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Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda

Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda (2002)

Editors: Thomas B. Johansson and José Goldemberg

Abstract

‘Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda’ discusses critical energy policies, illustrated with concrete examples, necessary to address multiple development objectives, including economic growth, equity and environmental protection.

The purpose of the publication ‘Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda' is to follow-up on the 2000 report ‘World Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability’, a collaborative work to which more than 100 scientists and development experts contributed, and to offer informed guidance on how to shape public policy so that it accelerates the growth of energy systems that support sustainable development. As the publication describes, policy makers are struggling to understand how to intervene most effectively to stimulate technological innovation, attract private investment, and refocus regulation to advance the economic, social, and environmental objectives of sustainability. Regrettably, there are no simple blueprints that will work in all situations, but experience over the last several decades has provided valuable insights and it is possible to extract many lessons that can be instructive to policy makers. Case studies throughout the volume provide examples of what has succeeded, and more often, what has failed, and why.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD
Mark Malloch Brown

OVERVIEW
Overview and Policy Agenda
Thomas B. Johansson and José Goldemberg

CHAPTER 1
The role of Energy in Sustainable Development: Basic Facts and Issues
Thomas B. Johansson and José Goldemberg

CHAPTER 2
Making Markets Work Better
Mark Jaccard and Yushi Mao

CHAPTER 3
Towards Sustainable Electricity Policy
Walt Patterson, Anton Eberhard and Carlos Suarez

CHAPTER 4
Energy Technologies and Policies for Rural Development
Amulya K.N. Reddy

CHAPTER 5
The Innovation Chain: Policies to Promote Energy Innovations
Wim C. Turkenburg

CHAPTER 6
Capacity Development
Daniel Bouille and Susan McDade