Themes: Low carbon energy

Themes: Low carbon energy

Feature
13th December 2012
Doha talks highlight loss and damage - and leave much work ahead Sam Bickersteth, Mairi Dupar and Dan Hamza-Goodacre of CDKN provide an overview of UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, and the work remaining to be done to achieve ambitious, global action on climate change.
Resource
27th November 2012
Outlook news: Project news from CDKN around the world CDKN’s quarterly newsletter ‘Climate and Development Outlook’ provides information on CDKN’s projects and shows the work that’s underway to deliver climate compatible development in countries around the world.
Resource
15th November 2012
REPORT: Climate & Development Research Review The Climate & Development Research Review highlights key trends in a growing body of research on the links between climate change and development.
Feature
12th November 2012
Edison lights the way to a low-carbon energy sector Steve Thorne, energy expert and Director of SouthSouthNorth, casts a critical eye over conventional energy supply and suggests policy makers could learn a lesson from Thomas Edison in how to deliver low-carbon energy services
News
9th November 2012
Low Carbon Economy Index reveals 2°C target is unrealistic PwC’s latest Low Carbon Economy Index reveals that our current rate of decarbonisation is falling well short of ambitions for avoiding dangerous climate change, as Jonathan Grant, Director, Sustainability & Climate Change at PwC reveals.
Feature
2nd November 2012
Renewable Energy - Made in Brazil The wind energy sector was incentivized through a feed-in-tariff, in 2005, which was changed into an auction program in 2009. The main change here was that the feed-in-tariff guaranteed a fixed price, which power producers receive for twenty years in the future...
Feature
20th October 2012
Safeguarding the Clean Development Mechanism will benefit Southern and Northern nations alike Yolanda Kakabadse shares her experiences of working on the high-level panel of the CDM Policy Dialogue and urges governments to restore the world’s only global carbon-trading mechanism.
Event
10th October 2012
Clean Power Africa Conference, Cape Town The South African electricity system is faced with a trillema: how to generate sufficient electricity to meet the growing demand; how to ensure that people can afford electricity to meet their basic needs and avoid fuel poverty and how the grid can be decarbonised.
Feature
23rd September 2012
Moving Renewable Energy Forward in Nicaragua In addition to identifying barriers, the workshop in Nicaragua highlighted past successes in the country in order to gain insight on renewable energy ‘enablers,’ or frameworks, policies and measures that facilitate renewable energy development.
News
22nd September 2012
Worldwatch and INCAE Host Renewable Energy Working Group in Costa Rica Central American governments have been vocal about their support for renewables by setting ambitious targets pertaining to all end user sectors. However, the effective administration and governance of related policies remains a significant barrier.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : ESMAP: Africa Clean Cooking Energy Solutions

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) estimates that by 2030 one billion people in sub-Saharan Africa will depend on biomass as their main energy source. Currently over 80% of people in sub-Saharann Africa depend on solid fuels such as charcoal and firewood– more than any other region in the world. CDKN is supporting the African Clean Cooking Initiative (ACCI), which is designed to support a market-driven approach to increase the use of clean cook stoves in Africa through addressing key market barriers.

Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Supporting low emissions development planning in Chile: mitigation action plans and scenarios

The MAPS-Chile project will develop emission trajectories through research, modelling, and simulation results.