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Second Annual Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation: Energy Efficiency Workshop
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2011
Under the auspices of the Second Annual Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation, the Energy Efficiency Workshop was held on 20–21 June 2011 at the Asian Development Bank. The workshop—whose proceedings are documented in this publication prepared under the Law...
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Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation: Special Roundtable to Develop a Regional Action Plan for Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance,...
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2011
Under the auspices of the Second Annual Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation, the Special Roundtable to Develop a Regional Plan of Action for Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation was held on 24 June 2011 at the Asian Development Bank. This...
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Inaugural Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Clean Energy Governance, Policy, and Regulation: Sharing New Ideas for Asia Clean Energy Future
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2010
In response to the growing demand of energy policy makers and regulators in the Asia and Pacific region for additional knowledge support on clean energy, this publication—prepared under the Law and Policy Reform Program of the Office of the General Counsel—presents lessons learned from...
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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - eSocialSciences - 2005
The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in developing countries, but little is known about their impact. This paper studies the productivity and distributional effects of large dams in India. To account for endogenous...
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Behaviour and Performance of a Water Resource System in Québec (Canada) Under Adapted Operating Policies in a Climate Change Context
Minville, Marie; Krau, Stéphane; Brissette, François; … - In: Water Resources Management 24 (2010) 7, pp. 1333-1352
The behaviour of the water resource system of the Peribonka River (Quebec, Canada) exploited for hydropower is … projections, the analysis of simulations in the context of climate change shows an increase in hydropower and in annual …
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Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation, Crops and Hydropower in Vietnam
Gebretsadik, Yohannes; Fant, Charles; Strzepek, Kenneth - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
Vietnam is among the countries that are assumed to be highly affected by the impacts of climate change through sea level rise; increased temperature and changes in precipitation resulting in changes in crop water requirements and yields; and changes in ri
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Some Aspects of Ice-Hydropower Interaction in a Changing Climate
Gebre, Solomon; Timalsina, Netra; Alfredsen, Knut - In: Energies 7 (2014) 3, pp. 1641-1655
Ice formation and related processes in rivers and lakes/reservoirs influence the operation of hydropower plants in cold … regions. It is a matter of interest to the scientific community and hydropower operators alike how existing ice effects and … may have both positive and negative consequences for hydropower operation. Positive consequences emerge from reduction in …
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa
Ringler, Claudia; Shewmake, Sharon; Deressa, Temesgen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Adaptation Strategies in Ethiopia by Assefa Admassie, Berhanu Adenew, and Abebe Tadege Brief 7: Micro-Level Analysis of Farmers … of Farmers' Choice of Adaptation Methods and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia by Temesgen T … on Investment Decisions in Ethiopia by Paul J. Block, Kenneth Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao Brief 14 …
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Integrated management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under climate variability and climate change hydropower and irrigation modeling: Hydropower and irrigation modeling [in Amh...
Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rajagopalan, Balaji - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Ethiopia possesses abundant water resources and hydropower potential, yet less than 5 percent of irrigable land in the …. Consequently, the Ethiopian government is pursuing plans to develop hydropower and irrigation along the Blue Nile River in an …, initiates from Ethiopia through the Blue Nile and Atbara Rivers, Ethiopia has limited rights to use these resources. Egypt and …
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Integrated management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under climate variability and climate change hydropower and irrigation modeling: Hydropower and irrigation modeling
Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rajagopalan, Balaji - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Ethiopia possesses abundant water resources and hydropower potential, yet less than 5 percent of irrigable land in the …. Consequently, the Ethiopian government is pursuing plans to develop hydropower and irrigation along the Blue Nile River in an …, initiates from Ethiopia through the Blue Nile and Atbara Rivers, Ethiopia has limited rights to use these resources. Egypt and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996808