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MDG Topic >> Energy and Environment (MDG 7)
Reliable energy
services are essential to growth and development, but current patterns
of energy production and consumption threaten the environment on
local and global scales. The burning of fossil fuels and the cutting
of forests, for example, are contributing to a higher concentration
of green-house gases and climate change. The burden of environmental
degradation also falls disproportionately on developing countries
that are limited in their capacity to respond to climate change and
depend on environmentally sensitive activities such as agriculture
and fishery.
In order to fulfill
the seventh millennium development goal, to ensure environmental
sustainability, conventional approaches to energy must be reoriented.
The use of cleaner fuels and improved energy efficiency can ensure
a wiser use of natural resources while reducing emissions and respecting
the local and global environment. Through the promotion
of environmentally sound energy technologies, UNDP-GEF projects
and programmes serve as a key vehicle toward achieving this goal.
The publications
on this page examine the topic of energy use and environmental sustainability.
Key documents related to energy and climate change linkages may also be obtained
via the IPCC and UNFCCC websites.
Energy
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Technical
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Lessons
Learned - Case studies and examples of best-practices
and challenges from various energy projects |
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Publications - Official
UNDP publications meant for public circulation |
Technical
Reports - Background papers, desk reports and other documents
Lessons
Learned - Case studies and examples of best-practices and challenges
from various energy projects
The
Best Practices for Off-grid Solar Energy: A case
study on China (1998)
Author: Xiaoping Wang |
Study
outlining barriers to the greater use of photovoltaic
(PV) solar home systems such as purchase, delivery
and maintenance. Provides overview of the development
of solar PV in China covering the current situation
and existing problems.
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PV
Rural Electrification in Kiribati: A Case Study
Author: Suresh Hurry |
Case
study describing the rural photovoltaic (PV) electrification
project in Kiribati implemented by the Japan International
Cooperation Agency and UNDP. The project provided the
installation of 55 PV-solar home systems and one community
system.
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Concessions
for wind-farms: A new approach to sustainable energy
development in China
Author: Timothy P. Brennand |
Report
outlines the need to create institutional frameworks
capable of attracting large amount of private sector
finance for sustainable energy development and considers
the case for developing wind energy in China through
the concession route.
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Rice
Paddy Husk as an Alternative Fuel for Bakeries, Sri Lanka (2003) |
Project case study highlighting
lessons learned; this project tested the use of a converted bakery oven that burns
rice paddy husk instead of fuel wood, thereby reducing impact on forests and alleviating
the problem of paddy husk accumulation.
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Publications
- Official UNDP publications meant for public circulation
Meeting
the Climate Change Challenge, Sustaining Livelihoods (2004) |
This UNDP-GEF
brochure describes the many challenges posed by changing
world climates and illustrates how UNDP-GEF initiatives help
mitigate these challenges and promote sustainable development.
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The
Clean Development Mechanism: A User's Guide (2003) |
This guide
was designed as a reference tool primarily for UNDP Country
Offices to learn more about the opportunities and challenges
of the CDM and implement projects efficiently and equitably
in a variety of national and sectoral contexts.
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Poverty
and Climate Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor
through Adaptation (2003) |
This document
was launched on 10 June 2003 at the 18th Session of the Subsidiary
Bodies of the UNFCCC in Bonn, as part of an interagency
effort to explore and summarize the current state of knowledge
on adaptation to climate change and the need for its integration
into poverty eradication and sustainable development efforts.
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Community
Action to Address Climate Change (2003)
Author: Esther Ibrahimian. Project Supervisor:
Stephen Gitonga |
Case studies
linking sustainable energy use with improved livelihoods.
Provides valuable information on community-led projects that
address climate change while improving energy access and
livelihoods.
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Responding
to Climate Change, Generating Community Benefits (2003)
Authors: Esther Ebrahimian, Stephen Gitonga & Carmen
Tavera |
A Review
of Community Initiatives supported by the GEF’s Small
Grants Programme 1992-2003. Summarizes the findings of the
SGP climate change portfolio review carried out by Esther
Ebrahimian, Stephen Gitonga & Carmen Tavera in early
2003.
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Clean
Energy for Development and Economic Growth: Biomass and
other renewable energy options to meet energy and development
needs in poor nations (2002)
Authors: Daniel M. Kammen, Robert Bailis and
Antonia V. Herzog |
This draft
paper presented at the Conference of the Parties meetings
on climate change in 2001 in Morocco explores the linkages
between renewable energy, poverty alleviation, sustainable
development, and climate change in developing countries.
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Energy,
the Environment, and Health (2000)
Editors:
John P. Holdren and Kirk R. Smith |
In this
chapter of the World Energy Assessment, the principal
environmental and health impacts of energy are discussed
according to the scale at which they occur; household, workplace,
community, regional and global.
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Promoting
Development While Limiting Greenhouse Gases Emissions:
Trends & Baselines (1999)
Editors: José Goldemberg and Walter Reid |
Challenges
the common perception that developing countries are not contributing
to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sustainable
Energy and Climate Change Programme Achievements
and Initiatives (1998)
Presenter: Thomas B. Johansson |
Report
provides an overview of the Energy and Atmosphere Programme's
activities related to energy and climate in 1998.
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Cooperation
for Solar Energy Development in Syria |
Brochure
describing the US$ 10 million rural electrification project
bringing photovoltaic technology to pilot villages in
rural Syria. Project was implemented by the Government
of Syria assisted by the Japan International Cooperation
Agency and UNDP.
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