This Greepeace report is a documentation of 10 successful case studies from across India on how communities and individuals have used decentralised renewable energy to energise and empower their lives.
This new UNCTAD report focuses on the role of renewable energy technologies in responding to the dual challenge of reducing energy poverty while mitigating climate change particularly in the context of developing countries.
The food sector accounts for around 30 percent of global energy consumption and produces over 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new FAO report released at the climate talks in Durban, South Africa.
As India braces itself for an over-ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, it also has to deliberate the prospects of developing other renewable energy resources. Of all the non-conventional renewable energy sources, small hydro represents the highest density resource.
This information paper accompanies the IEA publication Deploying Renewables 2011: Best and Future Policy Practice. It provides more detailed data and analysis, and explores the markets, policies and prospects for a number of renewable energy technologies.
This report presents an analysis of solar promotion policies in seven countries - Germany, Spain, the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, and India – in terms of their outlook, objectives, policy mechanisms and outcomes.
This information paper reviews the strategic drivers for renewable energy and the barriers to deployment of RE technologies as well as the policy tools to overcome obstacles to deployment.
This roadmap attempts to lay out the future of the forest fibre industry and its potential to meet future consumer demands, stay competitive and deliver a CO2 emission reduction. This initiative addresses the European Commission roadmap, which modeled an overall industrial reduction of 80% in CO2 by 2050.
The greening of economies is not generally a drag on growth but rather a new engine of growth says this new UNEP report & outlines actions and investments needed for a global ‘green economy’ – one that is low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially-inclusive.
This guide ranks leading mobile phone, TV and PC manufacturers on policies and practices to reduce their impact on the climate, produce greener products and make their operations more sustainable.
