Call for Papers
First Announcement
“Financing for Climate Change - Challenges and Way Forward”
August 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Conference Theme

Environment Conference 2008 will give emphasis to the following cross - cutting themes:

• Climate Change – Current regime

• Climate Change - Ethics and Justice

• Climate Change – Financing and market based tools

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• Climate Change – Current regime

1. Climate Change and Impact

2. Cost-benefit analysis of present adaptation, mitigation and technology approaches

3. Achievements and limits of present climate change financing strategy (Kyoto Process)

• Climate Change - Ethics and Justice

1. Climate action politics

2. Philosophical and ethical issues of climate financing

3. Alternative financing mechanisms to climate action

4. Technology co-operation and innovation

• Climate Change – Financing and market based tools

1. Climate Change – Financing and market based tools

2. Institutional framework for climate financing: present and future

3. Alternative market-based financing

4. Public-private partnership in climate action financing

5. Role of Civil society in climate action

6. North-south financial partnership

7. Foreign Policy in Climate Action

While papers on ideological, ethical and philosophical views on above issues are highly encouraged we are specially interested in papers exploring mechanisms for financing climate change programmes in SAARC region.