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Natural Resources Forum

A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal

• Climate Change, July 2009

TopClimate Change, July 2009

Editorial: Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Tariq Banuri

Introduction: Climate change and sustainable development revisited: Implementation challenges
David Le Blanc

Introduction: Climate change and sustainable development: Understanding the linkages
Friedrich Soltau and Diane Quarless

Climate and development economics: Balancing science, politics and equity
Elizabeth A. Stanton, Frank Ackerman

Cambodia's forests and climate change: Mitigating drivers of deforestation
Mark Poffenberger

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and variability in semi-arid rural southeastern Arizona, USA
Ashley R. Coles, Christopher A. Scott

Transaction costs and the clean development mechanism
Bruce P. Chadwick

Greenhouse gas emission reductions in the post-Kyoto period: Emission intensity changes required under the 'contraction and convergence' approach
E. Kuntsi-Reunanen and J. Luukkanen

Review of climate policies in the Baltic States
Dalia Streimikiene, Remigijus Ciegis, Rasa Pusinaite

Adapting to climate variability: Pumpkins, people and policy
Gina Ziervogel, Sukaina Bharwani and Thomas E. Downing

Water and economic development: The role of variability and a framework for resilience
Casey Brown and Upmanu Lall

Possibilities and options for the Clean Development Mechanism and the Green Investment Scheme in Central and Eastern Europe: Macedonian and Romanian perspectives
Maria Khovanskaia and Zsuzsanna Ivanyi

Critical considerations for future action during the second commitment period: A small islands' perspective
Leonard Nurse and Rawleston Moore

Environment and development in the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Linking climate change with sustainable fisheries development
Rhea M. Moss

Forestry-based carbon sequestration projects in Africa: Potential benefits and challenges
Rohit Jindal, Brent Swallow, John Kerr

Climate change adaptation and livestock activity choices in Kenya: An economic analysis
Jane Kabubo-Mariara

Enhancing climate technology transfer through greater public-private cooperation: Lessons from Thailand and the Philippines
Tim Forsyth

Commentary: Energy efficiency: The best immediate option for a secure, clean, healthy future
Richard L. Ottinger

Commentary: Linkages between biodiversity conservation and global climate change in small island developing States (SIDS)
Anilla Cherian

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