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  Watered down? A review of social and environmental safeguards for large dam projects

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014

  This review, which was undertaken primarily as a scoping exercise, seeks to clarify the evolving context for international support for large hydropower in developing countries, and the links to international carbon financing as a perceived route to climate change mitigation, including carbon trading systems.
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  Food, water, and energy security in South Asia: a nexus perspective from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

  Science Direct, 2014

  With limited land resources, inadequate energy supply, and growing water stress, South Asia faces the challenge of providing enough water and energy to grow enough food for the burgeoning population.
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  Capacity needs for greenhouse gas measurement and performance tracking

  World Resources Institute [ES], 2014

  This working paper summarises the results of scoping research to assess capacity needs in six countries—Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, South Africa, and Thailand—related to greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and performance tracking. The paper identifies common capacity challenges, as well as opportunities to overcome them.
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  Amazonian policy and politics, 2003-13: deforestation, hydropower and biofuels

  Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014

  In the period 2003-13 Brazil experienced important economic and political developments: it became a much more relevant international player; its economy entered the world’s top ten; and society became more politically active and expressed its complaints more aggressively. Amazonian policy and the politics of the period developed in this context, and three issues played a central role.
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  Factors at country level influencing choice in utilisation of energy resource potential

  Evidence on Demand, 2014

  The UK Department for International Development (DFID) commissioned this rapid desk-based study into the factors affecting choice of energy resource utilisation (with a focus on electricity generation). The results of the study will help to provide an improved understanding of the relative effect of each factor.
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  Topic guide: carbon management of infrastructure services

  Evidence on Demand, 2014

  This Topic Guide provides an overview of the assessment and management of carbon emissions from infrastructure in developing countries.
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  United Nations World Water Development Report 2014: Water and Energy, Volume 1

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2014

  This report provides an overview of major and emerging trends from around the world, with examples of how some of the trend-related challenges have been addressed, their implications for policy-makers, and further actions that can be taken by stakeholders and the international community. It argues that water and energy are closely interconnected and highly interdependent.
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  The role of public finance in CSP: Background and approach to measure its effectiveness

  Climate Policy Initiative, 2014

  This paper looks at the global landscape of concentrated solar power (CSP) in terms of markets, technology, financing models, and policies to better understand how to structure effective and cost-effective public policies and investments.
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  Fact sheet. Project: Alternative energy sources and efficient utilizatio n of biomass energy to reduce depletion of carbon sinks and improve livelihoods in rural areas of Tanzania

  Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013

  The project was implemented in Lingeka and Nyanza villages in the Meatu District, Shinyanga region. The main goal was to improve livelihoods for poor rural households, with a special focus on women. The core problem addressed was the lack of reliable and clean energy for lighting and inefficient use of biomass for heating and cooking.
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  The nuclear safety culture in India: past, present and future

  Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2010

  Global, electricity demand is expected to grow by 76% from 2007-2031 resulting in a steep (over 50%) increase in energy related greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power plants in the absence of concerted efforts by governments to transition to cleaner sources.

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