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    Generating opportunities: case studies on energy and women

    United Nations Development Programme, 2001
    How can rural womens’ lives be improved through better energy provision? This report looks at gender and energy, and the increased use of renewable energy sources and expanded adoption of clean energy technologies in developing countries. It examines critical policy and programme design options to improve women’s access to energy services, presented in the form of eight case studies.
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    Energy for the poor?: the Clean Development Mechanism

    International Policy Network, 2004
    The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol allows developed nations to generate carbon credits by aiding poor nations to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. This paper aks the question: what if unsuitable CDM projects are based more on the interests and ideology of the wealthy supplier than of the poor recipient?There are two keys to the success of any project in Africa.
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    Industrial efficiency as an economic development strategy for South Africa

    Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2005
    This paper indicates that industrial energy efficiency measures offer the potential to increase profitability and jobs while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and influence other sustainable development goals.
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    China and climate change: the role of the energy sector

    SciDev.Net, 2005
    Climate change is affecting China and China is affecting climate change. Key to the relationship are the nation's booming economy and energy sector.With several climatic zones and sensitive physical environments, China is susceptible to the effects of climate change.
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    Beyond the baseline: large scale climate friendly development

    2005
    This article investigates two cases of large scale, development-neutral projects in China and South Africa that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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    The SouthSouthNorth sustainable development appraisal and ranking matrix tool

    SouthSouthNorth, 2005
    This SouthSouthNorth matrix tool can be used to appraise sustainable development of Clean Development Mechanism project activities under the Kyoto Protocol. It has been designed with project developers and host country governments in mind, as a means of appraising and rating projects at the time of project design and approval.
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    Quo vadis, Kyoto? Pitfalls and opportunities

    Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2005
    This paper was delivered as the keynote address presented at the Civil Society Outreach of the G8 meeting of Environment and Development Ministers, held on the 17-18 March 2005 in Derby, UK. The paper discusses the creation of greenhouse gas emission reductions as an economic good through permit trading schemes.
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    Environment matters 2004

    World Bank, 2004
    The 2003-04 edition of Environment Matters, a publication by the World Bank Group, focuses on economic growth and the environment. .The Environment Matters report brings together a wide variety of external and internal viewpoints on the challenges ahead and the progress taking place.
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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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    Report: aiding and abetting climate change

    AID/WATCH, 2004
    The report reviews the funding commitment of Australian Aid Programmes for the energy sector, with a particular emphasis on the sector of renewable energy.Main findings include:funding for renewable energy projects have plummeted from $20 million in 1996/7 to a mere $647 000 in 2002/3even though an overall decrease in the funding of the energy sector can be noticed, there neverthele

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