Search

Searching with a thematic focus on Environment, Climate change, Energy

Showing 101-110 of 128 results

Pages

• Document

  Financing energy efficiency: lessons from recent experience with a focus on Brazil, China and India

  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006

  Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and climate.
• Document

  Renewables 2005: global status report

  Worldwatch Institute, 2005

  This report provides an overview of the status of renewable energy worldwide in 2005. It covers markets, investments, industries, policies, and rural (off-grid) renewable energy in developing countries. By design, the report does not provide analysis, recommendations, or conclusions.
• Document

  Gender: the missing component of the response to climate change

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2006

  Analysing the gender dimension of climate change and the policies that have been established to mitigate and adapt to its impacts, this report points out that gender aspects have generally been neglected in international climate policy. This is a major concern given the emphasis of development policy making on general equity issues. Climate policies are not by default gender-neutral.
• Document

  The climate of poverty: facts, fears and hope

  Christian Aid, 2006

  Tens of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa could die of disease directly attributable to climate change, is the main finding of this NGO report.
• Document

  Beyond firewood: fuel alternatives and protection strategies for displaced women and girls

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2006

  This document presents the findings of desk reviews looking into fuel provision, collection and physical protection strategies in various IDP and refugee situations worldwide and conducted site visits in Darfur, Sudan and in the Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal.The paper assesses alternative fuel options, firewood collection techniques and other protection strategies, appropriate to the
• Document

  The role of women in sustainable energy development

  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2000

  This paper reviews the literature on women’s involvement in renewable energy and presents some examples of the impact of including or excluding women in renewable energy development. It addresses four key questions: Why do women need renewable energy? Are women really interested in renewable energy technologies (RETs)? Will women automatically benefit from RETs?
• Document

  Energy planning, technologies and sustainability: a primer

  Cen2eco – Centre for Economic and Ecological Studies, 2005

  This detailed primer discusses the relative performance, costs and resource implications for a wide range of electricity generation technologies.
• Document

  Deploying climate-friendly technologies through collaboration with developing countries

  International Energy Agency, 2005

  Many, if not all, OECD countries are implementing long-term domestic programmes to develop future climate-friendly technologies.In most cases, however, technology deployment efforts are only carried out at the national level.
• Document

  Power failure: how the World Bank is failing to adequately finance renewable energy for development

  Friends of the Earth, 2005

  Last year, the World Bank committed to increasing its renewable energy financing by 20 percent each year for the next five years, and this year, the G8 has asked the Bank to "finance a framework for climate change." The World Bank Group itself has also emphasised the global leadership role it hopes to play in addressing climate change and financing for renewable energy.Friends of the Earth (FOE
• Document

  Emerging issues in the interface between trade, climate change and sustainable energy

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2005

  In order for countries to meet internationally agreed emissions targets, international trade policy will need to reflect these commitments. This paper argues that the aims of the Kyoto Protocol can be aligned with World Trade Organization (WTO) requirements in most cases. However, rather inflexible WTO trade rules limit the options governments have to integrate climate aspects into trade policy.

Pages