Publications
The report finds that most clean energy technologies are not on track to make their required contribution to reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and thereby provide a more secure energy system.Speaking at the Clean Energy Ministerial, IEA Deputy Executive Director Ambassador Richard H. Jones highlighted the report's key findings and urged aggressive policy action to take full advantage of the...
This report, published by SEI and the Swedish think tank FORES, examines China’s efforts to establish domestic carbon markets by 2015, building on seven regional pilots. (Recent mediareports suggest there may be a one-year delay, and the energy sector may be excluded.) SEI’s report finds that while China’s initiative is clearly a positive development, the process is just...
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2011 annual submission of Turkey (FCCC/ARR/2011/TUR), which shows that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by 97.6% between 1990 and 2009.The centralized review was undertaken by the Expert Review Team (ERT), which concluded that the preparation and reporting of Turkey’s inventory submission was not fully...
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the report of the centralized review of the 2011 annual submission of the UK (FCCC/ARR/2011/GBR), which shows that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 27.2% between 1990 and 2009, and by 8.7% in 2009 compared with 2008.The report outlines that the Expert Review Team (ERT) concluded that the UK’s inventory submission has been prepared and reported...
The report offers guidance to the governing bodies of biodiversity-related MEAs, as well as the UNEP Governing Council, the international environmental governance (IEG) reform process and MEA-related processes.The report, titled “Promoting Synergies within the Cluster of Biodiversity Related Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs),” focuses on six biodiversity-related conventions and...
I FPRI’s 2011 Global Food Policy Report—the first in a new annual series—provides an in-depth, contextualized look at the past year’s major food policy developments and events. It both raises and answers these key questions: What happened in food policy in 2011 and why? What challenges and opportunities resulted? What could have been done differently? What should be done in the future?The topics...
Given the high potential for renewable energy technologies (RETs) to contribute to both climate mitigation and adaptation, it is increasingly important to address climate change issues when planning for RET dissemination. However, sustainable utilisation of Nepal’s available energy resources will only be possible if planning is carried out at the local level with the involvement of the related...
Many consumers and businesses have questions about the role of renewable energy in reducing one’s carbon footprint. North American Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets are both environmental commodities that can be used to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This Q&A provides answers to questions about the difference between RECs and carbon offsets, how the markets for...
The objective of REDD+ is to create incentives for the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and for the increase of carbon stocks through the enhancement, conservation and sustainable management of forests in developing countries. As part of the international negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), compensation would be...
Many forest carbon projects are currently in the process of attaining registration and securing verification of Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) carbon credits. However, the number of projects that are being successfully managed according to international standards is limited. The first forestry project in South America that completed VCS registration, issuance, Climate Community and Biodiversity...