October 2012: According to a report from the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank, countries seeking to balance economic growth with carbon reduction can achieve both. The report details case studies on low-carbon development in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland and South Africa.
September 2012: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released a report titled “Boosting Energy Efficiency Through Smart Grids,” which was commissioned by ITU in support of “International Year for Sustainable Energy for All.” It focuses on how ICTs can help mitigate climate change by making energy management more efficient.
September 2012: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released a report titled “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: The Case of Ghana,” which focuses on the question: How can developing countries effectively integrate ICT tools within climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies?
September 2012: A policy brief by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), titled “Energy and Climate Policy: Bending the Technological Trajectory,” analyzes innovation in energy and climate change mitigation technologies (CCMTs), international research cooperation on CCMTs, and the current and potential role of public policy in this respect.
October 2012: The September issue of the newsletter of the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Programme (IEAGHG) discusses IEAGHG projects and publications on carbon capture and storage (CCS), as well as CCS conferences and CCS projects of IEAGHG partners.
9 October 2012: UN-Energy, in its recently published newsletter, has highlighted new leadership for the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, announcing the UN Secretary-General's invitation to UN Industrial Development Organization's (UNIDO) Director-General and Chair of UN-Energy, Kandeh Yumkella, to become the chief executive of the Initiative.
9 October 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have released a new en.lighten Toolkit, titled “Achieving the Transition to Energy Efficient Lighting,” which provides guidance for developing countries to transform their markets to more efficient lighting.
4 October 2012: EcoMicro, a technical assistance programme co-financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, announced it will help four microfinance institutions (MFIs) from Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru to develop "green" financial products that promote clean energy and energy efficiency, and reduce the vulnerability of their portfolios to climate change impacts.
3 October 2012: The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the German International Development Agency (GIZ) have signed the implementing contract for a two-year, €4,725,000 cooperation programme on low-carbon economic growth and social cohesion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which was agreed by ECLAC and Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in November 2011.
Focusing on limiting global climate change to 2 degrees as outlined in the International Energy Agency's (IEA) "Energy Technology Perspectives 2012" (ETP 2012), participants in this webinar will discuss the electricity sector's efforts to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions in end-use sectors, among other topics. Free online registration is required.
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