This discussion paper presents the challenge of decarbonising entire economies of South Africa which is fossil-fuel-based and emission-intensive. Any mitigation strategy thus has to be carefully designed. The energy sector is a vital part of the economy and at the same time contributes most to South Africa
India's carbon intensity from energy use is set to decline until at least 2031 according to these preliminary findings of forthcoming World Bank study. Examines five sectors of Indian economy that accounted for three-quarters of CO
This report from the Green New Deal Group argues that the UK is currently missing a historic opportunity in the pre-budget report to tackle public debt, create thousands of new green jobs and kick-start the transformation to a low-carbon economy.
This report provides background information that is relevant to assessing the ambition levels of the major countries involved in the current international climate negotiations. The EU
This PricewaterhouseCoopers analytical report reviews G20 carbon intensity levels between 2000-2008 and the distance to go to 2050, underlining case for an ambitious deal in Copenhagen and emphasises the key role of China, US, EU and India.
This paper points out the challenges in identifying goods used solely for renewable energy generation purposes for computing trade statistics. It also highlights goods for which identification is relatively easier and those sectors which appear to be more trade-intensive than others.
