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    Energy for a shared development agenda: global scenarios and governance implications

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
    This study examines how energy needs for human and economic development can be met in a way that is compatible with long-term sustainable development at the global scale.
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    Modeling pessimism: does climate stabilization require a failure of development?

    Science Direct, 2012
    Climate-economics models often assume that middle-income countries' per capita incomes will catch up with those of today's high income countries, while low-income countries will lag behind. This choice underrates the least developed countries' chance to escape poverty.
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    Renewable energy best practices in promotion and use for Latin America and the Caribbean

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2011
    This paper aims to present a snapshot of some of the best practices in the promotion and use of renewable energy and provide practical examples of the development of renewable energy markets that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can replicate.
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    ESMAP 2012 portfolio review fiscal years 2009-2011

    Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [World Bank / UNDP], 2012
    This review by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) of the World Bank highlights results and outcomes of ESMAP projects and activities implemented since July 2008. It divides the 220 ESMAP activities under review into four themes: energy assessments and strategy programme; energy access; energy efficiency; clean energy.
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    One Goal, Two Paths: Achieving Universal Access to Modern Energy in East Asia and the Pacific

    World Bank, 2011
    Improving energy access in developing countries is a key method of realizing development goals. However, climate change prompts policymakers to move away from fossil-fuel powered development; improvements in energy access must now be achieved with low carbon energy technology.
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    One planet - one future: equity and resilience for sustainable development

    CARE International, 2012
    This report by CARE highlights the need for Rio+20 to deliver on sustainable development solutions with equity and resilience as central pillars.
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    New market mechanisms: prerequisites for implementation

    Wuppertal Institute, 2012
    The Durban conference decided to establish a new market based mechanism that is to cover a broad segment of a country’s economy. The question is, however, which developing countries would actually be able to implement such a mechanism. The introduction of the EU emission trading system highlighted the many challenges that even advanced developed countries face when establishing a carbon market.
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    Cities and carbon finance: feasibility study on an urban CDM

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
    Cities are home to more than half the global population and are responsible for 60 to 80 per cent of energy use and more than 75 per cent of carbon emissions. This report examines how cities can better access climate finance through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It recommends reforming the existing CDM to allow for methodologies geared towards cities.
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    Sustainable urban transport in India: role of the auto-rickshaw sector

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2012
    This paper examines the role of the auto-rickshaw sector in promoting sustainable urban transport in India. It develops a policy vision for the sector and presents recommendations for reforms. The study is based on the three following key strategies of the Avoid-Shift-Improve (ASI) framework: avoid unnecessary trips; shift to more sustainable transport modes; improve performance in all modes.
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    Energy-smart food at FAO: an overview

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    This study on energy smart food production by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) stresses that agriculture's dependence on fossil fuels is undermining efforts to build a more sustainable world economy. It notes that world food production consumes 30 per cent of all available energy, most of which occurs after the food leaves the farm.

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