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A Green Economy Model for India: Technical Summary of Methods and Data Used

GEM Technical Papers |
2022
| India

The green economy model for India is a system dynamics model that has been customized to the national context in the structure of the model and input data. It also takes into account the key priorities for the country, incorporating primary and allied sectors affecting climate change at the national level. 

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Expert Perspectives: Supporting a Just and Climate-Resilient Transition in South Africa

Essay |
2022
| South Africa

Focusing on adaptation and climate resilience issues, this anthology provides space for senior experts and practitioners to respond to some of the most pressing challenges facing the just transition movement in South Africa today, including natural resource use, jobs, mental health, gender equity, finance and more.

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A Green Economy for a Net-Zero Future: How Indonesia can build back better after COVID-19 with the Low Carbon Development Initiative (LCDI)

Report |
2021
| Indonesia

Using cutting-edge economic modelling that reflects the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the costs of inaction, the report shows how Indonesia can start implementing net-zero measures as part of its COVID-19 recovery, with significant stimulus effects and job creation impacts from the first year. 

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America's New Climate Economy: A Comprehensive Guide to the Economic Benefits of Climate Policy in the United States

Working Papers |
2020
| USA

This working paper draws on the latest economic research to demonstrate how climate policy and investments in low-carbon infrastructure can reboot America’s economy and set it up for long-term success. On the other hand, delaying action on climate will further expose the United States to costly damages from climate impacts, air pollution, and public health crises.

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Galvanising low-carbon Innovation

Working Papers |
2016
| Global

Innovation is a fundamental engine of long-term economic growth, and a critical driver for reducing emissions and tackling climate risk. There is a need to scale up innovation efforts to reduce emissions cost-effectively beyond 2030 consistent with limiting dangerous climate change, in particular through supporting research, development and demonstration (RD&D) for technologies which have not yet been deployed at scale and are unlikely to without strong government support. 

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Challenges and Opportunities for Efficient Land Use in Mozambique: Taxes, Financing, and Infrastructure

Working Papers |
2016
| Mozambique

This paper examines the challenges and opportunities for investing in agriculture and natural resources management, with the goal of laying out next steps toward more efficient and sustainable land use in Mozambique. 

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Strategies to Achieve Economic and Environmental Gains by Reducing Food Waste

Working Papers |
2015
| India

An estimated one third of all food produced in the world ends up as waste. Reducing food waste is good for the economy, good for food security and good for the climate. In this report, the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimates the value of global consumer food waste at more than US$400 billion per year. 

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India: Pathways to Sustaining Rapid Development in a New Climate Economy

Working Papers |
2015
| India

This paper Initiative argues that India’s efforts to achieve rapid, inclusive and sustainable development have been hampered in the past by pervasive inefficiencies that arise from market, policy and institutional failures and weaknesses. The paper finds that increased efficiency, investment and innovation can yield major development and environmental benefits: energy systems, agriculture and land use, and cities. 

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Quantifying the Multiple Benefits from Low-Carbon Actions in a Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Curve Framework

GEM Technical Papers |
2015
| Global

This paper documents the assumptions and analysis that underlie the presentation and discussion of the exhibit on the Global GHG Abatement Benefit and Co-benefit Curve: 2030 in our 2014 Better Growth, Better Climate report. This analysis emphasises the importance of considering a fuller range of benefits of actions to reduce carbon emissions when comparing these with higher-carbon alternatives.

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Restoring and Protecting Agricultural and Forest Landscapes and Increasing Agricultural Productivity

Working Papers |
2015
| Albania

A staggering one-third of all agricultural landscapes are now degraded, mostly in developing countries, and a net 12 million hectares (ha) continue to be degraded yearly. But commitment to change is growing. The report highlights significant regional achievements being implemented, such as Initiative 20×20, through which seven Latin American countries and partners have pledged to bring 20 million ha of land into restoration by 2020, and the Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance, which aims to engage 6 million smallholders by 2021. 

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