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    This report highlights the potentially significant impacts on the hydrologic cycle and the importance of considering secondary effects, particularly with regard to water, resulting from the widespread adoption of global climate change mitigation measures. It is recommended that the implicit hydrologic dimensions of climate change mitigation should be more formally articulated within the international environmental conventions, and recognized within future UNFCCC negotiations on the CDM-AR provisions.

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    Country of registration
    Netherlands
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Coastal zones
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Human health
    Industry
    Transport
    Waste management

    SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation founded in the Netherlands 50 years ago.

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    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Canada
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Knowledge Partner
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Agriculture and forestry
    Renewable energy
    Forestry
    Industry

    Viresco Solutions is a consulting firm based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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    Several forest mitigation options exist: afforestation/reforestation, Deforestation and forest degradation, forest management for carbon stocks and wood products. The IPCC notes that when properly designed and implemented, these forestry mitigation optiosn should provide substantial co-benefits in terms of employment and income generation opportunities, biodiversity and watershed conservation, provision of timber and fibre as well as aestethic and recreational services (IPCC, 2007).

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    The present article documents increasing water abstraction and the difficulties in establishing limits for low flows such as the Q80 value (flow available on 80% of the days per year). The article also presents the role of water users" associations in mitigating water conflicts related to over-abstraction. Water users" associations are also involved in activities such as environmental education, awareness creation, improved irrigation practices, afforestation, and water regulation.

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    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Japan
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Knowledge Partner
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Transport
    Waste management

    The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.

  • Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Switzerland
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Agriculture
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Industry
    Transport
    Waste management
    Water

    South Pole is a leading provider of global sustainability services, with more than 300 experts in over 18 offices worldwide.

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    Over 345 million hectares of land globally could be forested or re-forested to help combat global warming. The Kyoto Protocol, which sets targets for industrialised countries to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, has established the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to support such initiatives. But do these programmes tackle the real causes of climate change?The CDM allows industrialised countries and organisations
    to fund projects in developing countries aiming to contribute to reducing GHG
    emissions. These projects are attractive to developing country governments because

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    How is women’s economic empowerment linked to successful climate mitigation and adaptation? Womenare particularly susceptible to climate change and poverty and often lack financial assets and decisionmaking power. For example, in order to adopt or develop climate-related work, women must be able to own land as well as have access to capital and new technologies. This paper discusses various approaches to women’s economic empowerment that reduce GHG emissions.One strategy outlined is to compensate women for their work conserving natural resources.