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CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY AGRICULTURE: AN OVERVIEW OF EXPECTED IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION CHALLENGES, AND FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. By Jodie Keane, Sheila Page, Alpha Kergna, and Jane Kennan. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council, December 2009. This issue brief was released by the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Trade. Developing countries highly dependent on the production and export of agricultural goods will soon face declining agricultural productive capacity as a result of climate change. This publication considers ways in which these countries can explore alternative means of stabilising export earnings. It discusses the question of how projects supporting such efforts could be financed. Additionally, it addresses the possibility of linking Aid for Trade with aid directed at mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change on agricultural production. For more information, please refer to http://ictsd.org/downloads/2009/12/j-keane-web_final.pdf.
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010: DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. By World Bank, November 2009. This report aims to understand what climate change means for development policy. It distinguishes itself by emphasising development, taking an integrated look at adaptation and mitigation, highlighting opportunities in the changing competitive landscape and how to seize them, and proposing policy solutions grounded in analytic work and in the context of the political economy of reform. Additionally, the report explores how public policy can help people cope with new or worsened risks, how land and water management must adapt to better protect a threatened natural environment while feeding an expanding and more prosperous population, and how energy systems will need to be transformed. To access this publication, please visit http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=9148591.
CHINESE DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN FRANCE: NO FRENCH EXCEPTION, NO CHINESE CHALLENGE. By Françoise Nicolas, Chatham House, January 2010. This publication concludes that China’s direct investment in France remains surprisingly low even compared to other EU states although the targets are quite similar, being heavily biased towards export-support and services rather than industrial activities. The modest presence of Chinese firms in France is unsurprising given domestic comparative advantages in many manufacturing activities. Country-specific characteristics also account for this relatively poor position; France appears to be overshadowed by Germany’s strength in key industrial sectors and by the UK’s attractiveness. The report concludes that it is in the interest of the French government to take appropriate steps to improve opportunities for both bilateral trade and Chinese investment. To view the full report, visit http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/830/.
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