Costa Rica developed a payment for ecosystem services system to support its policies for sustainable forestry and reforestation.
China’s energy demand has been growing at breathtaking pace putting pressure on the security of the country’s electricity supply, 70 per cent of which is based on coal. This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network shows that the Chinese government is increasingly looking...
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries. According to this ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, China’s extraordinary embrace of the market opportunities afforded by the CDM has...