Environment and Energy

Energy in the Arab Region: The need for sustainable development (1997)
Author: Hisham Khatib

Report outlining the challenges, problems and environmental impacts facing the energy sector in Arab States, in particular in regards to electricity. Report discusses the need for energy efficiency and outlines UNDP energy initiatives.

Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific Region: Challenges and Lessons from UNDP Projects (2004)
Editors: Sooksiri Chamsuk, Kamal Rijal, and Minoru Takada

This publication features case studies of seven UNDP projects on energy for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region and offers valuable lessons for consideration.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The Role of Energy Services (2004)
Editors: Jem Porcaro and Minoru Takada

This report is a product of a research endeavor to analyze what effects targeted energy services in Brazil, the Philippines and Mali have on the countries’ attainment of MDG goals.

Shared Solar Panel for Indoor lighting, Côte d'Ivoire (2003)

Summary of lessons learned from a project in Côte d'Ivoire. This project sought to test communal solar PV systems as a low-cost method of electrification for households and public buildings such as health clinics and schools.

Energy Efficiency Manager Program, Jordan (2003)

This brief case study describes a project aimed at building skills, technology access and institutional commitments for improving energy efficiency in small to medium-sized industries in Jordan.

Shifting from Conventional to Solar Water Heaters, India (2003)

This project has collected baseline information from wood-fired water heater manufacturers and users, and provided training to manufacturers and assistance to users to help introduce solar water heaters as an alternative.

Solar Energy for Battery Charging, Philippines (2003)

This project installed a community solar battery charging station and a solar generator for cold storage. The project encouraged community management of decentralized renewable energy sources.

Community-Scale Solar Water Pumping, Thailand (2003)

This project has demonstrated the use of solar water pumps to reduce grid-connected electricity use in pumping water for domestic consumption, thereby decreasing carbon dioxide emissions and allowing the villagers to reduce their electricity costs.

Solar Energy Application in Arampampa, Bolivia (2003)

This brief case study highlights lessons from a project in Bolivia that sought to remove technical and institutional barriers to the use of solar electricity in this region of high solar radiation.

Biodigestors in Rural Communities, Costa Rica (2003)

Lessons learned from projects that sought to train local farmers to build and use biodigestors, fuelled by livestock waste to produce biogas for cooking.

Solar Rural Electrification via Micro-Enterprises, Dominican Republic (2003)

Based on the belief that those who benefit from solar electricity are its most important promoters, this project promotes decentralized small businesses and financing systems enabling rural people to learn about and pay for their own solar panels.

Biogas from Sewage and Residual Waters in an Educational Institution, Ecuador (2003)

This project successfully addressed waste problems of an educational complex through the installation of biogas units, which have at the same time reduced energy costs for cooking, and produced fertilizer for use and for sale.

Energy Services for the Millennium Development Goals (2005)

This report underscores the importance of energy services for the MDG agenda, stressing three types of services in particular: modern fuels for cooking and heating; electricity for public services; and motive power for productive uses in communities.

Scaling up Modern Energy Services in East Africa (2005)

Report outlining strategies for increasing access to energy services in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals in East Africa.  It offers suggestions for energy interventions, their costs and impacts.

Energizing the Millennium Development Goals: A Guide to Energy's Role in Reducing Poverty (2005)

A guide to help development practitioners understand the role of energy services in reaching the Millennium Development Goals. With Q&A explanations and case examples, it suggests how to address energy within broader efforts to achieve the MDGs.

The Energy Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (2005)

This UN-Energy paper focuses on the importance of energy for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and finds that the lack of modern fuels in most developing countries entrenches poverty and contributes to 1.6 million deaths per year.

Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific Region: Challenges and Lessons from UNDP Projects (2004)
Editors: Sooksiri Chamsuk, Kamal Rijal, and Minoru Takada

This publication features case studies of seven UNDP projects on energy for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region and offers valuable lessons for consideration.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The Role of Energy Services (2004)
Editors: Jem Porcaro and Minoru Takada

This report is a product of a research endeavor to analyze what effects targeted energy services in Brazil, the Philippines and Mali have on the countries’ attainment of MDG goals.

World Energy Assessment - Overview: 2004 Update (2004)
Editors: Thomas B. Johansson and José Goldemberg

A collaborative effort between UNDP, UNDESA and the World Energy Council, this book examines the linkages between energy and the MDGs and outlines the latest energy trends and information, new energy related technologies, and energy policy options.

Linking Women and Energy at the Local Level to Global Goals and Targets (2003)
Author: Ines Havet

Article in "Energy for Sustainable Development," Volume VII No 3. Uses example of multifunctional energy platform project in Mali to show how addressing gender and energy issues can advance the millennium development goals.

Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda (2002)
Editors: Thomas B. Johansson and José Goldemberg

As a follow-up to the World Energy Assessment, this publication focuses on policy options and effective implementation. It offers informed guidance on how to shape public policy to accelerate the growth of systems that support sustainable development.

World Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability (2000)
Editor: José Goldemberg

Describes the relationship between energy and sustainable human development and shows how different approaches to energy can relate to other issues in the world, such as economic growth, poverty alleviation, gender issues, security and environment.

Sustainable Energy Strategies: Materials for Decision-Makers (2000)
Editors: Minoru Takada, Ellen Morris and Sudhir Chella Rajan

Intended to provide UNDP with the capacity for sustainable energy programme and policy development at the country level, and to provide practical models demonstrating how energy could be used as an instrument for sustainable human development.

Environment and Sustainable Energy Development: A Strategy and Action Plan for UNDP in China (1997)

Strategy and Action Plan for Sustainable Energy Development to the Government of the People's Republic of China and to the international donor community.

UNDP Initiative for Sustainable Energy (UNISE) (1996)

Provides the policy framework for UNDP’s energy activities. Describes how energy relates to UNDP’s thematic areas. Provides operational tools, efficient organisational approaches & wide info networks for integration of energy into country programming.

UN Press Briefing on Energy and Millennium Development Goals (2004)

10 November 2004
Susan McDade, UNDP Sustainable Energy Programme; Vijay Modi, Colombia University; and Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency, discuss critical links between energy and the Millennium Development Goals. McDade told correspondents that reaching those goals would require much greater investments in the provision of energy services through foreign aid, business and national expenditures.