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The role of women in sustainable energy development
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2000This 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?DocumentClimate change and the forest sector: possible national and subnational legislation
Forestry Department, FAO, 2004Climate change presents the world with a daunting problem. Responding to this problem will require pioneering efforts in science, politics, pollution control, forest land management and law.DocumentTime and temperance: how perceptions of time shape forest ethics and practice
Forestry and Land Use Programme, IIED, 2005This paper argues that natural forests cannot compete in terms of generating revenue per unit area with land use alternatives such as intensive agriculture or forest plantations.DocumentGlobal forest resources assessment 2005: progress towards sustainable forest management
Forestry Department, FAO, 2005This extensive FAO assessment of global forest resources, describes the extent, uses and value of forest resources covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.DocumentEnergy planning, technologies and sustainability: a primer
Cen2eco – Centre for Economic and Ecological Studies, 2005This detailed primer discusses the relative performance, costs and resource implications for a wide range of electricity generation technologies.DocumentPayments for environmental services: some nuts and bolts
Center for International Forestry Research, 2005Payments for environmental services (PES) is an emerging economics based methodology of conservation management.DocumentSustainable drylands management: a strategy for securing water resources and adapting to climate change
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003This information paper illustrates sustainable dryland management practises in communities vulnerable to climate change with case studies in India and the Sudan.In both cases the adaptation programme is presented, including infrastructural strategy and social involvement, followed by results of the programme, subsequent impact on the community and examples of further achievements and successesDocumentIncreasing the resilience of tropical hillside communities through forest landscape restoration
Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003Tropical hillsides in Latin America, Africa and Asia cover 9% of the world’s landmass and hold 20% of the world’s fresh water. These ecosystems, however, are fragile and vulnerable to unstable climatic conditions and human impacts.Nearly half of hillside inhabitants live in absolute poverty.DocumentDeploying climate-friendly technologies through collaboration with developing countries
International Energy Agency, 2005Many, 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.DocumentPower failure: how the World Bank is failing to adequately finance renewable energy for development
Friends of the Earth, 2005Last 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 (FOEPages