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 …

mental energy to learn about technological features that maximize returns …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …