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Sustainable Energy Strategies: Materials for Decision-Makers

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Acknowledgements

Editors:  Minoru Takada, Ellen Morris and Sudhir Chella Rajan

Introduction
What is UNISE?
Building capacity in sustainable energy at the country level
Purpose of this material
Summary of "Materials for Decision-Makers"

Chapter 1. Energy as an Instrument for Sustainable Human Development - Authors:  Sudhir Chella Rajan and Minoru Takada
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Energy and major issues of sustainable human development
1.3. Opportunities for sustainable energy
1.4. Building the enabling framework for sustainable energy
1.5. UNDP's role to facilitate energy for sustainable human development
1.6. Conclusions

SPECIAL TOPICS RELATING TO ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 2. Gender and Energy: How is Gender Relevant to Sustainable Energy Policies? - Authors:   Gail Karlsson and Joy Clancy
2.1. Factors promoting greater attention to gender and energy
2.2. Key considerations for gender-sensitive energy planning
2.3. Conclusions
......Case examples

Chapter 3. Energy and the Environment: The Clean Development Mechanism - Authors:  John O'Brien and Minoru Takada
3.1. Introduction
3.2. What is the Clean Development Mechanism?
3.3. Capacity-building needs
3.4. Potential opportunities for CDM project development
3.5. Possible roles of different stakeholders
3.6. Role of UNDP - UNDP's Approach to the CDM and sustainable development
3.7. Conclusions
.......Annex 3-1. Selected CDM-related terminology

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Chapter 4. Renewable Energy - Authors:  Sivan Kartha and Jerom Weingart
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Potentials for renewable energy
4.3. Renewable energy options: The technologies
4.4. Renewable energy applications
4.5. Sustainable implementation of renewable energy options
4.6. Conclusions

Chapter 5. Energy Efficiency - Author:  Ernst Worrell
5.1. Energy and sustainable development
5.2. Making the case for energy efficiency
5.3. Starting an energy efficiency programme
5.4. Energy service companies: One approach in detail
5.5. Role of institutions
5.6. Barriers
5.7. Policies to support energy efficiency
5.8. Conclusions

ENABLING FRAMEWORKS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Chapter 6. Promoting Institutional Change for Sustainable Energy - Author:  Ugo Farinelli
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Liberalising the energy sector
6.3. Making it happen
6.4. Conclusions

Chapter 7. Financing for Sustainable Energy - Authors:  Ellen Morris and April Allderdice
7.1. Financing renewable energy for sustainable development
7.2. Energy services options for rural populations
7.3. Renewable energy technologies for rural energy services
7.4. Microcredit schemes for renewable energy
7.5. Financing models 7-9 7.6. What makes financing work
7.7. Case studies
7.8. Promoting institutional change
7.9. Conclusions

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