Sustainable Energy Strategies - Materials for Decision-makers (SEED - UNDP, 2000, 208 p.)

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Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

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What is UNISE?

Building capacity in sustainable energy at the country level

Purpose of this material

Summary of ''Materials for Decision-Makers''

Chapter 1. Energy as an Instrument for Sustainable Human Development

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Energy and major issues of sustainable human development

1.3. Opportunities for sustainable energy

1.4. Building the enabling framework for sustainable energy

1.5. UNDP's role to facilitate energy for sustainable human development

1.6. Conclusions

Chapter 2. Gender and Energy: How is Gender Relevant to Sustainable Energy Policies?

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2.1. Factors promoting greater attention to gender and energy

2.2. Key considerations for gender-sensitive energy planning

2.3. Conclusions

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Case examples

Chapter 3. Energy and the Environment: The Clean Development Mechanism

3.1. Introduction

3.2. What is the Clean Development Mechanism?*

3.3. Capacity-building needs

3.4. Potential opportunities for CDM project development

3.5. Possible roles of different stakeholders

3.6. Role of UNDP - UNDP’s Approach to the CDM and sustainable development

3.7. Conclusions

Chapter 4. Renewable Energy

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Potentials for renewable energy1

4.3. Renewable energy options: the technologies

4.4. Renewable energy applications

4.5. Sustainable implementation of renewable energy options

4.6. Conclusions

Chapter 5. Energy Efficiency

5.1. Energy and sustainable development

5.2. Making the case for energy efficiency

5.3. Starting an energy efficiency programme

5.4. Energy service companies: One approach in detail

5.5. Role of institutions

5.6. Barriers

5.7. Policies to support energy efficiency

5.8. Conclusions

Chapter 6. Promoting Institutional Change for Sustainable Energy

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6.1. Introduction

6.2. Liberalising the energy sector

6.3. Making it happen

6.4. Conclusions

Chapter 7. Financing for Sustainable Energy

7.1. Financing renewable energy for sustainable development

7.2. Energy services options for rural populations

7.3. Renewable energy technologies for rural energy services

7.4. Microcredit schemes for renewable energy

7.5. Financing models

7.6. What makes financing work

7.7. Case studies

7.8. Promoting institutional change

7.9. Conclusions

References

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