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This article provides the scope, analytical framework, and criteria for selection of case studies for an OECD project on development and Climate Change. The overall objective of the project is to provide guidance on how to mainstream responses to climate change within economic development planning, with natural resource management as an overarching theme. This project seeks to build upon established efforts such as the climate change impact and vulnerability assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The national level will be used as the unit of analysis, although in-depth assessment cot particular response strategies will also require examination at the sectoral, regional and local level.

This article focuses on institutional capacity for climatic actions' survey in Bulgaria. This survey uses a questionnaire to assess different dimensions of institutional capacity, which is based on the companion paper by environmentalists S. Willems and K. Baumert, on institutional capacity and climate actions. The results of the survey show that, although Bulgaria has fulfilled its commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change so far, the institutional capacity of the country with regard to climate policy is still not adequately developed.

The presents a report which focuses on Climate Change Levy (CCL), a part of Great Britain's wider programme of policies to deal with its various obligations to control climate change. However, the CCL cannot be viewed in isolation, it is part of a fairly elaborate package of measures, and its interaction with the other instruments in that package need to be understood. The British CCL is an integral part of Great Britain's policy to tackle climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. In the late 1980s, no political party in Great Britain was wedded to the use of market-based instruments, such as taxes, for environmental policy.

This article presents a generic assessment of the current status of Annex I and Non-Annex I greenhouse gas inventories. For Annex I Parties, it also gives a general assessment of the gap or distance to the full compliance with the reporting requirements under the protocol and to a well functioning national inventory system. Non-Annex I Parties need to provide national communications, which include national inventories, less frequently under the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change.

This article focuses on the concept and substance of country-level institutional capacity in the context of future climate-related actions. This article follows an institutional approach, based on capacity assessments, which could provide useful insights, both at national and international levels, on the appropriate next steps of climate actions. As regards options for future mitigation actions, assessing capacities required for implementing them does not provide by itself sufficient clues to select the most appropriate option.

This article focuses on the challenges faced by climate change policy makers from different perspectives. In so doing, it reviews some of the decision criteria that might guide policy decisions, as well as practical options on them that different mitigation commitments might take. The evaluation of possible mitigation commitments may be undertaken using tools from the natural and social science and economics disciplines. These incorporate perspectives on what stimulates technological and institutional change, and how they are modified over time.

The article focuses on the global screening study conducted which highlights the investigated assessment on the effect of climate change for the port city's exposure to coastal flooding by 2070s along with subsidence, population growth, and urbanisation. It also emphasizes that such study highlights more comprehensive analysis on the 136 port cities around the world. It also emphasizes that such study shows that many people are exposed to coastal flooding in large port cities. Further, such study reveals that global mitigation and local adaptation at the city-scale are the benefits derived from the climate change policies.

Institutional capacity is increasingly considered as a key factor in implementing current climate actions in different parts of the world as well as in preparing the future actions in the medium term. The case studies describe the initial capacity assessments for three different countries, namely Mexico, India and Bulgaria. These country-specific capacity assessments provide useful insights on each country's institutional challenges and how they might affect the development of current and future actions.

This article focuses on development of new technologies that will play important role in the ultimate objectives of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change. This article describes the possible effects of different policy mixes, with respect to the timing of achieving stabilization and energy technologies. Without radical changes in lifestyles, only a massive deployment of carbon-free energy technologies can power the world economy and satisfy growing energy needs, especially of the developing world, while making stabilization sustainable over the long term.

The article presents information about an integrated case study for Tanzania carried out under an OECD project on Development and Climate Change, an activity jointly overseen by the Working Party on Global and Structural Policies and the Working Party on Development Co-operation and Environment. Analysis of recent climate trends reveals that climate change poses significant risks for Tanzania. While projected changes in precipitation are uncertain, there is a high likelihood of temperature increases as well as sea level rise. While uncertainties in climate change and impact projections pose a challenge for anticipatory adaptation in any country, Tanzania's case has several specific characteristics that might suggest the need for a differentiated adaptation strategy.

The article presents information about an integrated case study for Fiji for the OECD Development and Climate Change Project, an activity jointly overseen by the Working Party on Global and Structural Policies and the Network on Environment and Development Co-operation. The objective of the project was to provide guidance on how to mainstream responses to climate change within economic development planning and assistance policies, with natural resource management as an overarching theme. In-depth analyses at a thematic, sectoral, regional or project level, was done to show that how to incorporate climate responses within economic development plans and projects, again with a particular focus on natural resource management.

This article presents information about an integrated case study for Bangladesh for the OECD Development and Climate Change Project, an activity jointly overseen by the Working Party on Global and Structural Policies and the Network on Environment and Development Cooperation. The overall objective of the project was to provide guidance on how to mainstream responses to climate change within economic development planning and assistance policies, with natural resource management as an overarching theme.

The article presents information about an integrated case study for Nepal for the OECD Development and Climate Change Project, an activity jointly overseen by the Working Party on Global and Structural Policies, and the Network on Environment and Development Co-operation. The overall objective of the project was to provide guidance on how to mainstream responses to climate change within economic development planning and assistance policies, with natural resource management as an overarching theme. The integrated analysis revealed that the need for mainstreaming climate change responses in development planning and assistance is particularly acute for Nepal.

This article sketches out a broad framework to address the nexus of sustainable development and climate change. Sustainable development may be described as a process for improving the range of opportunities that will enable individual human beings and communities to achieve their aspirations and full potential over a sustained period of time, while maintaining the resilience of economic, social and environmental systems. When considering climate change response options, several principles and ideas, which are widely used in environmental analysis, may be useful. These include the polluter pays principle, economic valuation, internalization of externalities, property rights, and equity considerations.

The article presents information about a document that is an output from the OECD Development and Climate Change project, an activity that is being jointly overseen by the Working Party on Global and Structural Policies, and the Working Party on Development Co-operation and Environment. The overall objective of the project is to provide guidance on how to mainstream responses to climate change within economic development planning and assistance policies, with natural resource management as an overarching theme.

Presents key facts about nuclear energy and the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Causes of global climate change; Role of nuclear energy in climate change; Provision of data and analysis for use by policy makers to support national decision making; Increase of carbon dioxide emissions in OECD countries.