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May 2012

State and Trends of the Carbon Market Report 2012

World Bank Group

This annual report presents an optimistic view of the carbon market, which grew by 11 per cent in 2011.

October 2018

Energy Technology Innovation in South Asia: Implications for gender equality and social inclusion

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Energy Technology Innovation in South Asia: Implications for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion addresses how energy systems and services can improve women’s economic empowerment. It argues that integrating gender equity considerations into technology design and drawing women into this process is not only an equal employment opportunity issue, but is also crucially about how the world we live in is shaped, and for whom.

Climate Innovation Center- Ethiopia

Organisation: 
World Bank Group, Department for International Development (DFID) UK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway, infoDev

The Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC) supports Ethiopian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are developing innovative solutions that address climate change challenges.

June 2017

Solar-Powered Irrigation Pumps in India — Capital Subsidy Policies and the Water-Energy Efficiency Nexus

Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
The case study Solar-Powered Irrigation Pumps in India — Capital Subsidy Policies and the Water-Energy Efficiency Nexus looks at India’s National Solar Mission program, under which the central and state governments support farmers not only by providing a capital cost subsidy on solar pump systems, but also by creating an enabling framework on their deployment by actively engaging key stakeholders.
February 2019

Subsidy Reform and Distributive Justice in Fisheries

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This paper analyses and discusses options for addressing equity concerns in fisheries subsidy reform and calls for governments to consider the impacts of subsidies and subsidy reform on vulnerable social groups.
November 2012

Unrecognized Waste Management Experts: Challenges and Opportunities for Small Business Development and Decent Job Creation in the Waste Sector in the Free State

International Labour Organization (ILO)

The report summarizes the findings of a study on the challenges and opportunities for small business development and decent job creation in the waste management sector.

Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan (SCP-NAP) in Palestine

Organisation: 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Palestinian Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan (SCP-NAP) has been developed under the coordination of the Environment Quality Authority (EQA) under the EU-funded SwitchMed programme, with support from the United Nations Environment Programme
November 2018

Building Circularity into our Economies through Sustainable Procurement

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report introduces the role that sustainable procurement can play to accelerate the transition to a circular economy and the shift towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production. It is addressed to both public procurers and policy makers as well as corporate buyers and business leaders.
April 2009

Ensuring Green Growth in a Time of Crisis: The Role of Energy Technology

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Despite the severity of the current financial and economic crisis, it cannot be allowed to distract us from addressing critical and strategic climate change and energy challenges.

July 2012

Catalysing Ocean Finance Volume II: Methodologies and Case Studies

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Catalysing Ocean Finance takes stock of how effective these instruments have been in helping countries to address challenges facing the oceans and explore how they could be successfully scaled up.

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