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    Planning for change: guidelines for national programmes on sustainable consumption and production

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2008
    In the context of climate change, it has become clear that our global community urgently needs to adopt more sustainable life-styles to both reduce the use of natural resources and CO2 emissions.
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    Food and energy sovereignty now: Brazilian grassroots position on agroenergy

    The Oakland Institute, 2008
    Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70% of the world's supply in 2006. While official accounts of the Brazilian government’s experiment with biofuels laud it as a global model for sustainable biomass production, it is increasingly being criticised and opposed by national social movements.
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    China's energy conditions and policies

    Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, 2006
    China is now the world's second-largest energy producer and consumer and plays an increasingly important role in maintaining global energy security. This government White Paper sets out China's policy to develop a modern energy industry that takes both resource conservation and environmental protection into consideration. The paper covers:
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    Water and energy futures in an urbanised Asia: sustaining the tiger

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2007
    This collaborative paper addresses the problems of water shortages in Asia. Focusing on urbanisation, it discusses China’s plan to lead the world in science and technology. It also proposes new modes of environmental governance that can be implemented in China and its neighbouring developing countries.
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    ‘One step forward – two steps backward?’ A critical look at Namibia’s current electricity distribution reform

    Institute of Public Policy Research, Namibia, 2007
    How can Namibia’s electricity sector be restructured? This paper examines the current debates on the electricity distribution sector in Namibia and finds that they tend to focus on winners and losers of reform, rather than on the long term efficiency gains. Reform is essential for increasing efficiency in the long-run, despite the considerable costs short term cost.
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    Regional energy integration in Africa: a report of the world energy council

    World Energy Council, 2005
    Access to modern energy services is critical for socio-economic development. This paper states that reliable energy supply is a prerequisite to economic growth, job creation, enhancement of value-added economic activities and support for income-earning activities, especially in rural areas.
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    Can reforms be made sustainable?: analysis and design considerations for the electricity sector

    2003
    Electricity reforms may be considered as a redistribution of property rights under a new set of rules which are not always consistent with the cultural beliefs of the country and the ability of its human capital to implement the reform process. This paper analyses the evolution of reforms in the electricity sector in Latin America.
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    The reality of integrating gender into transport policies and projects

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    Donor agencies and national governments have increasingly expressed their commitment to promoting gender equality in all areas of their work. This has included efforts to integrate gender into the work of the transport sector. However, a substantial gap between rhetoric and practice exists.
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    Renewable energy technologies in Zimbabwe

    African Energy Policy Research Network, 2004
    This report examines the actual and potential impact of rural energy and renewables on income-generating business opportunities in Zimbabwe and analyses the barriers to widespread implementation of renewable energy technologies.
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    Harnessing international agreements for energy security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Climate Network Africa, 2003
    This report details the proceedings and outcomes of a workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2003, examining energy security in Sub-Saharan Africa.The report highlights the fact that one of the key reasons why sustainable development has not been achieved within East Africa is due to poor access to cleaner domestic and commercial energy.

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