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14 December 2016
Research

Towards a Green Energy Economy? Steering an Effective Transition

Luis Mundaca, Lena Neij

What is a ‘Green Energy Economy’ (GEE)?

May 2017

Tackling Environmental Problems with the Help of Behavioural Insights

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Behavioural insights can help policy makers obtain a deeper understanding of the behavioural mechanisms contributing to environmental problems, and design and implement more effective policy interventions.

March 2018

Leveraging the Smart Grid: The Effect of Real-Time Information on Consumer Decisions

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

This report Leveraging the Smart Grid: The Effect of Real-Time Information on Consumer Decisions reviews the literature on the impact of real-time information provision on consumer decision-making.

November 2017

The Emissions Gap Report 2017

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
The UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2017 presents an assessment of current national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement.
May 2019

Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), OECD, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
This report Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals provides methodological guidance for measuring fossil fuel subsidies in the context of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 12.c.1: “Amount of fossil fuel subsidies per unit of GDP (production and consumption)”.
December 2017

Energy Efficiency Indicators Highlights 2017‌

International Energy Agency (IEA)
The statistical report Energy Efficiency Indicators Highlights 2017‌ is designed to help understand what drives final energy use in IEA member countries in order to improve and track national energy efficiency policies.

Georgia - Promote Resource Efficient Consumption and Production for SMEs

Country: 
Georgia

Georgia commits to introduce resource efficient production and consumption (REPC) concept in order to promote the transition towards green economy by decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation and resource depletion.

Botswana Energy Accounting Report 2015/16

Organisation: 
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES)
Country: 
Botswana
This report, which covers the period from 2015 to 2016, is the second energy accounts report for Botswana. It contains coal and electricity accounts, with a focus on Physical Energy Flow Accounts (PEFA).
February 2021

Beyond Petrostates: The burning need to cut oil dependence in the energy transition

Carbon Tracker
This report focuses on the 40 countries with the greatest fiscal dependence on oil and gas revenues – the petrostates. These are the most oil and gas-reliant countries (as a % of GDP) and are predominantly in the Middle East, North and West Africa, and South America.
2 December 2020
Projects News

GO4SDGs is bringing the Little Book of Green Nudges to five regions

As part of the GO4SDGs initiative in cooperation with UNEP Youth and Education Alliance, the The Little Book of Green Nudges offers simple and easy ways for students and staff at universities worldwide to adopt more sustainable practices.

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