Energy Services For Sustainable Development In Rural Areas In Asia And The Pacific

Author : United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211204356

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Energy Services for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas in Asia and the Pacific by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

It is predicted that over the next two decades, sustained economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region will require energy services in an order of magnitude much larger than today's to meet the energy needs of industrialisation and improved living standards. However, the situation in many rural areas is critically different as local demands for energy often outstrip availability. It is estimated that more than a billion people in rural areas of the Asia-Pacific region lack access to modern energy services, leading to a dependence on non-commercial energy supplies to meet basic needs. Energy is essential for domestic purposes, such as cooking, heating and lighting, as well as for agricultural and rural industry purposes. This means that the objectives of many of the Millennium Development Goals will not be met unless rapid progress is made in extending efficient and affordable energy services to the poor in support of development activities. This publication is largely based on materials and papers presented at the 2004 UNESCAP Expert Group Meeting on Energy Services for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas. However, it also touches on how enhancing eco-efficiency can be a strategy to address the growing pressure on environmental sustainability resulting from the region's rapid economic growth.

Author : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210605700

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Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Energy in Asia and the Pacific by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

This publication is the theme study for the 73rd session of Commission to be held in May 2017. The main purpose of the publication is to call on policymakers in Asia and the Pacific for urgent actions to transition national energy sectors to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly Goal 7. The energy sector transition is the only way to address the sizeable energy deficit which impede progress in energy access in a number of member countries. It will also address gaps between current commitments under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change and lack of coherent energy strategic and policy frameworks and actions held back progress of SDG7.

Author : Kala Mulqueeny,Peter du Pont
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292545338

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Attaining Sustainable Energy Access for All by Kala Mulqueeny,Peter du Pont Pdf

The energy policy of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) focuses on maximizing energy access, promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy, and promoting improved governance and capacity in the energy sector to strengthen the capacity of developing member countries to meet critical energy needs. This publication seeks to further ADB's efforts to promote knowledge sharing among stakeholders and help identify the policy, regulatory, and legal barriers to energy access; design and implement effective frameworks; and develop strategies to scale up energy access for all. This publication also seeks to serve as a reference for stakeholders and menu of options for further action.

Author : United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000117476477

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High-level Regional Meeting on Energy for Sustainable Development by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

The role of energy has been widely recognized as central to achieving the goals of sustainable development. Unfortunately, as many as two billion people or almost one third of the world's population have no access to modern energy services. Ironically a majority of these people live in the Asia-Pacific region. This publication contains the Bali Declaration and the Action Programme as well as the findings and outcome emanating from the NGO Symposium and the Business Forum. It succinctly captures the outcome of the regional initiatives taken by ESCAP to develop regional perspectives that are shared and owned by members and associate member countries of ESCAP. It is a useful reference for everyone who is committed to work towards a future of sustainable energy.

Author : Jun Tian (Economist),Sean Ratka,Kimberly Roseberry
Publisher : UN
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112116028082

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2016 Regional Trends Report by Jun Tian (Economist),Sean Ratka,Kimberly Roseberry Pdf

The 2016 Regional Trends Report on Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific supports the implementation of the SDG7 and outcomes of the Asian and Pacific Energy Forum 2013.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : UN
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112116028983

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Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Energy in Asia and the Pacific by United Nations Publications Pdf

This publication is the theme study for the 73rd session of Commission to be held in May 2017. The main purpose of the publication is to call on policymakers in Asia and the Pacific for urgent actions to transition national energy sectors to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly Goal 7. The energy sector transition is the only way to address the sizeable energy deficit which impede progress in energy access in a number of member countries. It will also address gaps between current commitments under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change and lack of coherent energy strategic and policy frameworks and actions held back progress of SDG7.

Author : Oktoviano Gandhi,Dipti Srinivasan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030419523

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Sustainable Energy Solutions for Remote Areas in the Tropics by Oktoviano Gandhi,Dipti Srinivasan Pdf

This book covers multifaceted aspects of sustainable energy solutions for remote areas in the tropics, particularly focusing on Southeast Asia. With insights from both the academic world and real-life implementation, readers will gain an overview of the range of energy problems currently facing the remote tropics, and what potential solutions are available. The book provides a detailed overview of various energy needs in the Southeast Asian tropics, a region where a significant portion of the population still lives without access to electricity. It not only addresses technical solutions to the energy problems but also tackles the social and wider implications, offering readers a more holistic understanding of the potential held by renewable energy. The chapters are structured to present first an overview of the problem at hand, and then a description of the technologies that could potentially solve it. Applications of the technologies; business models that are now available or being developed; the impact of the technologies; and future, more sustainable solutions are all discussed. Given its in-depth analysis, the book will be of interest to energy professionals in the tropics, energy policymakers, and students studying sustainable energy.

Author : United Nations,United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211205441

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Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific by United Nations,United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

Over the past few years, energy security and sustainable development have moved up the global agenda. There are two main reasons for this: first, the impact of high and often volatile energy prices; second, concerns over environmental sustainability and particularly about the global climate. Both issues are critically important for Asia and the Pacifica region in which impressive economic growth has boosted the demand for energy and put corresponding strains on the environment. The publication gives a detailed overview on available energy resources, supply and demand, financing, policy and cooperation in the regions. It also describes energy situation in least developed countries, landlocked and small island developing countries, and suggests policy options for energy security and sustainable development.

Author : Antoine Halff,Benjamin K. Sovacool,Jon Rozhon
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191504907

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Energy Poverty by Antoine Halff,Benjamin K. Sovacool,Jon Rozhon Pdf

This edited volume looks at energy poverty, an issue whose pivotal role in the fight for human development is only now being recognised by policymakers. Nearly one quarter of humanity still lacks access to electricity. Close to one third rely on traditional fuels like firewood and cow dung for cooking, at great cost to their health and welfare. While most prevalent in parts of Africa and Asia, energy poverty is a global problem which concerns us all. This book, which brings together economists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and other practitioners from all over the world, is dedicated to a single goal: finding a solution to this haunting problem. It is part history, part economics, part political analysis, part business case review, and part field handbook. Part One focuses on defining and measuring the problem and benchmarking progress in solving it, an obvious prerequisite to any successful energy-access policy. Part Two reviews past and current energy access programs, with an eye towards finding out what worked and what didn't and what can be replicated elsewhere. These case reviews are told as seen on the ground - China's experience by top Chinese officials and Africa's by African regulators and scholars. Based in part on those cases, the book's last, more forward-looking section aims to present practitioners with a tool kit, a menu of options to speed up their efforts. The energy access agenda is gaining traction at a time of rising concerns about climate change and resource constraints. This book shows that bringing modern energy to those who lack it not just a moral imperative, but will likely benefit the world as a whole without harming the environment or unduly stretching finite resources.

Author : Mike O. Odey,Toyin Falola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315282961

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Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa by Mike O. Odey,Toyin Falola Pdf

A fundamental question about contemporary Africa is why does Africa remain so poor, long after the departure of the European Colonial domination and in the midst of so many natural resources? Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa provides new understandings of the persistent issue of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and makes recommendations for policy frameworks to help African governments alleviate poverty. Each chapters uses case studies to review the old strategies for resolving the problem of poverty in the continent and make the case for new initiatives to address poverty. The contributors focus on practical and day-to-day issues as the best approach to formulate and implement poverty reduction strategies in contemporary Africa. This book is invaluable reading for students and scholars of African politics and development.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : UN
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Nature
ISBN : UIUC:30112116028090

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Towards a Sustainable Future by United Nations Publications Pdf

This report, aimed at policy makers from Asia and the Pacific, provides a historical perspective on regional energy connectivity and its implementation challenges, as well as outlining an action plan for accelerated regional energy integration to bring shared benefits to ESCAP's member States. The report concludes that energy connectivity can increase the supply and reduce the cost of energy, while lowering its social and environmental costs and addressing the challenges of energy security. Regional cooperation in energy has been evolving mainly through five subregional clusters -- South-East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, North-East Asia, and the Pacific. A great many resources have been spent on bringing the subregions together; however, overall results remain below the potential. One of the main reasons for the slow progress is the decision-making process for cross-border projects. Energy markets do not connect by themselves; in the next few decades, actions will be needed to build physical energy networks, institutional connectivity and, most importantly, trust between nations to meet the Region's two most important challenges -- overcoming energy poverty and mitigating climate change. Governments, policymakers, and experts must work together in partnership with the private sector to provide sustainable energy for all by 2050 by connecting Asian energy networks and building institutions of integration. ESCAP is in a unique position to lead such a transformative partnership for ensuring that regional energy connectivity creates incentive structures and institutions to deliver cost-effective energy for the entire Region. It is time to build energy connectivity for an interdependent Asia and the Pacific -- prosperous and connected -- thus ending Asian economic dependence on a single source or a single fuel.

Author : Greg I. Johnson
Publisher : AVRDC-WorldVegetableCenter
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290581697

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The Vegetable Industry in Tropical Asia by Greg I. Johnson Pdf

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292571122

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Sustainable Energy for All Status Report by Asian Development Bank Pdf

The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative is the global effort rallying action towards a transformation in the energy sector by the year 2030. With targets to increase energy use, expand energy efficiency, and ensure energy access for all, SE4All's priorities are tied closely to the challenges of developing Asia and the Pacific, which is confronting issues of energy sustainability, security, and widespread energy poverty. In the interest of combining efforts and resources to meet the challenge, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific have partnered to act as the leading organizations for the SE4All Regional Hub for Asia and the Pacific. Together, they are supporting actions among developing countries in the region that will put them on track to transform their energy sectors, in line with SE4All. This report summarizes the initial activities of the Regional Hub, and contextualizes the challenges in Asia and the Pacific with the global efforts to reach the 2030 targets.

Author : Benjamin K. Sovacool,Ira Martina Drupady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317143741

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Energy Access, Poverty, and Development by Benjamin K. Sovacool,Ira Martina Drupady Pdf

This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offers a compendium of the most interesting renewable energy case studies over the last ten years from one of the most diverse regions in the world. Through an in-depth exploration of case studies in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka, the authors highlight the applicability of different approaches and technologies and illuminates how household and commercial innovations occur (or fail to occur) within particular energy governance regimes. It also, uniquely, explores successful case studies alongside failures or "worst practice" examples that are often just as revealing as those that met their targets. Based on these successes and failures, the book presents twelve salient lessons for policymakers and practitioners wishing to expand energy access and raise standards of living in some of the world's poorest communities. It also develops an innovative framework consisting of 42 distinct factors that explain why some energy development interventions accomplish all of their goals while others languish to achieve any.

Author : J. Stoner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230115439

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Global Sustainability as a Business Imperative by J. Stoner Pdf

This first volume in the series addresses the pressing need to align business practices with the requirements of a sustainable world. Delivering new models for conducting business, implications of undertaking new approaches, and ways businesses are transforming and being transformed by their environments.