Energy
- Meeting India's renewable energy targets: the financing challenge
- D. Nelson; G. Shrimali; S. Goel / Climate Policy Initiative, 2012
- This paper analyses the challenges for designing Indian national policy to attract investment in wind and solar energy at a reasonable cost. It also examines the impact of national and state policies on various classes of renewable energy i...
- Fossil fuel finds in East Africa will lead to booms but do not radically alter future scenarios for energy
- J. Holden (ed) / Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2012
- This paper explores the significance of recent African fossil fuel reserve discoveries in the context of future world energy demand. It concludes that East African gas and Mozambican coal finds are likely to prove significant in comparison ...
- Roadmap for attaining a sustainable energy sector in India
- S. Teske; A. Pratap; S. Sawyer / Greenpeace International, 2012
- This paper is the result of a collaborative effort between Greenpeace, the European Renewal Energy Council and the Global Wind Energy Council. It presents a roadmap to attain a sustainable energy sector in India that ensures continued high ...
- Paper examining the impacts of Clean Development Mechanism rules on renewable energy investment and governance in Ethiopia
- S. Hoch / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2012
- The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has mobilised significant investment in renewable energy technology around the world. Yet there is a pressing need to reform CDM rules to incentivise renewable energy investment in low-income countries,...
- Treating electricity as a strategic commodity has stalled South Asian energy cooperation
- O. Gippner / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2010
- Reliable energy supply is needed to alleviate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth. This paper assesses the barriers to regional energy cooperation in South Asia Growth focusing particularly on Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal...
- Potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources
- A. Fencl; V. Clark; V. Mehta / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
- This report examines the potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources and how these water considerations might shape renewable generation choices. The report argues that water requirements for power ...
- Examining the lessons learned from biomass cookstove campaigns, policies and programmes
- S. Akbar (ed); D. Barnes (ed); A. Eil (ed) / World Bank, 2011
- In many developing countries, the poor are still using biomass energy to meet their household cooking needs. This report examines the lessons learned from cookstove campaigns, policies and programmes and the potential of advanced biomass co...
- Biofuel potential and FAO’s estimates of available land: The case of Tanzania
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- While there are under-utilized lands in several countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the drive towards transforming huge areas of land to biofuel plantations must be reviewed critically. The facts that much of these lands are presently covered ...
- Human Rights Impact Assessment in the Context of Biofuels: Addressing the Human Right to Food and the Human Right to Water
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- The original mandate of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights said that he should „develop materials and methodologies for undertaking human rights impact assessments.‟ Since then, tools for human rights impact assessme...
- Quantifying Carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system programs in Bangladesh
- World Bank, 2011
- Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using a purposely collected national hous...
- Meeting India's renewable energy targets: the financing challenge
- D. Nelson; G. Shrimali; S. Goel / Climate Policy Initiative, 2012
- This paper analyses the challenges for designing Indian national policy to attract investment in wind and solar energy at a reasonable cost. It also examines the impact of national and state policies on various classes of renewable energy i...
- Fossil fuel finds in East Africa will lead to booms but do not radically alter future scenarios for energy
- J. Holden (ed) / Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2012
- This paper explores the significance of recent African fossil fuel reserve discoveries in the context of future world energy demand. It concludes that East African gas and Mozambican coal finds are likely to prove significant in comparison ...
- Roadmap for attaining a sustainable energy sector in India
- S. Teske; A. Pratap; S. Sawyer / Greenpeace International, 2012
- This paper is the result of a collaborative effort between Greenpeace, the European Renewal Energy Council and the Global Wind Energy Council. It presents a roadmap to attain a sustainable energy sector in India that ensures continued high ...
- Paper examining the impacts of Clean Development Mechanism rules on renewable energy investment and governance in Ethiopia
- S. Hoch / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2012
- The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has mobilised significant investment in renewable energy technology around the world. Yet there is a pressing need to reform CDM rules to incentivise renewable energy investment in low-income countries,...
- Treating electricity as a strategic commodity has stalled South Asian energy cooperation
- O. Gippner / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2010
- Reliable energy supply is needed to alleviate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth. This paper assesses the barriers to regional energy cooperation in South Asia Growth focusing particularly on Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal...
- Potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources
- A. Fencl; V. Clark; V. Mehta / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
- This report examines the potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources and how these water considerations might shape renewable generation choices. The report argues that water requirements for power ...
- Examining the lessons learned from biomass cookstove campaigns, policies and programmes
- S. Akbar (ed); D. Barnes (ed); A. Eil (ed) / World Bank, 2011
- In many developing countries, the poor are still using biomass energy to meet their household cooking needs. This report examines the lessons learned from cookstove campaigns, policies and programmes and the potential of advanced biomass co...
- Biofuel potential and FAO’s estimates of available land: The case of Tanzania
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- While there are under-utilized lands in several countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the drive towards transforming huge areas of land to biofuel plantations must be reviewed critically. The facts that much of these lands are presently covered ...
- Human Rights Impact Assessment in the Context of Biofuels: Addressing the Human Right to Food and the Human Right to Water
- H. M. Haugen 2010
- The original mandate of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights said that he should „develop materials and methodologies for undertaking human rights impact assessments.‟ Since then, tools for human rights impact assessme...
- Quantifying Carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system programs in Bangladesh
- World Bank, 2011
- Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using a purposely collected national hous...
- International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF)
- The International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF) is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit international organisation, which aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, research and technology to enhance capacity building in all areas related to green energy and the environment. IEEF publishes a peer-reviewed scientific journal, International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJ...
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to renewable energy.
- Healthy Reefs Initiative
- Healthy Reefs for Healthy People is a collaborative international initiative that generates user-friendly tools to measure the health of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecosystem, and delivers scientifically credible reports to improve decision-making that effectively sustain social and ecosystem well-being.
- Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD)
- The Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) is a UNEP facilitated knowledge network of Member Centres of Excellence and Associates, and network partners worldwide.The main objective of GNESD is to carry out policy analysis on thematic energy issues which can facilitate in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
- Energy Policy
- International journal on energy
- United Nations Foundation (UNF)
- The UN Foundation, a public charity, was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes and activities. We are an advocate for the UN and a platform for connecting people, ideas and resources to help the United Nations solve global problems. The Foundationhelp the UN take its best work and ideas to scale—t...
- Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA)
- Promoting sustainable energy in Africa
- Plan Bleu (http://www.planbleu.org/)
- The Plan Bleu project works in partnership with UNEP and MAP. By preparing for "integrated developmental plans and a more attentive management of the Mediterranean Sea's resources", Plan Bleu focuses on a range of issues such as: coastal areas, tourism, energy, climate, population, and financing and coorporation. The activities of Plan Blue are based on it's main strategic objec...
- Eldis Environment Resource Guide
- An Eldis resource guide on environmental issues
- The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta)
- International network focusing on environmental and social sustainability
