The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report, titled 'Pathways to Scale,' which identifies "critical innovations in the US$300+ trillion global financial system that can help bring together the historically separate agendas of financial reform and sustainable development." Drawing on country-level examples of financial market and institutional reforms, the report proposes a number of … Continue reading New report by UNEP identifies innovations for scaling up sustainable development financing
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New report on status of renewable and energy efficiency support schemes in Europe in 2012 and 2013
The Council of the European Energy Regulators (CEER) has published its Status Review on Renewable and Energy Efficiency Support Schemes in Europe; an update to the 2011 and 2013 editions. The purpose of CEER Status Review publications is to collect comparable data on RES support in Europe in order to provide policy-makers, regulators and industry … Continue reading New report on status of renewable and energy efficiency support schemes in Europe in 2012 and 2013
New report on Poland implementing EU climate and energy policies
The Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway has recently published a report on how Poland is implementing its climate and energy policies. Implementing EU Climate and Energy Policies in Poland: From Europeanization to Polonization? FNI Report No. 8, December 2014. This report examines Poland’s implementation of the EU climate and energy policy package to attain … Continue reading New report on Poland implementing EU climate and energy policies
IEA review of EU energy policies
The International Energy Agency has recently published its review of EU’s energy policies as part of its country review series. This follows the first review of EU policies it undertook in 2008. The review states that at the time of the first review, “the European Union had embarked on two major reforms in energy and … Continue reading IEA review of EU energy policies
The importance of improved energy efficiency to meet climate objectives
Mat Hope writes on the Carbon Brief website about the latest Emissions Gap report of the United Nations Environment Programme and the growing awareness that improved energy efficiency must play a more important role. Alas, it is unfortunate that the European Council did not understand this when it downplayed the role improved energy efficiency would … Continue reading The importance of improved energy efficiency to meet climate objectives
Comments on the IEA’s World Energy Outlook
This year’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) from the International Energy Agency provides a stark warning that the global energy system is in danger of falling short of the hopes and expectations placed upon it. It does add that advances in technology and efficiency give some reasons for optimism, but sustained political efforts will be essential … Continue reading Comments on the IEA’s World Energy Outlook
Energy policy review of Morocco
The IEA recently published its country review of the energy policies of Morocco. It is the first such review that the IEA has done for any African country. Morocco’s energy strategy is very much on target, with notable advances in wind and solar power and on fuel subsidy reform, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says … Continue reading Energy policy review of Morocco
Linking energy efficiency to economic productivity
John A. “Skip” Laitner, an energy and resource economist, well known to many EiD readers, has recently published an article entitled Linking energy efficiency to economic productivity: recommendations for improving the robustness of the U.S. economy. It discusses new evidence that traces, at least in part, both the growing climate problem and a weakening economy … Continue reading Linking energy efficiency to economic productivity
New IEA report on the energy efficiency market
The International Energy Agency has recently published its 2014 edition of its Energy Efficiency Market Report. This year's report includes an in-depth look at energy efficiency developments in the transport sector and in finance. Significant demand for mobility is emerging in OECD non member economies, bringing with them the challenges of pollution and congestion already … Continue reading New IEA report on the energy efficiency market
Documenting the energy savings potential in India’s residential buildings
A new report entitled Residential Buildings in India: Energy Use Projections and Savings Potentials by the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) and jointly developed with CEPT University from India provides the first comprehensive attempt to document energy saving potentials that could be achieved in India by 2050 in the residential sector. Four energy scenarios were … Continue reading Documenting the energy savings potential in India’s residential buildings
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 