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Climate finance and due diligence

Climate finance is about directing financial means into low-carbon and circular parts of the economy, thereby improving their competitiveness and allowing them to grow at the expense of the linear, extractive and fossil fuel parts of the economy. Due diligences look into assessing the environmental integrity of GHG abatement initiatives, their viability and the credibility of the associated counterparts.

Marrying bottom-up sustainable biomass initiatives with top-down REDD+ There are two approaches to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) that... read more
Retrofitting a 1943 ferrochrome smelter in Aktobe, Kazakhstan Kazchrome is the second largest producer and supplier of chromium alloys in the... read more
Reforestation and avoiding forest fires in Bulgaria The World Bank supports afforestation, reforestation and improved forest management activities in Bulgaria... read more
SimGas: modular biogas systems for East Africa SimGas designs, produces and installs biogas systems for households in Africa and... read more
Bio-energy from Montenegrin forests Drafting a roadmap and providing trainings on bio-energy opportunities within the national... read more
Accelerating the adoption of solar water heaters in India with CarbonBay With about 300 clear sunny days in a year, India is gifted... read more
Option Review for Kazakhstan to Participate in the International Carbon Market Kazakhstan was a party to both the Climate Convention and the Kyoto... read more
Carbon offsetting in Europe post 2012: Kyoto Protocol, EU ETS, and effort sharing A legal and regulatory analysis of JI and offset mechanisms in the... read more
Due diligence on a credit line for energy efficiency in SMEs in Ukraine Investments in improving the energy efficiency of small businesses are affected by... read more
Due diligence on a credit line for energy efficiency in residential buildings in Ukraine Ukraine ranks among the world’s most energy intensive economies. The residential housing... read more
Methane reduction in the palm oil industry The palm oil industry is concentrated in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. An... read more
Energy modernization of multi-apartment buildings in Estonia Estonia inherited an energy inefficient building stock from the Soviet era. Kredex... read more
Reducing potent greenhouse gas emissions in the Russian aluminium industry Under the Kyoto Protocol, Russian companies could trade emission reductions from their... read more
Household biogas appliances for Orissa, India The Orissa Household Biogas Programme supports the adoption biogas digesters by rural households in... read more
Accelerating the adoption of household biodigesters in Nepal The Biogas Support Program (BSP) supports the adoption of biogas applications in Nepalese... read more
Sustainable waste management in Ukraine The Boryspil and Browary landfills are located near Kiev in Ukraine. Installing... read more
Decision Support Tool to quantify the biogas potential of different feedstocks Biodigesters can produce valuable methane from a range of feedstocks. End-I AG... read more
Biogas in Nepal: Pioneering UN-registered carbon offset projects at household level Creating a price incentive for developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was... read more

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topics

  • Blog posts and articles
  • Circular economy
  • Circular economy quick scans and tools
  • Climate finance and due diligence
  • Climate policy
  • Deep awareness and engagement
  • Metabolic analysis of flows and stocks
  • Rebound effect and sufficiency
  • Renewable energy and energy efficiency
  • Sector research and policy support

sectors

  • Agriculture and forestry
  • Construction
  • Energy and power
  • Finance
  • Households and SMEs
  • Industry
  • Mining and quarrying
  • Textiles
  • Transport
  • Waste
  • Water

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