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Plugging the energy efficiency gap with climate finance: the role of international financial institutions (IFIs) and the Green Climate Fund to realise the potential of energy efficiency in developing countries
International Energy Agency, 2012Energy consumption is growing in developing countries at a great pace and improvements in energy efficiency (EE) could provide opportunity for economic growth while providing broader access to energy and related services even from limited energy resources. This report underlines that moving the developing world towards a low carbon economy requires a scaling up of financing for EE.DocumentChina Human Development Report 2009/10: China and a sustainable future: towards a low carbon economy and society
United Nations Development Programme, 2010By analysing both the risks and potential benefits of China’s shift to a low carbon economy and society, this Human Development Report hopes to contribute to China’s rapidly evolving policies in this area.DocumentResearch and practice of low carbon society in China
Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2010China faces a severe test in meeting both its economic development and carbon emission reduction goals. A low carbon society is believed to help reconcile these conflicting targets. This paper summarises the study on and practice of low carbon society in China and compares its findings to the international concept of a low carbon society.DocumentClimate change mitigation revisited: low-carbon energy transitions for China and India
Wiley Online Library, 2009China and India are heavily dependent on high carbon fossil fuels. This article elaborates on the implications of low carbon energy transitions in the two countries, which can mitigate their serious contribution to climate change while allowing economic growth.DocumentWorld energy trilemma 2012: time to get real - the case for sustainable energy policy
World Energy Council, 2012Based on more than 40 interviews with energy sector CEOs and senior executives, as well as the 2012 Energy Sustainability Index, this 4th edition of the World Energy Trilemma report attempts to identify and describe what industry executives believe they need from policymakers.DocumentRecklessly slow or a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy? Time to decide
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 2012Intended to inform decision-makers in the public, private and third sectors, this policy paper finds that following a two degrees Celsius path requires radical action in both developed and developing countries and that the overall pace of change is ‘recklessly slow’.DocumentIRENA handbook on renewable energy nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) for project developers and policy makers
International Renewable Energy Agency, 2012This handbook focuses on the role that nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) can play in promoting renewable energy (RE) in developing countries.DocumentHarnessing market mechanisms to promote sustainable development: lessons from China
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries.DocumentGreen growth: economic theory and political discourse
London School of Economics, 2012This paper explores the concept of green growth in international policy discourse. It distinguishes between a ‘standard’ version, which asserts the long-run economic benefit of environmental protection, and a ‘strong’ interpretation, which claims that environmental policy can be a driver for growth. The paper discusses three different forms of this claim.OrganisationCDM Policy Dialogue
The independent high-level panel on the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was established to review past CDM experience and help ensure the readiness and positioning of the CDM to meePages