Resources

Distributed energy resource (DER) maps can help government planners and regulators, utilities, and other stakeholders make better decisions on distributed energy investment and use.

• 11/24/2020

Whether they are developed through the public or private sector, rural climate services have the potential to equally benefit women and men if they respond to gender-specific challenges.

• 11/23/2020

Africa has the least developed weather and climate observation network and it is deteriorating.

• 11/23/2020

Valuable research exists on the impact of climate variability and change on farmers and the types of climate-related information farmers need for decision-making.

• 11/23/2020

USAID’s Energy Efficiency for Development program is a global initiative that provides technical resources and expert advice to USAID partner countries.

• 11/17/2020

By reducing the amount of inputs needed to provide a desired energy service, energy efficiency minimizes the financial costs of energy and alleviates other negative effects.

• 11/17/2020

Energy efficiency policies support important goals in developing countries.

• 11/17/2020

In East Africa’s semi-arid regions, low and unreliable returns leave many herders in poverty while degrading the natural resource base for future production.

• 11/13/2020

Utility-scale (front-of-the-meter), battery energy storage systems (BESS) are beginning to transform electricity generation, transmission, and distribution systems in the United States and Western Europe.

• 11/13/2020

Climate change adaptation literature on pastoralists often embraces a systems approach that uses aggregate analysis, giving a false assumption of community homogeneity.

• 10/28/2020

Conventional anaerobic digestion to produce biogas is a proven, well known technology in the renewable energy and waste management sectors. 

• 10/16/2020

Livestock production is risky and often inefficient in Ethiopia. 

• 10/14/2020

Parametric insurance reduces financial risks to large, utility-scale hydro, wind, and solar power investments from extreme weather or climate events.

• 10/13/2020

Este informe del proyecto Paisajes Productivos (ProLand) resume las conclusiones de un análisis en México, concentrado en las lecciones aprendidas de las experiencias de modelos menos conocidos de empresas forestales comunitarias (EFC).

• 10/07/2020

In Papua New Guinea, the agriculture, forestry, and other land use sectors are responsible for nearly three quarters of all national greenhouse gas emissions.

• 10/02/2020