Global Initiatives
| Energy for a sustainable future - Summary report and recommendations At the global level, the energy system – supply, transformation, delivery and use – is the dominant contributor to climate change, representing around 60 per cent of total current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Current patterns... |
Apr 2010 |
| UN-Energy - Looking to the Future UN-Energy was set up in 2004, and this review finds that the original justification and rationale for its establishment still exists, and the case for clear, coherent and coordinated engagement by the United Nations family in... |
2010 |
| Global gaps in clean energy research, development, and demonstration This paper, prepared in support of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Global Partnership by the International Energy Agency, seeks to inform decision making and prioritisation of RD&D investments and other policies to accelerate... |
Dec 2009 |
| Perceptions on fairness and efficiency of the REDD value chain - Methods and results from pilot analyses in Indonesia and Peru Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) will require a ‘value chain’ that links global beneficiaries to local actions towards high carbonstoring land use patterns. The value chain includes: effectively... |
Dec 2009 |
| Working for the climate - Renewable energy & the green job [R]evolution Under the Energy [R]evolution scenario, renewable energy gains a much bigger share of the market through dynamic growth. At the same time, nuclear energy is phased out and the number of fossil fuel-fired power plants required for... |
Sep 2009 |
| World Investment Report 2009 - Transnational corporations, agricultural production and development World foreign direct investment flows fell moderately in 2008 following a five-year period of uninterrupted growth, in large part as a result of the global economic and financial crisis.While developed economies were initially... |
Sep 2009 |
| Global status report on local renewable energy policies – Working draft City and local governments can play a key role in encouraging renewable energy at the local level. The multiple roles of these local governments as decision-makers, planning authorities, managers of municipal infrastructure, and... |
Jun 2009 |
| Renewables Global Status Report 2009 - Update This “Update” edition of the Renewables Global Status Report is the fourth in a series launched in 2005. It provides an integrated picture of the global renewable energy situation, unfolding in the midst of a historic and global... |
May 2009 |
| Rapid assessment on biofuels and the environment: overview and key findings – Executive Summary The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council for Science (ICSU) established the International SCOPE Biofuels Project to provide a comprehensive and objective, science based analysis... |
Mar 2009 |
| Annual Report 2008 The IEA Bioenergy 2008 Annual Report includes a special feature article 'Biorefineries: Adding Value to the Sustainable Utilisation of Biomass' prepared by Task 42.The Annual Report also includes a report from the Executive... |
2009 |
