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- Publication 16 August 2021 NAMAs as a tool to deliver energy efficiency measures in buildings The concept of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) has been proliferating in the policy agendas during past several years, especially in the light of the post-Kyoto climate negotiations. However, taking into account a rather broad scope of this concept and relatively short history (it has been introduced in Bali Action Plan in 2007), the understanding of the NAMA framework and its practical implementation remain limited even among experts and policy-makers. At the same time NAMA…
- Publication 16 August 2021 South-South Development Cooperation and Soft Power. The case of Brazil's foreign policy and technical cooperation The objective of this thesis is to advance scientific knowledge on South-South Development Cooperation and on the understanding of southern countries’ ambitions in contributing to international development, taking Brazil as a case. The main research question addresses the reasons behind Brazil’s participation in development cooperation and how these international political ambitions influence the project model of its South-South Development Cooperation, called technical cooperation. This was…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Electric Vehicles Scenarios and a Roadmap for India This report is an attempt to look at the present EV landscape, recent developments in EV markets and the emergent EV technology research. The report analyses future scenarios of passenger transport in India with a specific focus on the role of EVs. The scenarios span from 2010 to 2035 and are analysed using a bottom up energy system model: ANSWER MARKAL.This publication is part of the ‘Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India’ project.
- Publication 16 August 2021 Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action: Understanding the MRV framework for developing countries The objective of the publication is to enhance the knowledge of the policymakers and decision makers in developing countries on MRV systems,including requirement of operationalizing such a system. The paper is also aimed at increasing the understanding of MRV aspects among sectoral experts and developing-country NAMA practitioners.
- Publication 16 August 2021 From theory to practice: Understanding transformational change in NAMAs The objective of the concept paper is to propose an operational definition for what transformational change means in the context of NAMAs, taking into consideration ongoing discussions among NAMA experts, and to give an overview of theoretical approaches to sustainability transitions and transformational change, exploring their possible applicability to NAMAs. The theoretical approaches are the basis to propose hypotheses for the dynamics, indicators and success factors that foster…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Primer On CDM Programme of Activities
- Publication 16 August 2021 Rural electrification in Sub Saharan Africa in a context of fluctuating oil-prices Solar PV is one among other low carbon technologies for rural electrification in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Solar PV systems have for almost 30 years been disseminated in SSA, resulting in more than half a million installations concentrated in a few countries. While PV systems have technically matured and markets have gradually developed, PV for rural electrification has often been perceived with scepticism from potential users, donors, government officials and researchers, and solar PV has in…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Sustainable energy for slums? Using the Sustainable Development Goals to guide energy access efforts in a Kenyan informal settlement Urban and peri-urban communities across the Global South face considerable energy access challenges with over one billion people living without adequate access to basic services such as energy, water, and healthcare. Lack of access to modern energy services has cascading effects on the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the achievement of the corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this article we address this issue, using the SDGs as a framework to evaluate how policies and plans…