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IEA Bioenergy 2008 Annual Report
IEA Bioenergy, March 2009, 124 p.
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The IEA Bioenergy 2008 Annual Report includes a special feature article 'Biorefineries: Adding Value to the Sustainable Utilisation of Biomass' prepared by Task 42. The Annual Report also includes a report from the Executive Committee and a detailed progress report on each of the Tasks. Also included is key information such as Task participation, Contracting Parties, budget tables and substantial contact information plus lists of reports and papers produced by the Implementing Agreement.
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Marine Litter: A Global Challenge
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
April 2009, 234 p.
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The objective of this document is (1) to present and analyse available information on marine litter discussed in documents produced by the 12 regional programmes with the help of regional consultants and technical experts and (2) to propose recommendations for addressing the problems associated with marine litter worldwide. This document is not a comprehensive overview of global marine litter, but it does provide current information on the marine litter issue in participating regions (Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caspian, East African Seas, Eastern Africa, Mediterranean, Northeast Atlantic, Northwest Pacific, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, South Asian Seas, South Pacific, and Wider Caribbean).
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Global Trends in Sustainable Energy investment 2009 - Analysis of Trends and Issues in the Financing of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009, 64 p.
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The 2009 Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment report, considered by many to be the most authoritative appraisal of clean energy investment trends, is being released during one of the worst financial and economic crises for a generation with sharply rising unemployment in many parts of the globe. It also comes less than six months before the crucial UN climate convention meeting taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the view of the UN Environment Programme and increasingly others that a Green Economy approach to these and other emerging challenges, such as energy security, resource efficiency and catalyzing an innovation-based economy, go hand in hand. Renewable energy, with its low carbon footprint, the relative speed with which it can be deployed into developed and developing communities alike and its ability to generate new kinds of businesses and green jobs, is a key element of that transition.
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Ethanol as a Fuel for Road Transportation: main report
Technical University of Denmark, 2009, 87 p.
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The subject of bioethanol, has been the subject of much discussion, research and development the recent years and the literature is abundant. There are several other reports and reviews of ethanol studies seen from various perspectives, and the view of these are incorporated where it is found appropriate. This report is based on scientific articles and literature on the subject, using sources such as the UN, the United States Department Of Energy (US DOE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), as well as technical papers published by the Society of Automotive Engineers. This leaves the risk of obtaining a ‘main stream’ perspective but to counter that, the views of many debate forums and conference presentations, have been considered as well. Generally discussions on the topic of ethanol seems subject to a lot of ‘half truths’ and it is the hope of the authors of this report, to provide a report based on technically sound argumentation and differentiation on which proper decisions can be made.
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Electricity from renewable resources: status, prospects, and impediments
America's Energy Future Panel on Electricity from Renewable Resources; National Research Council, 2009, 300 p.
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A component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generation with alternative sources such as wind, solar-photovoltaic, geothermal, solar-thermal, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources. The book focuses on those renewable sources that show the most promise for initial commercial deployment within 10 years and will lead to a substantial impact on the U.S. energy system. A quantitative characterization of technologies, this book lays out expectations of costs, performance, and impacts, as well as barriers and research and development needs. In addition to a principal focus on renewable energy technologies for power generation, the book addresses the challenges of incorporating such technologies into the power grid, as well as potential improvements in the national electricity grid that could enable better and more extensive utilization of wind, solar-thermal, solar photovoltaics, and other renewable technologies.
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Potential Impacts of Climate Change in the United States
U. S. Congressional Budget Office, 2009, 33 p.
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Human activities are yielding rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases
and other gases and particulates and are also greatly altering the Earth’s land cover. A scientific consensus has emerged that those activities, if allowed to continue unabated, will have extensive, highly uncertain, but potentially serious and costly impacts on regional climates and ocean conditions throughout the world. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper—prepared at the request of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources—presents an overview of the current understanding of the impacts of climate change in the United States, emphasizing the wide range of uncertainty about the magnitude and timing of those impacts and the implications of that uncertainty for the formulation of effective policy responses. The analysis draws from numerous published sources to summarize the current state of climate science and provide a conceptual framework for addressing climate change as an economic concern. In keeping with CBO’s mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, the paper makes no recommendations.
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Technologies for sustainable growth
Confederation of Danish Industry (Denmark), 15 Jan 2009, 74 p.
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Climate change is real. And it's happening much faster than was predicted just a few years ago. The good news is that there is a good chance that we really can do something about the problem. And this is in a way where we don't need to compromise the well-being of our global economy. All it takes is to follow a Bright Green strategy where we get the most out of the energy we produce and where we deploy the clean energy technologies we already know can work. Doing so would deliver the affordability, stability and confidence our economies need, as well as help solve the climate crisis. Although our reliance on fossil fuels has created global warming, we now have the opportunity and obligation to begin a transformation towards a robust clean energy economy. This is the opportunity of our generation. To begin a transformation to an economy that is robust without causing environmental harm. But there won't be a single, 'silver bullet' solution. We will need to address energy production, carbon mitigation and efficient consumption of energy. A new approach is needed that both avoids dangerous climate change and is advantageous for the economy - a Bright Green strategy with a strong focus on deploying and investing in climate friendly technologies. Denmark has done this for several decades and we are a clear example that it is possible to both grow our economy and at the same time take care of the environment and especially the global environment. This book tells the Bright Green story of Denmark, and presents a wide range of technologies and solutions that can help pave the way towards a more climate friendly future.
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As the first indicator-based assessment of progress towards the European target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010, this report serves two purposes. First, it takes stock of the state of biodiversity and its loss in Europe based on the most recent data available. Second, it functions as a bridge to a comprehensive assessment of the 2010 target to be done in 2010. As such, the indicators in this report do not only show what is currently known. They also show where information is missing and what more needs to be measured and examined to enable a comprehensive assessment in 2010.
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An Institutional Architecture for Climate Change
Center on International Cooperation, May 2009, 47 p.
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Climate change presents us with a massive, unprecedented and multi-faceted challenge. It can be seen as a profound market failure resulting from misaligned incentives; as a behaviour problem, requiring marked shifts in the choices of millions
of organisations and billions of people; as the stimulus for an epochal shift inhistorical periods, away from the energy systems that were at the core of the process
of modernisation; as a long-term challenge that must deliver results over spans measured in generations; or as an immediate-term challenge that must be addressedby most, or all, of the world’s nations within just a few years. Climate change is all of these things, of course, but above all, the challenge is one of
leadership, co-ordination and collective action – and hence about institutions. Global, national and local systems – and the incentives that govern them – must bere-engineered to deliver a stable climate at the same time as supporting a population that is growing in size, wealth and aspirations.
The report sets out three scenarios for climate institutions between now and 2030, and calls on heads of government to improve policy co-ordination between climate change and broader global economic governance.
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Este livro representa um longo esforço cooperativo entre o Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Elétrica (CEPEL), o Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) e a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) para demonstrar o potencial para o uso em larga escala, a longo prazo, das energias solar e eólica no Brasil.
Assim como o "Atlas Brasileiro de Energia Solar", o livro é um dos resultados do projeto SWERA (Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment) para o Brasil, iniciado em 2001 como um projeto piloto gerenciado pelo UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) e co-financiado pelo GEF (Global Environment Facility). Em 2006 o projeto SWERA transformou-se em programa completo. Sua missão é prover informações de alta confiabilidade, em formatos convenientes, sobre recursos de energias renováveis em vários países ao redor do mundo, como também prover as ferramentas necessárias para aplicar tais informações de forma a facilitar as políticas e investimentos nessa área.
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