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THE IMPLEMENTATION GAME: THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REFORM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Carolyn Deere, Global Economic Governance Programme, University College, Oxford University. Oxford University Press. This publication is the first book-length study of the politics surrounding the implementation of the WTO’s Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). It seeks to explain the variation in how developing countries have implemented the treaty, highlighting the influence of global IP debates, international pressures, and political dynamics within developing countries. In so doing, the book exposes how power politics occur not just within global trade talks but afterward when countries implement agreements. The Implementation Game will be of interest to all those engaged in debates on the global governance of trade and intellectual property, and the challenges facing developing countries in the global economy. The book can be ordered from Oxford University Press at a 20 percent discount until 31 December by using the promotional flyer found here http://ictsd.net/downloads/2008/12/deere-implementation-game.pdf. http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199550616
REDD MYTHS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF PROPOSED MECHANISMS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND DEGRADATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Friends of the Earth International. United Nations negotiations on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) are in fast forward mode, both in the negotiating halls and on the ground. This is partly because of the considerable sums of money being discussed - figures of tens of billions of dollars per year are the norm. This paper asserts that many critical questions remain unanswered. Will REDD help to mitigate climate change or actually negate efforts that have been made so far? Who will really benefit from REDD funds? How might trading in forest carbon credits impact on REDD-related policies and projects? http://www.foei.org/en/publications/pdfs/redd-myths
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF UNFCCC’S BALI CLIMATE CONFERENCE : A ROADMAP TO CLIMATE COMMERCIALIZATION. By Md Shamsuddoha and Rezaul Karim Chowdhury. Palgrave Macmillan Journals, 2008. The authors critically review the key elements of the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference held in Bali, Indonesia in December 2007, which was intended to formulate a climate action roadmap to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. They argue that the transition plan for replacing the Kyoto Protocol aims to engage big business and the global financial institutions without committing any parties to tangible emissions cuts. They counter the concept of ‘climate commercialization’ on which Bali climate talks eventually fell, and argue the urgency of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. http://ideas.repec.org/a/pal/develp/v51y2008i3p397-402.html
THE ROLE OF DECENTRALIZED RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. South Centre, Geneva, August 2008. The paper analyses the positive impact of Decentralized Renewable Energy Technologies on enhancing climate change adaptation capacity in developing countries facing climate change-related increasing hazards. The paper concludes with some recommendations for implementing decentralized renewable energy technologies for climate adaptation in developing countries. http://smap.ew.eea.europa.eu/media_server/files/o/A/South_Centre.pdf
GOVERNING THE GLOBAL COMMONS: LINKING CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN TROPICAL FORESTS. By David O’Connor, Global environmental change 18 (3, 2008): 368-374. Biodiversity loss will be among the major impacts from climate change. Separate international political processes address climate change and biodiversity, yet the scientific evidence strongly links the two. For conservation groups, addressing climate change is increasingly necessary to protect biodiversity. Protecting tropical forests as biodiversity habitat is important as well to mitigating climate change, as deforestation and forest degradation represent a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, discussions currently underway on the political and technical feasibility of rewarding countries and their inhabitants financially for protecting their standing forests as carbon sinks are of vital interest to conservation groups. To access the paper, please refer to http://www.ecoagriculture.org/documents/files/doc_122.pdf.
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