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CDM in Africa: Finance and Support
This report provides a summary of key financing and support opportunities -- excluding multilateral and domestic sources -- available to Climate Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in Africa and other underrepresented regions. Funding sources covered include the KfW Carbon Fund, World Bank group...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2012 | EN
The State of the World's Forests 2012
This report argues that more sustainable use of forestry resources can help reduce poverty and hunger, mitigate the impacts of climate change, and create more sustainable sources of bio-products and bio-energy. It was released at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), where many of...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2012 | EN
21 issues for the 21st century
This report, which is part of the UN Foresight Initiative, describes the 21 most pressing emerging global environmental issues -- those recognised as very important to well-being by the scientific community, but are not yet receiving enough attention from the policymakers. These cover a range of...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: February 2012 | EN
Poor people's energy outlook 2012
This report analyses the links between energy access, income and livelihoods. It examines the definition of energy access, and reintroduces -- and updates -- the concept of 'total energy access' as a progressive framework to measure how people use energy in a healthy and productive way. It...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: January 2012 | EN
Two Degrees of Innovation: How to Seize the Opportunities in Low-Carbon Power
This paper provides guidance for policymakers working on identifying low-carbon technologies, and discusses why they should put innovation at the centre of any green growth strategy. The authors argue that the need for innovation in the low-carbon power sector is critical in terms of preventing...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: September 2011 | EN
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
This report, published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, examines the role of renewable energy sources and technologies in the mitigation of climate change and provides policy relevant information. The authors evaluate the scientific literature on six renewable energy sources --...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Grounding Green Power: Bottom-up perspectives on smart renewable energy policy in developing countries
This paper aims to identify key components of effective renewable energy policy in developing countries. It draws from published research and case studies in 12 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide recommendations on how countries can maximise international support for the...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2011 | EN
Climate Change, Disasters, and Electricity Generation
This paper, published by the UK-based Institute of Development Studies, examines how disaster risks associated with climate changehttp://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/ might impact electricity generation and energy planning -- which is an emerging research and development agenda. The...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World
This report, from the US-based Worldwatch Institute, provides qualitative and quantitative information about nuclear powerhttp://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/nuclear-energy/ plants in operation; under construction; and those being planned worldwide. It also includes an overview of...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Grounding Green Power: Bottom-up perspectives on smart renewable energy policy in developing countries
This paper aims to identify key components of effective renewable energy policy in developing countries. It draws from published research and case studies in 12 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide recommendations on how countries can maximise international support for the...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: June 2011 | EN
Asia Solar Energy Initiative: A Primer
This report provides information on the development of the solar energy sector in Asia and the Pacific, including investment opportunities and challenges. It also gives an overview of how the Asia Solar Energy Initiative (ASEI), set up by the Asia Development Bank, aims to facilitate the...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: April 2011 | EN
CDM country factsheets
This series of factsheets publishes information on clean development mechanism (CDM) activities for Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Philippines and Thailand. CDM projects involve the use of clean technologies such as solar panels to generate emission reduction credits that...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: May 2011 | EN
Solar Generation V — 2008
This report, published by Greenpeace, highlights global trends and developments in solar photovoltaics (PV). It includes background information on how PV technologies work and an overview of global PV markets, including predictions for market growth to 2030. Applications of PV technology for...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2008 | EN
Energy for development: The potential role of renewable energy in meeting the Millennium Development Goals
This report examines how renewable energy can help developing countries boost economic development and alleviate poverty. It highlights the benefits of using renewable energy technologies -- from increasing access to electricity to creating jobs -- and outlines the hurdles to scaling up production,...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2005 | EN
Solar-powered drip irrigation enhances food security in the Sudano-Sahel
This article, written by scientists in Niger and the United States, assesses the suitability of solar-powered irrigation for improving food security in rural regions of West Africa. The authors describe an irrigation system that combines drip irrigation with a photovoltaic solar-powered water pump,...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: January 2010 | EN
Barriers to technology diffusion: The case of solar thermal technologies
This report, written by Cédric Philibert of the International Energy Agency, provides an overview of solar thermal technologies and examines the economic, technical and institutional barriers to diffusing these. Examples of barriers include high investment costs, lack of trained engineers and lack...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: October 2006 | EN
Renewables Interactive Map
This interactive map provides information on policies, targets, shares, capacity, production and scenarios for renewable energy by technology and country or region. Information on the state of both solar photovoltaics and solar thermal is available, as well as wind power, geothermal energy,...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Rural energy supply models
This project outlines deployment models and decision support tools for supplying energy, including solar, to rural areas in developing countries. It showcases practical examples of rural energy supply from Africa, Asia and Latin America, including the use of solar home systems in Sri Lanka and...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Global trends in sustainable energy investment 2009
This annual report from the UN Environment Programme highlights investment trends in renewable energy, including solar technologies. It finds that new investment in renewables continues to rise -- despite the global financial crisis -- as a result of a growing focus on climate change, energy...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2009 | EN
Special report: The rise of solar energy
This special report, published in The Broker magazine, provides a collection of articles on solar energy. It includes an article on how solar thermal and solar photovoltaic technologies work, a report on solar energy in developing countries, and a case study of solar energy in India -- from market...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: April 2009 | EN
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