The International Energy Agency publishes many reports annually. Two recent ones should be of special interest to EiD readers. The first is on the use and public funding of economic instruments, i.e. government financial tools, in IEA countries to support energy efficiency, particularly in the buildings sector. It is called “Mobilising investment in energy efficiency” and is available for free online at http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/name,33749,en.html.
It is interesting because it not only looks at the different economic incentives in place, i.e. taxes, tax incentives, grants, loans and other financing schemes, but how governments can raise money to fund them. There are five more detailed case studies included – Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and Italy.
The second report, “Plugging the energy efficiency gap with climate finance”, has a wider global focus and looks at how north-south climate financial flows can be better channelled to energy efficiency measures. It also considers how the forthcoming Green Climate Fund can be designed to support more investment in energy efficiency measures. This examines in more detail how international financial institutions are financing energy efficiency across developing countries. This is available online at http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/name,34528,en.html.
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 