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REDUCING FISHING CAPACITY: BEST PRACTICES FOR DECOMMISSIONING SCHEMES. OECD Publishing, 23 January 2009. This paper argues that too many fishing vessels chasing too few fish is a persistent problem in many countries. To address this, governments often turn to vessel decommissioning schemes as a means of adjusting fishing capacity to match available fish resources. The report presents a set of best practice guidelines on the design and implementation of decommissioning schemes. By drawing on case studies of decommissioning schemes from OECD and non-OECD countries, it provides policy makers and fisheries managers with detailed analysis of the economic issues surrounding decommissioning schemes. Available for purchase at the OECD online bookshop.
ROLE OF DECENTRALIZED RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. The South Centre, August 2008. One of the reasons of developing countries’ vulnerability consists in energy poverty. This paper analyses the positive impact of Decentralized Renewable Energy Technologies on enhancing climate change adaptation capacity in developing countries facing climate change-related increasing hazards. The paper concludes with some recommendations for implementing decentralized renewable energy technologies for climate adaptation in developing countries.
WINNERS ALL: HOW FORESTRY CAN REDUCE BOTH CLIMATE CHANGE EMISSIONS AND POVERTY - A PRO-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. World Growth, December 2008. This study shows how the expansion of forestry could produce much greater climate change dividends than the current, narrow focus of just stopping deforestation. That strategy - reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) - rests on the Stern mantra: deforestation in developing countries contribute nearly 20 percent of emissions. The paper shows how that bigger dividend could be achieved, producing larger economic growth for developing countries as well as a virtually cost-free reductions emissions without having to rely on the dubious and complex proposition of creating and trading credits.
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