Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "ELECTRICITY"
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Affordable and Clean Energy: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable, and Modern Energy for All
Goal 7 recognizes that extending access to electricity and other forms of energy is fundamental to improving people’s lives and communities. It aims for efficiencies in energy use and the promotion of renewable sources to ... -
Blockchain for Sustainable Energy and Climate in the Global South: Use Cases and Opportunities
(2022-01)This report aims to provide a clearer understanding of blockchain solutions in addressing energy and climate mitigation issues, with a focus on low- to middle-income countries. The analysis targets energy and climate ... -
Challenges for the Growth of the Electric Vehicle Market - Foresight Brief No. 017 June 2020
Electric vehicles (EV) can play an important part in the decarbonisation of the traffic sector. This helps in climate mitigation and positively impacts the air quality of cities, due to reduced emissions such as CO2, NOx, ... -
Electricity and the Environment: Proceedings of a Senior Expert Symposium on Electricity and the Environment
(1991)The Senior Expert Symposium on Electricity and the Environment was held from 13 to 17 May 1991, in Helsinki, Finland. The objective of the Symposium was to provide a comprehensive assessment of the environmental and health ... -
Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window - Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
This thirteenth edition of the Emissions Gap Report is a testimony to inaction on the global climate crisis. In just eight years, global GHG emissions must be reduced by 30 to 45 per cent compared to where they are headed ... -
Energie et Environnement en Méditerranee: Enjeux et Prospective - Les Fascicules du Plan Bleu 7
(1993)Le fascicule présenté ici porte sur l'énergie en region méditerranéenne et sur sos rapports avec lenvironneinent, tant en ce qui concerne la situation prOsente quo los evolutions prospectives possibles a moyen et long ... -
Etats des Lieux sur les Modes de Production et de Consommation Durables en Tunisie: SwitchMed Programme
(2016)Ce rapport présente les résultats de la première phase de la mission sur les activités nationales pour la promotion des Modes de Production et de Consommation Durables (MPCD) dans le cadre du Programme SWITCHMed. Cette ... -
Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Drivers and Barriers for Private Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa - A study and survey by UNEP Finance Initiative on the views, experiences and policy needs of energy financiers
(2012)The focus of this report is to identify and portray current barriers to the scaling up of private investment and finance for electricity generation from renewable energy sources in the sub-Saharan region. Best practice in ... -
Fossil Fuel Abatement for Diesel-Based Power Systems: An Action to Meeting SDG 13 through Sustainable Electricity
(2019)This proposal is a concerted effort as a Contribution Action in achieving “SDG-Goal 13: Climate Action - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in ... -
Ghana Solar Export Potential Study
(2015)This study, the Ghana Solar Export Potential Study (SEPS), assesses the green economy and trade potential of solar power in Ghana. It establishes the legal, technical and financial feasibility of solar electricity exports ... -
The GHG Indicator: UNEP Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Businesses and Non-Commercial Organisations
(2000)The purpose of The GHG Indicator: UNEP Guidelines for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Businesses and Non-Commercial Organisations is to assist organisations in this accounting and reporting process. The guidelines ... -
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014
(2014)The latest edition of this annual report outlines the latest developments, signs and signals in the financing of renewable power and fuels. Full of statistics, charts and narrative, it explores the issues affecting each ... -
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017
(2017)Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017, published on April 6th by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, finds that all investments in renewables totalled ... -
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment Report 2018
(2018)The report Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018, published by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, finds that falling costs for solar electricity, ... -
A Green Economy Industry and Trade Analysis: Assessing South Africa's Potential
(2018)The main objectives of this report are to identify and assess economic sectors that offer particular trade opportunities from the perspective of green industrial development; inform a subsequent sector-specific assessment ... -
Green Economy Scoping Study: Republic of Moldova
(2014)This study offers an overview and sectoral analysis for Moldova’s transition to a green economy. It contains a general introduction and rationale for a green economy; a presentation of Moldova’s socio-economic and environmental ... -
Green Energy Choices: The Benefits, Risks and Trade-offs of Low-Carbon Technologies for Electricity production – Factsheet
(2016)Rising energy demand and efforts to combat climate change require a significant increase in low-carbon electricity generation. Yet, concern has been raised that rapid investment in some novel technologies could cause a new ... -
Green Public Procurement Technical Guidelines and Specifications for Energy Efficient Cooling - 24 March 2022
(2022-03)Support the second goal of the UN Secretary General’s SE4ALL initiative: to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by providing assistance to developing countries and emerging economies to move their ... -
Greening the Blue Report 2019: The UN System's Environment Footprint and Efforts to Reduce It
The United Nations System has been working to improve its environmental sustainability over several years. Responding to the latest scientific evidence, UN entities are now accelerating this work with the introduction of ... -
Guidelines on Green Houses of Worship
(2020)Houses of worship serve as the spiritual centre for communities where they can practice religious rituals. Some estimates indicate that there are around 37 million churches, 4 million mosques, 20 thousand synagogues and ...