If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the Bridges staff to Malena Sell at msell@ictsd.ch.
CLIMATE CHANGE, COMPETITIVENESS, AND TRADE. Chatham House, May 2007. This publication by Chatham House’s Richard Tarasofsky and Aaron Cosbey of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) focuses on the nature of concerns over competitiveness and considers the relationship between the Kyoto Protocol and the World Trade Organization. The authors consider "what trade law might be applicable to each of the various possible instruments states might use to address climate change and competitiveness concerns." The report is available at http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/viewdocument.php?documentid=8773
GLOBAL TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT 2007. United Nations Environment Programme, June 2007. Climate change worries together with high oil prices and increasing government support have fueled soaring investment rates in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, according to this study. Noting that renewable energy sectors such as wind, solar, and biofuels attract the highest investment levels, the study also stresses that renewable energies are no longer subject to the whims of fluctuating oil prices, but are becoming generating systems of choice for many power companies and countries. The study is available at http://www.unep.org/pdf/SEFI_report-GlobalTrendsInSustainableEnergyInverstment07.pdf.
"MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES IN CROPS, LIVESTOCK, FORESTRY AND FISH", edited by E.P. Guimarães, J. Ruane, B.D. Scherf, A. Sonnino and J.D. Dargie (FAO, June 2007). The 22-chapter book includes a series of case studies giving a comprehensive technical description and assessment of the current use and future possibilities for marker-assisted selection (MAS) and concludes with a series of 5 chapters devoted to non-technical issues relevant to applications of MAS in developing countries, such as national research capacities and international partnerships, economic considerations, the impacts of intellectual property rights, and policy considerations. MAS involves the use of DNA markers, that are linked to genes of interest, in breeding programmes for the genetic improvement of livestock, fish, crops or forest trees. The book is available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a1120e/a1120e00.htm.