The main purpose of this handbook is to assist people who are working in or with local government to develop sustainable energy and climate action plans and implementation programs.
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Source: United Nations
Date: January 2009
This journal article explores possible consequences of variations in fuel usage for improved cookstove programs and how they might vary by area.
Source: Energy Policy
Date: March 2014
This report describes how as global electricity demand increases, governments are designing and implementing policies to scale up and catalyze renewable energy.
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Date: May 2015
This recorded webinar examines the Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy (RISE) project, which provides indicators for assessing the legal and regulatory landscape for investment in sustainable energy.
Source: World Bank Group, Clean Energy Solutions Center
Date: June 2015
The public-private roundtable summarized on this web page describes how the transition to a global clean energy economy depends on the world's cities, which accounting for roughly 75 per cent of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)
Date: May 2015
This report examines how ten countries have switched, or are planning to switch, from traditional fuels such as wood, coal, charcoal, animal waste and kerosene, to LPG as a cooking fuel.
Source: The World LPG Association (WLPGA), WLPGA
Date: September 2015
This “outcome report” is from the 2016 Kassel International Dialogue (KID), which offered the opportunity for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and a dialogue between local, regional, and national government representatives and legislators.
Source: German Federal Environment Agency
Date: November 2015
The Renewable Energy Toolkit (REToolkit) provides a set of tools to assist in improving the design and implementation of on-grid, mini-grid, and off-grid renewable energy projects.
Source: The World Bank
This report examines those policies, regulations, and institutional capacities in the electricity sector that will direct both public and private investment towards sustainable energy options.
Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development, World Resources Institute
Date: November 2009
This website provides access to the International Energy Agency’s annual Energy Efficient Market Report.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Date: October 2015