This UNDP report introduces an innovative framework to assist policymakers to quantitatively compare the impact of different public instruments to promote renewable energy.
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This UNDP report introduces an innovative framework to assist policymakers to quantitatively compare the impact of different public instruments to promote renewable energy.
There is little evidence from impact evaluation studies of ambitious residential energy conservation programs, especially in developing countries. In this paper, the author investigates the short- and long-term impacts of the most ambitious electricity conservation program to date...
This AFD report evaluates the approaches of four significant developing and emerging economies to climate change governance, describing both the evolution of institution building and policymaking processes, and analysing the political and economic drivers of change.
This What Next Volume presents voices from across the North and South, addressing the combined challenges of climate, development and equity
The policy brief explains what is unique about low-carbon innovation, why low-carbon innovation systems matter, and how they can be strengthened. Focussing on the information needs of developing-country policy makers, it provides a comprehensive overview of low-carbon innovation. (© Koen Schoots, ECN)
Energy-based economic development (EBED) can provide economic, social and environmental benefits related to national economic development and sustainable growth activities. As both policy and research interests in responsible mechanisms for economic development grow, EBED benefits are becoming increasingly attractive to planners in both developed and developing countries...
While fossil fuels will inevitably play a major role in expanding on-grid energy supply, this CEPS's study shows that renewable energy sources – and especially small decentralised solutions – have huge potential for providing reliable, sustainable and affordable energy services for the poor, particularly in rural areas of developing countries
A report on the interaction between carbon markets and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in developing countries
This OECD report outlines a number of steps to be considered when building capacity for greening national development planning, national budgetary processes and key economic sector strategies.
The purpose of this study is to bridge this gap in policy analysis by engaging with relevant stakeholders from the public, private, academic and civil society sectors in the developed and developing world (with a focus on India and Germany) to determine how NAMAs and carbon markets can be combined to enhance mitigation in...
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A paper written by Catherine Wolfram, Orie Shelef and Paul Gertler, from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
This SEI's working paper explores what historical patterns of investment reveal about the potential for the private sector to play a significant role in raising and delivering climate finance, specifically in the context of the adaptation needs of developing countries.
This UNCTAD report identifies key issues in technology and innovation capacity for developing countries in this area, and proposes concrete recommendations for the wider use of renewable energy technologies for sustainable development and poverty reduction
The challenge of providing poor people with access to energy services requires a broader and more ambitious approach, according to this new working paper from the IDS-based STEPS Centre