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Policy Reports
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Operationalising MRV of Support - Analysis of Finance, Technology and Capacity Building Support
Fukuda, K, Kato, M. and Y.Mizutani
Nov. 2011
IGES Policy Report 2011-05
This paper focuses on the measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of
support and looks at the elements of funding support, capacity building, and
technology development/transfer, which make up support for developing
countries. It also gives a broad overview of the development of the
negotiations while sorting out similar structures from the viewpoint of
MRV,
and analyses the structure of the modalities. |
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Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV):
Trends and Developments in Climate Change Negotiations
December 2010
The establishment of MRV systems for mitigation actions by developing
countries and international support is a subject of debate at the highest
level, both domestically and internationally. This report provides a
synopsis and analysis of many key issues surrounding the current state
of MRV, while providing examples of how the effective use of MRV can
encourage commitment to mitigation pledges and actions. |
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IGES Climate Change Group Working Paper series
2011
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Hayama Proposal: Post 2013 International Framework on Climate Change
Asuka, J.
Nov. 2011
IGES Working Paper-CC-2011-02
To advance the currently stagnant negotiation of
international framework on climate change, by
presenting the "Hayama Proposal", under which both
developed and developing countries are to
compromise. |
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Financial Support to the Implementation of Adaptation Measures
Fukuda, K., Wakiyama, T. and N. Shimizu
Nov. 2011
IGES Working Paper-CC-2011-03
This paper draws upon experiences with relevant funding mechanisms - the Adaptation Fund and the Climate Investment Funds/Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (CIF/PPCR) - to highlight issues central to structuring GCG capable of servicing those diverse needs. |
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Biofuels - from CDM to NAMAs
Romero, J.
Nov. 2011
IGES Working Paper-CC-2011-04
This paper reviews the trend of biofuel development and performance of biofuel projects under CDM as well as provides insights on how biofuel projects could transition to NAMAs. |
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Why the United States Lacks a Federal Climate Policy:
Collective Action Problems, Tea Parties, and Blue Dogs
Zusman, E., Fukuda, K., Yoshino, M., and J. Ichihara
Nov. 2011
IGES Working Paper-CC-2011-05
This paper uses a logistical regression model to demonstrate that a divided Democratic party made enacting climate change legislation in the United States particularly challenging. It then outlines a strategy for breaking the coalition between tea party and pragmatic Republicans and strengthening ties between blue dog and green Democrats. Such a strategy will be critical to getting the collection action needed for a federal climate change policy in the United States. |
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The Politics of Climate Policy in China: Interests, Institutions and Ideas
Tamura, K. and E. Zusman
Nov. 2011
IGES Working Paper-CC-2011-07
This paper attributes China recent reforms to these two omitted dynamics. It demonstrates that institutional reforms that granted the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) the climate portfolio and forged linkages between subnational promotional incentives and energy efficiency targets helped China recognise climate change can complement its national interests. |
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Designing Climate Finance to Enhance Low-Carbon Investment through Local Intermediaries: Applying a Concept of Direct Access to Climate Finance
Wakiyama, T.
Nov. 2011
IGES Working Paper-CC-2011-08
This paper examines the best options among innovative national financing schemes to enhance low carbon investment by identifying and examining the barriers and benefits of low carbon investments and multi level financing mechanisms. |
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AN ANALYSIS OF NON-ANNEX I PARTIES NAMAs: Challenges for Designing International Support and Implementing
an Effective MRV Framework
Koji Fukuda and Kentaro Tamura(IGES Climate Change Group)
Working Paper 2010-001
November 2010
This Working Paper analyses the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation
Actions (NAMAs) submitted by non-Annex I Parties to the UNFCCC as
Appendix II of the Copenhagen Accord. |
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Quantified emissions reduction target of China
- Assessing the Chinese target of 40-45% reduction in
CO2 intensity-
ASUKA Jusen and LU Xiangchun
Working Paper 2010-002
November 2010
This paper analyzes the Chinese CO2 intensity target in detail and argue that the assumption on China’s economic growth rate in the future can be considered as a key factor for the assessment on Chinese quantified target. |
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What constitutes meaningful participation from China?
-An analysis of the Chinese intensity targets-
Jusen Asuka(Tohoku University/IGES), Li Zhi Dong(Nagaoka University of Technology), and Lu Xiang Chun(Tohoku University)
Working Paper 2010-003
November 2010
This paper analyzes the background of the Chinese emission target discussion for COP 15. It discusses not only the targets but also the policies and measures taken or to be taken in China by introducing the studies done in China with the support of the Chinese government. |
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Emissions Trading and International Competitiveness: Case Study for Japanese Industries
Jusen Asuka, Kei-Ichiro Kanamoto and Lu Xiang Chun
Working Paper 2010-004
December 2010 |
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Shaping the Climate Change Agenda in India:
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) and Measurement,
Reporting and Verification (MRV)
Nandakumar Janardhanan(Climate Change Group)
Working Paper 2010-005
December 2010
The paper throws light into the shaping of climate change agenda in India with special focus on the mitigation as well as monitoring and evaluation aspects. |
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Promoting Risk Insurance in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Convergence Approach for the Future Climate Regime
SVRK Prabhakar (Adaptation Group), Koji Fukuda(Climate Change Group)
Working Paper 2010-006
December 2010
This Working Paper reviews the current status of risk insurance and identifies emerging issues and experiences. These issues and experiences are applied to various risk insurance proposals made by
the Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC for assessing the extent to which they considers experiences the address issues for promoting
the risk insurance. |
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Negotiating a Low Carbon Transition in China: Aligning Reforms and Incentives in the 12th Five Year Plan
Jiangwen Guo and Eric Zusman (IGES Climate Change Group)
Working Paper 2010-007
December 2010
This paper analyzes the content and incentives for low carbon reforms in China’s 11th and 12th Five Year Plans. The paper concludes that it is in both China and the international community’s interest to come to a mutually agreeable accommodation on the MRVing of unilateral NAMAs. The paper also suggests that provisions for international consultation and analysis (ICA) and fast track financing in the Copenhagen Accord could help advance climate negotiations at COP 16 and enable a low carbon transition in China. |
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