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Public private partnership models for development of sustainable urban transport systems

The report is a detailed analysis of five sustainable urban transport projects that have the highest potential to enter successful Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements. These projects are: city bus operations, bus terminals, Intelligent Transport Systems, Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) Schemes and street infrastructure.

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Bihar Industrial Investment Promotion Policy, 2016

The Government of Bihar is committed for the inclusive economic development of the State. Though the state is primarily an agrarian state but contribution of secondary sector i.e. industries, in inclusive economic development of the state is of equal importance and therefore can't be ignored.

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UN environment guide for energy efficiency and renewable energy laws

The Guide describes the key legal issues associated with efficiency and renewable energy resource development, and presents legislative options from both developed and developing countries for dealing with them, including sample excerpts from legislation.

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What is meant by ‘balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases’ to limit global temperature rise?

The Paris Agreement from the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015 states that by 2050-2100, there should be a “balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases” (GHGs) to limit the global mean temperature rise to less than 2˚C rel

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Dispelling myths: coal cannot be cycled to manage the variability of renewables

India has bold goals for renewables that raise several considerations for future grid planning and operations. The inherent attributes of renewable electricity generation i.e. stochasticity, variability and geographic concentration are perceived as a challenge given the dominance of coal in India’s electricity mix.

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Co-benefits of urban climate action: a framework for cities

C40 aims to support cities to “understand value and then make the case for individual climate actions based on the environmental, economic and social costs and benefits” of those actions.

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What does the Paris Agreement mean for climate policy in the Netherlands?

The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, calls for increased ambition by all nations worldwide in order to limit global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial temperature and to pursue efforts of limiting it to 1.5°C.

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Can transport deliver GHG reductions at scale? an analysis of global transport initiatives

The transport sector accounted for nearly a quarter of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2011. With motorization expected to rapidly increase in the developing world, growing emissions from the transport sector could pose a serious challenge to global efforts to address climate change.

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Variable renewable energy sources integration in electricity systems 2016: how to get it right

Renewable Energy Sources (RES) offer many benefits, such as CO2 emissions mitigation, fossil fuels import requirement reduction and new jobs creation, just to name a few.

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Grid Integration of renewables in India: an analysis of forecasting, scheduling and deviation settlement regulations

The 175 GW renewable generation capacity target for 2022 has fundamental implications for electricity grid planning and operations. Renewable energy generation, especially from wind and solar power, is variable in nature, given its dependency on the weather.

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