State of the Climate
The State of the Climate: 2009 Highlights
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
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A Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Summary for Policymakers
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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National Commitments
Copenhagen Accord pledges are paltry
Joeri Rogeli, Julia Nabel, Claudine Chen, William Hare, Kathleen Markmann, Malte Meinhausen, Michiel Schaeffer, Kirsten Macey and Niklas Höhne
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The Climate Socreboard
Climate Interactive
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Climate Finance
World Bank Issue Briefs on Climate Finance:
Monitoring Climate Finance and ODA
The World Bank
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The World Bank
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The World Bank
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Project Catalyst Brief: Making Fast Start Finance Work
Project Catalyst
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Canadian Climate Policy
NRTEE Report
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE)
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Climate Change and Foreign Policy in Canada: Intersection and Influence
John Drexhage and Deborah Murphy
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Climate and Global Governance
A Symposium: Governance, Climate Change, and the Challenge for Copenhagen
Editors
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Revitalizing Global Environmental Governance for Climate Change
Daniel C. Esty
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A Leadership of Twenty (L20) Within the UNFCCC: Establishing a Legitimate and Effective Regime to Improve Our Climate System
Jing Huang
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Climate Change: Governance Challenges for Copenhagen
Adrian Macey
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A Role for Legislators
Adam Matthews
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Global Governance and Climate Change
Shyam Saran
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Policy Coherence for Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries: The Case of OECD-country Public Financing for Large Dams
Georg Caspary
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Environment and Peacebuilding in War-torn Societies: Lessons from the UN Environment Programme’s Experience with Postconflict Assessment
Ken Conca and Jennifer Wallace
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The Paradox of Multilateral Organizations Engaging with Faith-based Organizations
Nathan Grills
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Regime Interplay in Public-Private Governance: Taking Stock of the Relationship Between the Paris Club and Private Creditors Between 1982 and 2005
Daphné Josselin
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Reflections: 12:1 to 15:4
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Science Policy Interface
How to Improve the Dialogue between Science and Society
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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Key findings of IPCC on regional climate-change impacts overall considered well founded
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
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Climate Change Assessments, Review of the Processes & Procedures of the IPCC
InterAcademy Council
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The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
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Report of the International Panel set up by the University of East Anglia to examine the research of the Climatic Research Unit
University of East Anglia
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Geoengineering
The Politics of Geoengineering
Jason Blackstock and Jane Long
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Research on global sun block needed now
David W. Keith, Edward Parson and M. Granger Morgan
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The Regulation of Geoengineering
Report of the United Kingdom Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology
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Geoengineering the Climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty
The Royal Society
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Related CIGI Publications
Working Papers
Reframing Global Environmental Governance: Results of a CIGI/CIS Collaboration
Jennifer Clapp, Steven Bernstein and Matthew Hoffmann
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Technical Papers
Green Japan: Managing the Intersection of National Politics and Global Environmentalism
Carin Holroyd
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Policy Briefs
Climate Change-Related Border Tax Adjustments
Ben Lockwood and John Whalley
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The G20 and Green Protectionism: Will We Pay the Price at Copenhagen?
Simon J. Evenett and John Whalley
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Issues, Obstacles and Outlook for the Copenhagen International Climate Change Negotiation
John Whalley and Sean Walsh
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Bridging the North-South Divide on Climate Post-Copenhagen
John Whalley and Sean Walsh
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The Environment and Corporate Governance in Zimbabwe
Karolina Werner and Hany Besada
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Conference Reports
Breaking Global Deadlocks: Environment, Climate Change, and Global Governance
Barry Carin, Clint Abbott, and Laura Innis
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International Governance Responses to the Global Food Crisis
Jennifer Clapp, Linda Swanston, Kimberly Burnett, Patrick Clark, David Norris, and Jennifer Jones
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Climate Change and the Trading System
Dan Ciuriak and Bob Johnstone
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Africa's Climate Change Reality: The African Initiative Congress on Climate Change
Erica Dybenko and CIGI Publications
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Special Reports
Environmental Sustainability and the Financial Crisis: Linkages and Policy Recommendations
CIGI Working Group on Environment and Resources
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Climate Change in Africa: Adaptation, Mitigation and Governance Challenges
Dennis Willms, Erica Dybenko, Hany Besada, Karolina Werner, Nelson Sewankambo, Franklyn Lisk, John David Kabasa, Christopher Garimoi Orach, James Baanabe Isingoma, and Irene Sage
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Books
Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance
Edited by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs
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India's Economic Future: Education, Technology, Energy and Environment
Edited by Manmohan Agarwal
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The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities
Edited by Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen
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Web Commentaries
The G8's Global Food Security Initiative
Jennifer Clapp
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The World Summit on Food Security and the People's Forum: Same Problem, Different Takes
Jennifer Clapp
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Is the Copenhagen Accord Really "Nopenhangen"?
John Whalley
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The G20 and Climate Change: The Quintessential Global Governance Issue
Gordon Smith and Paul Heinbecker
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An Outside-the-Box Approach to Climate Change Negotiations
Barry Carin
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