instruments that can redirect public and private finance towards greener land-us

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Mental health atlas 2014

Worldwide, nearly 1 in 10 people have a mental health disorder, but only 1% of the global health workforce is working in mental health. This means, for example, that nearly half of the world’s population lives in a country where there is less than one psychiatrist per 100 000 people.

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Sustainability and poverty alleviation: confronting environmental threats in Sindh, Pakistan

The underlying goal of this book is to facilitate and stimulate sharing of information on these phenomena and to provide an interdisciplinary framework for bringing about improved environmental conditions in Sindh.

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National Renewable Energy Act 2015

The draft National Renewable Energy Act 2015 to promote the production of energy from renewable energy sources and ensure energy security has been released for public comment by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

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Climate change: a risk assessment

The number of people exposed to extreme water shortage is projected to double, globally, by mid century due to population growth alone and climate change could increase the risk warns this major multi-country climate change risk assessment released today

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Scaling up finance for sustainable energy investments

Innovative financial mechanisms in four key areas have the potential to boost crucial investment in sustainable energy by some $120 billion a year in the near term, an expert report from the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative shows.

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Australia’s financial system and climate risk

Australia's financial system may be vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which could be exacerbated by the carbon-intensive economy, lack of policy clarity, and reliance on global capital markets, analysis released by The Climate Institute shows.

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Nationally self-interested climate change mitigation: a unified conceptual framework

Domestic economic gains from action to tackle climate change include improved air quality, increased energy efficiency, and clean technology innovation ‘spillovers’ says this paper released today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and London School of Economics

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India’s energy and climate policy: lessons from modelling studies

Understanding India’s likely energy future is important for both development planning and climate policy.

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Building institutions for climate policy in India

The effectiveness of climate governance depends on its underlying institutional arrangements. This paper examines the emergence of climate-related institutions in India, organised around three periods: pre- 2007; 2007–2009 and 2010–mid-2014.

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