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Discusses how economic development in developing countries can be compatible with limiting their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Discusses how economic development in developing countries can be compatible with limiting their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Foreword
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, 1995-2002
Executive summary
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SD-PAMS are policies and measures that are aimed at meeting the domestic objectives of the host country, but that also bring significant benefits to the climate through reduced GHG emissions.
Chapter 1. Introduction to sustainable development policies and measures
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Highlights the SD-PAMs approach in sections: Climate meets development, development meets climate, fitting SD-PAMs into future climate agreements, financing SD-PAMs, and limitations of SD-PAMs.
Chapter 2. Sustainable development policies and measures and international climate agreements
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Discusses some of the possible operational mechanics of how SD-PAMs might be incorporated into an international climate agreement.
Chapter 3. Biofuels for transport, development, and climate change: Lessons from Brazil
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Presents the case of the Brazilian biofuels program, which has promoted the use of ethanol as a transport fuel to substitute for petrol.
Chapter 4. China Motorization trends: Policy options in a world of transport challenges
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Examines two major emerging constraints on transport in the fast-growing "megacities" of China: oil supply and urban infrastructure.
Chapter 5. Pathways to rural electrification in India: Are national goals also an international opportunity?
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Looks at the options facing India as it aims to provide electricity to the more than 100 million households that currently lack it.
Chapter 6. Carbon capture and storage in South Africa
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If the country is locked into growing coal demand, then the use of carbon capture and storage to mitigate the resulting emissions is an option that has to be examined.
Chapter 7. Conclusion
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Offers some conclusions and suggests areas that need further investigation and debate to develop the SD-PAMs concept further.
Glossary and abbreviations
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Definitions of key terms as used in the report.
About the authors
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Kevin A. Baumert, Rob Bradley, Navroz K. Dubach, José Roberto Moreira, Stanford Mwakasonda, Wei-Shieun Ng, Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Virginia Parente, Jonathan Pershing, Lee Schipper, Harald Winkler
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