This report describes how energy has become the central theme in discussions on alleviating poverty, promoting economic development and improving the quality of life of people.
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Source: Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)
Date: July 2015
This publication examines the sectors, technologies and policy measures that will be central in the transition to a low-carbon energy system.
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: November 2016
This website provides access to the International Energy Agency’s annual Energy Efficient Market Report.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Date: October 2015
The public-private roundtable summarized on this web page describes how—contrary to the perception that efficiency policies and industrial development are necessarily in conflict—governments and industry can work together to spur innovation and deliver more energy services while cutting energy wa
Source: Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)
Date: May 2015
The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation provide the Global Solar Atlas—in addition to a series of global, regional and country GIS data layers and poster maps—to support the scale-up of solar power in their client countries.
Source: The World Bank Group
Date: January 2017
This report is the fifth in a series documenting the World Bank Group’s progress in supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency. It details the successes of, and lessons learned from, the investments made by the World Bank Group over the past five years.
Source: The World Bank
Date: December 2009
This online data base collects information on international climate mitigation initiatives in operation that (1) have potential to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, (2) are international in scope or have the potential for significant impact at global scale, and (3) are dialogues,
Source: Climate Initiatives Platform
Date: January 2016
This report UNEP), describes how renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in developing countries contribute to narrowing the “2020 emissions gap”.
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Date: January 2015
This report describes how (1) voluntary sustainability standards have grown rapidly in number and importance in global commodity markets over the past decade and (2) the growth is occurring in parallel with growing recognition of the importance of economic drivers in implementing sustainable deve
Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Date: January 2014
According to the authors of this report, the Paris agreement on climate change opened nearly $23 trillion in opportunities for climate-smart investments in emerging markets between now and 2030.
Source: International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Date: November 2016