Guidelines For Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Of Asian Development Bank Projects

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9292577794

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Guidelines for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Asian Development Bank Projects by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Developing Asia has the world's fastest-growing rate of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly from power generation. This publication provides additional guidance for ADB clean energy projects. Developing Asia has the world's fastest-growing rate of greenhouse gas emissions, with the leading driver being emissions from power generation. Reducing these emissions is paramount to ensuring a sustainable future while responding to the threat of climate change. This publication provides Asian Development Bank energy sector staff, consultants, and other interested readers with an understanding of key concepts and principles for estimating and reporting on the climate change impacts of energy projects. These guidelines provide more detail on estimating the emissions reductions attributable to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789292577803

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Guidelines for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions of ADB Projects by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Developing Asia has the world's fastest-growing rate of greenhouse gas emissions, with the leading driver being emissions from power generation. Reducing these emissions is paramount to ensuring a sustainable future while responding to the threat of climate change. This publication provides Asian Development Bank energy sector staff, consultants, and other interested readers with an understanding of key concepts and principles for estimating and reporting on the climate change impacts of energy projects. These guidelines provide more detail on estimating the emissions reductions attributable to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9292617664

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting for ADB Energy Project Economic Analysis by Asian Development Bank Pdf

This guidance note focuses on economic analysis of greenhouse gas emissions effects of projects in the energy sector. Recommendations seek to make practices consistent across cost-benefit calculations. Reporting of emissions of energy projects outside of economic analysis uses a different point of comparison (a baseline scenario) than does economic analysis (a without project scenario). As economic analysis needs to use a consistent set of scenarios across benefit streams, the note recommends and illustrates the use of a without project scenario for calculating emissions effects in project economic analysis.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789292570781

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Economic Analysis of Climate-Proofing Investment Projects by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Climate change represents an increasing threat to the continued development of the people, preservation of ecosystems, and economic growth of Asia and the Pacific. Mainstreaming climate risk management in all aspects of development is thus key to an effective transition to climate-resilient development pathways. ADB's climate risk management framework aims to reduce risks resulting from climate change to investment projects in Asia and the Pacific. A key step in this framework is the technical and economic valuation of climate-proofing measures. This report describes the conduct of the cost-benefit analysis of climate proofing investment projects. An important message is that the presence of uncertainty about climate change does not invalidate the conduct of the economic analysis of investment projects, nor does it require a new type of economic analysis. However, the presence of uncertainty does require a different type of decision-making process in which technical and economic expertise combine to present decision makers with the best possible information on the economic efficiency of alternative designs of investment projects.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292574000

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Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Manual for Clean Development Mechanism Projects by Asian Development Bank Pdf

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a market mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol, has been successful in supporting mitigation actions through carbon inance. With nearly 7,700 projects and 290 Program of Activities registered by the CDM Executive Board, the CDM allows GHG emission reduction projects in developing countries to generate Certiied Emission Reductions which can be used to ofset mandatory or voluntary emission reduction targets. It however requires a robust monitoring, reporting, and veriication (MRV) to ensure social and environmental integrity of such projects and the emissions reductions thereof. This MRV manual is intended to assist CDM project developers in understanding and managing the MRV requirements and process of their CDM projects in a simple step-by-step manner with the help of real examples and practical tips. While this MRV manual has been developed primarily to assist CDM project developers, it also aspires to be of help for projects participating in other existing and emerging market mechanisms. These may include bilateral mechanisms; voluntary carbon markets; regional, national, and subnational carbon markets; and any of the cooperative approaches and new market mechanism for the post-2020 carbon markets consequent to the Paris Agreement adopted at COP21 in December 2015. As carbon markets in the region evolve beyond CDM, there is a strong need to maintain and further build institutional capacities to ensure growth and enhanced efectivity of carbon markets---and this MRV manual is an efort in that direction.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789292579081

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Climate Change Operational Framework 2017-2030 by Asian Development Bank Pdf

The Climate Change Operational Framework 2017-2030 is intended to provide broad direction and guidance for enhancing resilience and strengthening climate actions in the operations and business processes of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It positions ADB to facilitate, collaboratively and proactively, a regional shift toward a low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development path. The operational framework provides guidance across all ADB sector and thematic groups to support climate adaptation and mitigation actions, operationalizing ADB's commitment to provide at least $6 billion per year in climate change financing from its own resources by 2020. It outlines actions and the institutional measures to be implemented to enable ADB to meet the climate needs of its developing members.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789292573737

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Emissions Trading Schemes and Their Linking by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Asia and the Pacific has achieved rapid economic expansion in the recent years and has become a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With more than half of the world’s population and high rates of economic growth, the region is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change and therefore must play its part in cutting GHG emissions. The Paris Agreement adopted last December 2015 at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP21 aims to restrict global warming to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to reach 1.5°C---which is especially relevant to Asia and the Pacific region given its vulnerability. This knowledge product highlights how robust policies on emissions trading systems (ETS) can be important tools in reducing GHG emissions in a cost-effective manner, as well as supporting the mobilization of finance together with deployment of innovative technologies. There are currently 17 ETSs in place in four continents and account for nearly 40% of global gross domestic product. In Asia and the Pacific region, there are 11 systems operating, with more being planned. The growing wealth of experience on ETSs can be valuable to support DMCs that are planning and designing new systems of their own. This knowledge product summarizes some of the most significant learning experiences to date and discusses some of the solutions to alleviate challenges that have been faced. It also examines the possibilities for future linked carbon markets in the region.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292577643

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Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Projects by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Project economic analysis is a tool used by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ensure that ADB operations comply with its Charter. The guidelines in this publication are a revised version of the 1997 edition. The revision responds to the changing development context and ADB operational priorities, and aims to address the recommendations of the ADB Quality-at-Entry Assessments for more methodological work on project economic analysis. The revised guidelines provide general principles for the conduct of project economic analysis, and should be read together with handbooks, technical reports, and other reference materials published by ADB dealing with sector-specific project economic analysis in detail.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789292576646

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Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Ecological complexity and diverse ecosystems give Central and West Asia rich natural resources and hydrocarbon reserves. Countries in this region are exposed to climate change risks, and there is growing recognition that their carbon-intensive economies necessitate greenhouse gas mitigation. This report assesses the costs, benefits, and investment opportunities for greenhouse gas reduction in the energy and transport sectors of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, and discusses indirect benefits of such reduction to human health and energy security. It gives policymakers, practitioners, and academics an overview of policy measures and technologies available for emission reduction, as well as scenarios of future emission trajectories in the three countries.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292577544

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Meeting Asia's Infrastructure Needs by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Infrastructure is essential for development. This report presents a snapshot of the current condition of developing Asia's infrastructure---defined here as transport, power, telecommunications, and water supply and sanitation. It examines how much the region has been investing in infrastructure and what will likely be needed through 2030. Finally, it analyzes the financial and institutional challenges that will shape future infrastructure investment and development.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789292549862

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Knowledge and Power by Asian Development Bank Pdf

This publication offers a snapshot of Asia's energy sources and how they are used, and presents recent developments and challenges that emphasize the urgency and necessity of sustainable energy initiatives. It features 15 recent noteworthy projects as case stories (contexts, solutions, results, and lessons) that were implemented in Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Philippines, and Uzbekistan in the areas of energy efficiency, solar energy, geothermal, waste-to-energy, advanced coal technology, and electricity interconnection.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292578565

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Catalyzing Green Finance by Asian Development Bank Pdf

A large financing need challenges climate-adjusted infrastructure in developing Asia, estimated at $26 trillion till 2030. This necessitates crowding-in private sources to meet financing, efficiency, and technology gaps. However, a lack of bankable projects is a major hurdle. This publication suggests one possible innovative financing approach. The Green Finance Catalyzing Facility (GFCF) proposes a blended finance framework for governments and development entities to better leverage development funds for risk mitigation, generate a pipeline of bankable green infrastructure projects, and directly catalyze private finance. The GFCF provides useful inputs for the current debate on mainstreaming green finance into country financial systems.

Author : Sushila Maharjan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Energy development
ISBN : UOM:39015069036443

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Small-scale Clean Development Mechanism Project Handbook by Sushila Maharjan Pdf

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292701185

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Asia in the Global Transition to Net Zero by Asian Development Bank Pdf

This report explores what a global transition to net zero could mean for Asia and the Pacific under a range of climate policy scenarios and provides recommendations. Developing Asia faces a climate policy crossroads. The region is highly vulnerable to climate change, even as it is an increasing contributor to the global climate crisis. This report models emission pathways based on commitments and pledges under the Paris Agreement and compares them with more optimal routes to net zero. It examines required transformations in the energy sector and land use and assesses socioeconomic implications. The report looks at policy costs, climate benefits, air quality co-benefits, and labor market outcomes, and discusses policies for an efficient and equitable transition.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251079201

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Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Greenhouse gas emissions by the livestock sector could be cut by as much as 30 percent through the wider use of existing best practices and technologies. FAO conducted a detailed analysis of GHG emissions at multiple stages of various livestock supply chains, including the production and transport of animal feed, on-farm energy use, emissions from animal digestion and manure decay, as well as the post-slaughter transport, refrigeration and packaging of animal products. This report represents the most comprehensive estimate made to-date of livestocks contribution to global warming as well as the sectors potential to help tackle the problem. This publication is aimed at professionals in food and agriculture as well as policy makers.