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Leveraging the Landscape (open access)

Leveraging the Landscape

Over the last three years, projects that address the relationships between carbon and forests have moved from the sidelines of international climate action to center field. Forestry’s recent advancements are the product of decades of ongoing collaboration among market and environmental experts seeking to strike an ideal balance between forestry projects’ market risks and shared benefits. Market dynamics in 2011 demonstrated that these efforts have never been more pivotal, or complex, as forest carbon projects mature – and find themselves positioned squarely in the midst of some of today’s most challenging policy debates. This year, a record number of forest project developers and secondary market suppliers from around the world shared data about their projects and transactions. This third annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyzes trends in these responses. This information is primarily based on data collected from respondents to Ecosystem Marketplace’s 2011 forest carbon project developer’s survey, combined with data from the 2012 State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report. The data and analysis that follow cover forest carbon activity in compliance carbon markets – including the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), the New South …
Date: November 2012
Creator: Peters-Stanley, Molly; Hamilton, Katherine & Yin, Daphne
System: The UNT Digital Library
International Waters – Delivering Results (open access)

International Waters – Delivering Results

This publication is the fourth in a series of knowledge publications prepared by the UNDP-GEF International Waters programme that document and highlight key results and achievements at the project and portfolio level, comprising four ‘signature’ programme areas: Large Marine Ecosystems; Lakes, Rivers and Aquifers; Integrated Water Resources and Coastal Area Management; and Global Programmes. The portfolio continues to make progress in sustaining the world’s most significant shared water systems for the billions of people who depend on these ecosystems for their livelihoods and security.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Donker, Stephen Maxwell; Vousden, David; Willemse, Nico E.; Spadone, Aurelie; Jiang, Yihang; Wagey, Tonny et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feed-in Tariffs as a Policy Instrument for Promoting Renewable Energies and Green Economies in Developing Countries (open access)

Feed-in Tariffs as a Policy Instrument for Promoting Renewable Energies and Green Economies in Developing Countries

This report is intended as a resource for policy makers in developing countries to make informed policy decisions about the whether, when and how of FITs and to support nationally appropriate policy measures to scale up renewable energy. The report is also intended to improve the understanding of the potential benefits and challenges for developing countries to design FITs as well as the factors influencing their success, more in depth from the policy and legal foci, whilst also analysing the funding and capacity implications. Throughout the report, FITs are construed as interacting with national energy and non-energy policies in a dynamic manner.
Date: 2012
Creator: Rickerson, Wilson; Laurent, Chad; Jacobs, David; Dietrich, Christina & Hanley, Christina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Economy In Action: Articles and Excerpts that Illustrate Green Economy and Sustainable Development Efforts (open access)

Green Economy In Action: Articles and Excerpts that Illustrate Green Economy and Sustainable Development Efforts

The Green Economy is one in which the vital linkages among the economy, society, and environment are taken into account. This selection of articles and excerpts emerged in response to the need to fill the knowledge gap on practical, concrete, and on the ground green economy country experience. It is in this spirit that the articles and excerpts included in this publication have been selected: to provide information and knowledge for policy and decision makers and practitioners on the positive implications of greening some priority sectors, including job creation, resource efficiency, and generally contribution to sustainable development through an extensive review of scientific publications and magazines.
Date: August 2012
Creator: United Nations Development Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blending Climate Finance Through National Climate Funds: A Guidebook for the Design and Establishment of National Funds to Achieve Climate Change Priorities (open access)

Blending Climate Finance Through National Climate Funds: A Guidebook for the Design and Establishment of National Funds to Achieve Climate Change Priorities

The guidebook provides an overview of NCFs and outlines six key components that are critical for the effective design and establishment of an NCF. It also presents a method for consolidating the decisions around these components into a term sheet that can help to facilitate stakeholder engagement for a robust and transparent design process.
Date: October 2012
Creator: United Nations Development Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Carbon, Black Trade: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the World's Tropical Forests (open access)

Green Carbon, Black Trade: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the World's Tropical Forests

This report – Green Carbon, Black Trade – by UNEP and INTERPOL focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of the poorest people in the world set aside the environmental damage. It underlines how criminals are combining old fashioned methods such as bribes with high tech methods such as computer hacking of government web sites to obtain transportation and other permits. The report spotlights the increasingly sophisticated tactics being deployed to launder illegal logs through a web of palm oil plantations, road networks and saw mills.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Nellemann, C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing Dimension: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012 (open access)

Developing Dimension: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012

The 6th “State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets” report shows a significant increase in demand from buyers in the US and major changes in the mix of offsets capturing market share, such as record sales of offsets from Asian wind farms and the coming-of-age of clean development projects in Africa.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Peters-Stanley, Molly & Hamilton, Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Economy in a Blue World (open access)

Green Economy in a Blue World

The objective of ‘Green Economy in a Blue World’ is to analyse the challenges and opportunities of a potential transition towards a green economy in key sectors heavily linked to the marine and coastal environment – the blue world. The report will also analyse the necessary policy and institutional adjustments required for a green transition and will highlight several transformative action items that could come out of Rio+20 to accelerate transition to ocean sustainability. The key sectors (chapters) covered include Fisheries, Transport (shipping), Tourism (coastal), Energy, Marine mineral resources, and ocean nutrient pollution.
Date: January 2012
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
System: The UNT Digital Library
"In Case of Sudden Death, Burn This": The Simon Bucharoff Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library [Presentation Notes] (open access)

"In Case of Sudden Death, Burn This": The Simon Bucharoff Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library [Presentation Notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2012 Texas Music Library Association (TMLA) Annual Meeting. The notes and presentation discuss the Simon Bucharoff collection at the University of North Texas (UNT) music library.
Date: October 5, 2012
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia (open access)

Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia

Developing Asia is the driver of today’s emissions intensive global economy. As the principal source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of the People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam have embarked upon an ambitious policy agenda. This report reviews the present and future policy settings for climate change mitigation and green growth in Asia’s major emerging economies. Although recent targets and commitments will involve a fundamental change in emissions trajectories, the urgency and extent of necessary global action requires ambition to be raised even further in developing Asia. An additional transformation will be required for the trajectory of emissions and energy demand, as well as the future composition of the power generation mix. Achieving these transformations will not be easy. There are a substantial number of policy instruments available, yet significant obstacles stand in the way of their effective deployment. Governments face a number of policy challenges, including: energy sector reform, economic reform, strengthening institutional capacity, and securing international support. The principal conclusion of this analysis is that the task facing Asia’s policymakers is …
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: Stephen Howes & Paul Wyrwoll
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scoping assessment of knowledge needs in climate change adaptation in China (open access)

Scoping assessment of knowledge needs in climate change adaptation in China

The goal of this review is to identify ways to strengthen the links between scientific and technical knowledge with action on climate change adaptation. The study focuses on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and rural development, the two sectors thought to be most vulnerable. It draws on a literature review for context, but employs case study research as its main methodology.
Date: 2012
Creator: Lailai Li; Xiaojing Fei; Jiayi Xu & Huw Slater
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (2012) (open access)

China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (2012)

The Chinese government attaches great importance to the issue of climate change.It defines the objectives, tasks and policy orientation of China’s response to climate change over the next five years and identifies key tasks, including controlling greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to climate change, and strengthening international cooperation.
Date: 2012
Creator: National Development and Reform Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas System Strategic Plan: 2012-2016 (open access)

University of North Texas System Strategic Plan: 2012-2016

Strategic plan for the University of North Texas (UNT) System outlining the organization's vision, mission, and values, as well as specific, five-year goals for each of the system's campuses: the main Denton campus, UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, and UNT Dallas.
Date: 2012
Creator: University of North Texas System
System: The UNT Digital Library
.China’s Climate-Change Policy 1988-2011: From Zero to Hero? (open access)

.China’s Climate-Change Policy 1988-2011: From Zero to Hero?

.This report describes the evolution of China’s domestic climate-change policy over the period 1988-2011, using the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) to explore the policy change. Policy development has been gradual, with the most notable change occurring in 2007, when the National Climate Change Programme elevated climate change to a national policy issue.The ACF points to socioeconomic development and the Climate Change Advocacy Coalition’s policy-oriented learning as explanations for the development of climate-change policy in China.
Date: July 1, 2012
Creator: Iselin Stensdal
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Plans and Infrastructure in Asian Cities: a Survey of Plans and Priorities (open access)

Climate Change Plans and Infrastructure in Asian Cities: a Survey of Plans and Priorities

The objectives of the survey of Asian cities are to determine:the status of climate change and other relevant plans for Asian cities and their focus on climate change adaptation versus mitigation, Where demand for climate change related infrastructure projects exists based on these plans, The role of development agencies and other development partners in prioritizing, planning and investing in urban infrastructure.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Center (CAI-Asia)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (open access)

Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation

The "Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation" (ANADP) conference was held at the National Library of Estonia, from May 23-25, 2011. More than 125 delegates from more than 20 countries were gathered in Tallinn, Estonia and explored how to create and sustain international collaborations to support the preservation of digital cultural memory. This publication contains a collection of peer-reviewed essays that were developed by conference panels and attendees in the months following ANADP.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Educopia Institute
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bibliography for "Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries" (open access)

Bibliography for "Fostering a Culture of Research and Publication in Academic Libraries"

This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the 2013 Library Management Institute Summer Conference. This bibliography contains citations for information related to fostering a culture of research and publications in academic libraries.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Wahl, Diane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steps for Using the Worksheets for Evaluating Link Resolvers (open access)

Steps for Using the Worksheets for Evaluating Link Resolvers

This worksheet accompanies a workshop presentation titled 'Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems', which discusses a methodology for addressing full-text linking problems.
Date: August 9, 2012
Creator: Harker, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix F: MetaArchive Microservices (open access)

Appendix F: MetaArchive Microservices

This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. The purpose of this document is to explain the PREMIS Event microservice as prototyped for the MetaArchive Cooperative, primarily from a developer's standpoint. The document will attempt to explain the purpose of the microservice, the underlying principles on which it operates, and a practical example of its usage. The MetaArchive has installed all of the components needed to deploy this microservice and looks forward to opportunities to experiment with practical implementations in future development projects.
Date: March 9, 2012
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Skinner, Katherine; Walters, Tyler & Schultz, Matt
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Libraries Grant History: 2000-2012 (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Grant History: 2000-2012

This document lists all grants given to the University of North Texas Libraries from 2000 to 2012. The projects that were funded by these grants are summarized.
Date: 2012
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix A: Preservation Business Model (open access)

Appendix A: Preservation Business Model

This is an appendix to the MetaArchive Final Report. This appendix includes the 2010-2013 Strategic Plan which highlights the Educopia institute's strengths and achievements to date and details the strategic planning process. Specifically this strategic plan declares Educopia institute's: Mission statement, Vision, Three Critical Challenges, and Six Programmatic Goals (with objectives and strategies).
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Halbert, Martin; Hartman, Cathy Nelson; Skinner, Katherine; Walters, Tyler & Schultz, Matt
System: The UNT Digital Library
The WFAA and WBAP Sheet Music Collections at the University of North Texas Music Library (open access)

The WFAA and WBAP Sheet Music Collections at the University of North Texas Music Library

This document narrates a presentation given at the national meeting of the Music Library Association in Dallas, Texas in 2012. The report gives details about sheet music collections that can be found in the University of North Texas' music library as well as a brief history about what has been played on the radio and how it has evolved.
Date: 2012
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organizational History of The Portal to Texas History, 2012 (open access)

Organizational History of The Portal to Texas History, 2012

This one page document is a brief organizational history for The Portal to Texas History for 2012. This document was used for grant submissions to state or federal funding agencies, or private foundations. This document reflects on strategic directions for the program, as well as the number of collaborative partners for the Portal and the number of historic documents in the digital library.
Date: 2012
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Core Infrastructure Considerations for Large Digital Libraries (open access)

Core Infrastructure Considerations for Large Digital Libraries

This study examines basic functional aspects of large digital libraries and draws on examples of existing digital libraries to illustrate their varying approaches to storage and content delivery, metadata approaches and harvesting, search and discovery, services and applications, and system sustainability.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Henry, Geneva
System: The UNT Digital Library