Development and Climate

Africa Negotiators Meetings
African Rural Energy Enterprises
AIACC Climate, Water & Agriculture
Alleviation of Poverty through Local Energy
Baseline methodologies
Brazil Rural Energy Enterprises
Carbon Finance for Sustainable Energy
Climate Policy Frameworks Beyond 2012
Climate Screening
Commercialization of RE in ASEAN
Development and Climate
Economics of GHG Limitations
EE Financial Intermediation Mechanisms
Energy Planning in Burkina Faso
Energy Policymaking in the Caribbean
Energy pricing and sustainability
Evaluation of liability provisions
Financing Indian Solar Home Systems
Financing Renewables in the Philippines
Global Overlays for Transport Sector
Green IPP Network in ASEAN
Improving Impacts of Rural Electrification
Mitigation analysis in South Africa
National Communications Support
Overcoming Barriers to RETs in India
Participation in IPCC activities
Planning and Strategies for CDM
Power Reform & Sustainable Development
Power Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
Promoting Investments in EE and RETs
RE Financing in the Mediterranean
RE Rural Electrification in Cambodia
Removal of Barriers to RETs in Africa
Renewable energy in Pacific Islands
Stimulating EU-Indochina RE Projects
Strategy for RETs in South Africa
Sustainable Energy Advisory Facility
Sustainable Urban Transportation
Technical support for NAPA
Wind Energy Development in ASEAN
Wind Energy in the 21st Century
Wind Power Projects in the CDM

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Development and Climate

Overview
Objectives
Priority areas
Phases
Briefing note
Project website
Project Intranet

The project identified development paths and actions linked to positive climate outcomes, aimed at national and international stakeholders from the political, developmental, and environmental communities.

The project was coordinated by URC, the Dutch National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM), and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

Partner institutions were from Brazil, China, India, South Africa, Senegal, Bangladesh, Germany, France, Canada and the United States. International organizations supporting the initiative included UNEP, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and the UNFCCC Secretariat.

Phase 1 was funded by UNF and the governments of Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada.

Objectives

The main objectives of the Project were to:

	explore national development strategies and policies that both meet the development priorities of individual countries and address climate change;
	identify promising policy options and projects that assist in the transition to long-term sustainable development, including policies addressing climate change;
	establish a partnership between centres of excellence in developing and industrialized countries to promote discussions and share experiences about integrated development and greenhouse gas reduction policies; and
	distil the lessons and experience from international cooperation towards a global regime addressing climate change.

Priority areas

The project was focused on two priority areas of sustainable development for developing countries:

	energy supply for development and access to electricity;
	food security/fresh water availability and the interrelated aspects of land use and forest management.

Phases

Phase 1 run until the end of 2002 with two main activities: developing a common analytical framework, and analysing case studies on development projects in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, South Africa and West Africa.

Phase 2 had a general focus on policy analysis and institutional capacity building. Activities included analysing national strategies, integrating development and climate strategies, identifying key initiatives, building national capacity and forming specific recommendations for global co-operation.

For further information read the briefing note (PDF file).

Contact:

Anne Olhoff, olho@risoe.dtu.dk

UNEP Risoe Centre • Risoe DTU, Bldg. 142 • Frederiksborgvej 399 • P.O. Box 49 • DK 4000 Roskilde • Denmark

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