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    Integrating climate change in hydropower development in East Africa

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2016
    The main objective of this study was to quantify the impacts of climate change on hydropower resources in East Africa thereby providing a basis for integrating the impact of Climate Change in hydropower development in the region.
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    Energy futures modelling for African cities - selection a modelling tool for the SAMSET project

    Energy Research Centre, 2014
    With the majority of the literature about sustainable urban energy transitions having been focused on developed country contexts, it is crucial that forward-planning in developing countries by supported by research to ensure these quickly growing urban centres do not lock-in to unsustainable systems.
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    GET FiT in Uganda: Observations & open issues from a financial perspective

    Deutsche Bank Research, 2013
    The GET FiT (Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariffs) concept was developed 2010 and intends to combat climate change and the lack of available energy in emerging and development countries by supporting private sector investment in capital intensive renewable generation.
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    Nationally appropriate mitigation action study on sustainable charcoal in Uganda

    2013
    The charcoal sector provides one of the greatest opportunities to prevent carbon emissions in least developed countries (LDCs) while fostering significant sustainable development benefits. The objective of this nationally appropriate mitigation action (NAMA) study is to provide Uganda with an opportunity to help shape its future low carbon development.
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    Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012
    According to this report, climate funds for reducing greenhouse gas emissions can benefit small farmers and help achieve development objectives. In the detailed study of six African agricultural carbon projects, researchers found that communities are benefiting from a range of activities related to planting and managing trees on farms.
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    Skills for Green Jobs: A Global View

    International Labour Organization, 2011
    This volume examines the experiences of 21 developed and developing countries in adjusting their training provision to meet the new demands of a greener economy. It shows that skills development is critical to unlocking the employment potential of green growth, yet skills shortages are becoming an obstacle in realising this potential.
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    Win-win scenarios at the climate-development interface: challenges and opportunities for stove replacement programs through carbon finance

    Social Science Research Network, 2010
    This paper reviews the possibilities for win-win climate and development outcomes in programmes that distribute improved efficiency cookstoves (ICS) with the use of carbon finance.
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    Energy, climate change and poverty alleviation - policy paper

    Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development, 2010
    The papers from three of GNESD’s Member centres examine different aspects of the complex links between climate change, energy and poverty, to help clarify the debate and to demonstrate that the issues, while complex, are nonetheless perfectly manageable.
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    Should Africa take the renewable energy path?

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2011
    Modern energy services are essential for reducing poverty. Countries need energy to increase economic production, which improves livelihood options for women and men. Energy is also needed to increase agricultural productivity, provide clean water and improve human health, and energy enables girls and boys to go to school.
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    The CDM project potential in sub-Saharan Africa

    Wuppertal Institute, 2011
    This report assesses opportunities and challenges for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in sub-Saharan African countries, namely Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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