This guide is intended to present, in a practical and comprehensive manner, basic smart city concepts and principles, as well as the elements necessary for the formation of smart cities.
Search Clean Energy Policy Resources by Keyword
Search for resources by entering keywords in the box below or selecting them from the lists on the left.
Source: Inter-American Development Bank
Date: July 2016
This scoping report provides a policy-relevant summary of potential benefits to health from reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants. It brings together available knowledge from the health and climate domain into one scoping review.
Source: Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC), World Health Organization (WHO)
Date: October 2015
This brochure provides an overview of the alliance’s approach to gender capacity building, which includes six key components: (1) understanding gender due diligence outcomes and establishing a baseline, (2) increasing gender awareness and understanding, (3) conducting gender analysis, (4) creati
Source: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Date: March 2016
The International Energy Agency's (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook—a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series—offers a comprehensive analytical study of energy in Africa, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, the epicenter of the global challenge to overcome energy poverty.
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: January 2014
The International Geothermal Association (IGA), founded in 1988, is a scientific, educational and cultural organization. As of 2016, the IGA has more than 5,000 members in over 65 countries.
Source: International Geothermal Association
This renewable energy country profile is a knowledge product derived from the SREP IP, with the objective of showcasing the renewable energy status of Mail, development options, and opportunities and constraints.
Source: African Development Bank Group
Date: January 2015
The key challenges facing Africa’s power sector are inadequate generation capacity, limited electrification, low power consumption, unreliable services, high costs, and a financing gap of approximately $23 billion a year, according to the authors of this policy brief.
Source: African Development Bank Group
Date: January 2010
TRANSrisk conducted 15 case studies that explore the transition to low-carbon economies, including 14 country-level case studies and one at the global and regional level.
Source: Transitions Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies (TRANSrisk)
Date: November 2016
IRENA estimates that with the right enabling policies, Africa could be home to more than 70 gigawatts of solar PV capacity by 2030.
Source: International Renewable Energy Agency
The rapid growth of electric vehicle (EV) charging in the next decade will challenge traditional paradigms of regulation and policy in the electricity sector, according to the authors of this report.
Source: Electricity Innovation Lab Rocky Mountain Institute