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| Investment contracts and sustainable development - How to make contracts for fairer and more sustainable natural resource investments Negotiations for investment contracts can be extremely complex because they typically involve a large number of sophisticated and context-specific technical, legal, economic and financial issues.This guide provides the... |
2010 |
| Sustainable production of commercial woodfuel: lessons and guidance from two strategies Woodfuels (firewood - or fuelwood - and charcoal) are the most important energy source and the most important forest product for most developing countries. Commonly, woodfuels contribute from 50 to 90% of all energy consumed in a... |
Mar 2010 |
| Strategic framework for supporting climate change action in Latin America and the Caribbean (Climate Change Strategy profile) The IDB is developing a Climate Change Strategy (CCS) to be submitted for approval bythe Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB’s) Executive Board in 2010. The objective of the CCS is to serve as a guiding instrument for scaling... |
Mar 2010 |
| RETRANS - Opportunities for the use of renewable energy in road transport - Policy makers report The increasing energy use in the transport sector is adding also to the dependency of countries on oil imports. In the reference scenario of the IEA World Energy Outlook 2008 the transport sector is the largest contributor to... |
Mar 2010 |
| Algae – The future for bioenergy? This publication provides the summary and conclusions from the workshop ‘Algae – The Future for Bioenergy?’ held in conjunction with the meeting of the Executive Committee of IEA Bioenergy in Liege, Belgium on 1 October 2009.The... |
Mar 2010 |
| Water and bioenergy – UNEP bioenergy issue paper series No. 2 Bioenergy and water are inextricably linked. Water is an emerging issue of concern in the area of bioenergy development both in terms of quantity and quality. As a limiting factor, water will undoubtedly affect the level to which... |
Feb 2010 |
| Life cycle analyses applied to first generation biofuels used in France Aside from questions of economics (tensions on agricultural markets) and ethical issues (good agricultural resource use), biofuels are accused of not delivering the advantageous balances imputed to them early on, in terms of... |
Feb 2010 |
| Community participation in biofuels crop production in Zimbabwe - A focus on the policy and practical aspects The primary purpose of this policy and practice review publication is to assess the participation of community groups in biofuels production in Zimbabwe. The assessment is hypothetically based on the basis that monoculture... |
2010 |
| Jatropha: a smallholder bioenergy crop - The potential for pro-poor development This publication reviews the information currently available on jatropha as a bioenergy crop, starting with the papers presented to the April 2008 IFAD/FAO International Consultation on Pro-Poor Jatropha Development held in Rome,... |
Feb 2010 |
| Carbon finance possibilities for agriculture, forestry and other land use projects in a smallholder context This document is intended to guide extension service advisors and institutions who work with small‐scale farmers and foresters with an interest in Carbon Finance and Carbon Projects. Its aim is to support setting‐up carbon... |
Feb 2010 |
