Greenhouse Gas Market 2013
The IETA report captures the growing number of government actions to address climate change through market approaches, from the EU to California, China, South Korea, Kazakhstan, South Africa and elsewhere.
Étiqueté : South Africa
Comparative analysis of five case studies: commonalities and differences in approaches to mitigation actions in five developing countries
In light of the ongoing international discussions about the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action concept, this study takes instead a more ‘bottom-up’ approach through a comparative analysis of five studies of mitigation actions in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and South Africa.
The BRICS and climate change
(…) Climate change will have a significant impact on the BRICS. Conversely, the expected impact of the BRICS on climate change is considerable. The size and rate of growth of the BRICS’s economies, of their energy demand, of their energy imports (for instance, in the case of China and India), and of their atmospheric emissions of various types make these countries essential major partners in any regional or global discussions relating to climate change or the production and consumption of energy…
Meeting renewable energy targets: Global lessons from the road to implementation
This WWF/WRI report documents the challenges and solutions to scaling up renewable energy in China, India, Germany, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa and Spain.
National greenhouse gas emissions baseline scenarios : learning from experiences in Developing countries
This report reviews national approaches to preparing baseline scenarios of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. It does so by describing and comparing in non-technical language existing practices and choices made by ten developing countries – Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam…
Derisking renewable energy investment
This UNDP report introduces an innovative framework to assist policymakers to quantitatively compare the impact of different public instruments to promote renewable energy.
Mobilizing climate investment
This WRI report draws on the experiences of six developing countries to examine how public climate finance can help meet the significant investment needs of developing countries by creating attractive conditions for scaled-up investment in low-carbon energy
The Politics of climate change and the global crisis
The book examine India as an example of an emerging economy major polluter, which can potentially both aid or obstruct the fight against climate change. It analyses the role of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) grouping and the short-term calculations of industrialised nations in the climate talks.
Grounding Green Power: Bottom-Up Perspectives on Smart Renewable Energy Policy in Developing Countries
This working paper identifies key components of smart renewable energy policy in developing countries, focusing on the power sector
