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- Antibiotic resistance
- Biodiversity
- Bird flu
- Climate change & insect-borne disease
- Desert science
- Indigenious Knowledge
- Malaria
- Reducing forest emissions
- Tropical cyclones
- Tuberculosis
Below is a directory of terms used in the debate about reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Most of the terms have been reproduced from the UN University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the Meridian Institute.
Climate change is the greatest challenge facing the world today. Long-term development planning must now include measures to deal with it.
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3E criteria
The 3E criteria — effectiveness in reducing emissions, cost efficiency, equity — were first used in the Stern Report to evaluate global greenhouse gas reductions schemes. These criteria have been used to evaluate options for a REDD global architecture.
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