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experimentally show that a large information intervention about a profitable and climate-friendly household investment had limited … data that arise due to limited mental energy and time. The paper studies a range of possible mechanisms and finds …
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mental energy to learn about technological features that maximize returns …
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trade obstacles that make bio fuels less competitive. He concluded by saying that the goal of World Bank's new Investment … Framework for Clean Energy and Development is to provide advice, technical assistance, and investment programs to help the …Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, remarked that a key goal of the World Bank is supporting developing …
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This policy note is a summary of the findings of a joint study of the Energy Research Institute of the National … Development and Reform Commission, and the World Bank. The policy note is organized as follows: the next section, 'in the shadow … of king coal,' provides a brief history of the development of renewable energy (RE) in China during the last three …
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Concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies have a clear potential for scaling up renewable energy at the utility … surge in demand for solar thermal power generation projects in several World Bank Group (WBG) partner countries shows that … CST could indeed become an important renewable energy technology that would be able to provide an alternative to …
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Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, review the commitment to the U.N. Decade for … Sustainable Energy for All. The initiative is a multi-stakeholder partnership working with governments, businesses, civil society …, banks and international institutions to meet three interlinked goals by 2030: (i) ensuring energy access to more than 1 …
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The paper deals with the economics of sustainability associated with the transformation of energy markets. It … emphasizes the interrelations between technical changes and energy markets and how in turn the resulting transformations alter … thereof) is intimately linked to the ability of energy rich economies to adapt and transform. The agenda is especially …
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Sustainable energy is at the heart of the global development and climate change agenda. Reaching the targets set by the … United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) will require a rapid increase in energy access, renewable energy and … the efficient use of existing energy resources. Public debate centers on securing adequate finance to meet these global …
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Myanmar is rich in natural resources and is a global biodiversity hotspot. Myanmar's forests and fishing industry are two significant contributors to the economy, and yet these sectors are also potentially under threat from over exploitation and mismanagement. The management of solid waste, air...
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