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Reducing inequality and poverty while mitigating climate change: key challenges for research and practice in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America
Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012This working paper, produced by the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programme, investigates the relationship between emissions, inequality and poverty in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America. Research on this topic is of particular importance, since changing global demographics mean that the majority of the world's poor now live in middle-income countries.DocumentMeeting India's renewable energy targets: the financing challenge
Climate Policy Initiative, 2012This paper analyses the challenges for designing Indian national policy to attract investment in wind and solar energy at a reasonable cost. It also examines the impact of national and state policies on various classes of renewable energy investors, as well as the overall relative costs or benefits of policies on the final cost of renewable energy projects.DocumentEconomics of forest and forest carbon projects: translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation
UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, 2013This report draws lessons on finance options and barriers related to project activities from the forest sector. It investigates the economics of implementing forest and REDD+ projects through a number of case studies from Africa, Latin America and Asia.DocumentThe role of international business in clean technology transfer and development
Social Science Research Network, 2013Policy-related literature on clean technology transfer and development has so far paid little attention to the characteristics and drivers of international companies.DocumentForest Carbon Partnership Facility: 2012 annual report
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2012The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples groups focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, forest carbon stock conservation, the sustainable management of forests and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (i.e. REDD+ activities).DocumentThe landscape of climate finance 2012
Climate Policy Initiative, 2012Understanding how much and what type of finance is available to advance low carbon growth is critical to scaling up climate finance and ensuring that resources are used effectively. This report identifies global climate finance flows of US$364 billion in 2011. According to the report, the private sector provided the majority of finance, mostly from developed countries.DocumentNational climate funds: learning from the experience of Asia-Pacific countries
United Nations Development Programme, 2012This discussion paper from the United Nations Development Programme examines the experiences of Asia-Pacific countries in establishing and managing extra-budgetary national climate funds (NCFs).OrganisationClimate Focus
Climate Focus is an advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.DocumentPlugging 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.DocumentEconomic impact assessment of climate change in key sectors in Nepal: study implementation plan
Integrated Development Society, 2012This report summarises the implementation plans for the main phase of the Economic Impact Assessment of Climate Change in Key Sectors in Nepal study, including the approach and methods proposed.Pages