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  Energy [r]evolution: a sustainable India energy outlook

  Greenpeace International, 2012

  This paper is the result of a collaborative effort between Greenpeace, the European Renewal Energy Council and the Global Wind Energy Council. It presents a roadmap to attain a sustainable energy sector in India that ensures continued high economic growth.
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  Assessing the impact of the Clean Development Mechanism

  CDM Policy Dialogue, 2012

  This report aims to provide an independent assessment of the impact of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) across a broad range of metrics and possible effects.
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  The economic case for adopting low-carbon trajectories in low-income countries: a test case of the electricity sector

  Overseas Development Institute, 2012

  This working paper examines the financial case behind low-income countries taking low carbon development (LCD) trajectories. The paper integrates the following economic concepts into a single economic assessment: the levelised costs of different technologies; the changing costs of renewable energy technologies; carbon markets and the cost of carbon; and rising costs of fossil fuels.
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  Governing clean development in least developed countries: do CDM rules promote renewable energy in Ethiopia?

  Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2012

  The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has mobilised significant investment in renewable energy technology around the world. Yet there is a pressing need to reform CDM rules to incentivise renewable energy investment in low-income countries, this paper concludes. The theoretical approach of this study to analysing climate governance processes is grounded in sociological institutionalism.
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  Climate and development research review: synthesis report

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  This report by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) highlights key trends in a growing body of research on the links between climate change and development. The purpose of the review is to pull out the main findings from this body of research to inform policymakers and practitioners who are working towards climate compatible development.
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  Policy options for low-carbon power generation in China: designing an emissions trading system for China’s electricity sector

  International Energy Agency, 2012

  China has indicated that it intends to rely on emissions trading to curb its growing greenhouse gas emissions. This paper explores how China could use an emissions trading system (ETS) to control CO2 emissions from its power generation sector, which is the single largest emitter of the country’s energy-related emissions.
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  The residential solar water heaters (SWH) market in Lebanon in 2011: how can sound governmental policies boost a green economy

  Global Environment Facility, 2012

  Using the example of the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water’s (MEW) support for the residental solar water heating (SWH) market, this report highlights how sound governmental policies can boost a green economy.
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  Technology roadmap: hydropower

  International Energy Agency, 2012

  This report lays out a roadmap for doubling global hydroelectricity production by 2050, noting that since 2005 new capacity additions in hydropower have generated more electricity than all other renewables combined. It highlights that the potential for additional hydropower remains considerable, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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  Transforming on-grid renewable energy markets: a review of UNDP-GEF support for feed-in tariffs and related price and market-access instruments

  Global Environment Facility, 2012

  This report is part of the United Nations Development Programme’s Global Environment Facility’s (UNDP-GEF) efforts to codify and share lessons learnt from how scarce public resources can be used to catalyse larger private financial flows for renewable energy.
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  Greenhouse gas market 2012: new markets, new mechanisms, new opportunities

  International Emissions Trading Association, 2012

  This annual flagship publication by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) provides a comprehensive guide to the latest developments in global carbon markets, bringing together market specialists in a series of expert contributions. The report notes that global carbon markets have continued to grow in 2012 despite difficulties in core markets in the European Union.

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