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The IEA estimates subsidies to fossil fuels that are consumed directly by end-users or consumed as inputs to electricity generation. The price-gap approach, the most commonly applied methodology for quantifying consumption subsidies, is used for this analysis1. It...Read More

At the March 2000 first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development (which is helping governments prepare for the ninth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, CSD-9), the subject of how...Read More

Energy subsidies are widespread across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), accounting for about half of global energy subsidies. While these subsidies provide some support to poor consumers, their benefits go mainly to the better-off. Read More

The central message of this report is that the international community must come together in a common effort to transform the global energy system over the coming decades, and that pol- icy-makers and business leaders must place much greater emphasis on transforming...Read More

UNDP’s “Making Progress on Environmental Sustainability: lessons and recommendations in over 150 country experiences” documents the progress countries have made towards environmental sustainability.  It is clear from this analysis that most counties are not yet on...Read More

This document aims to provide host country governments with guidance on the policy options that are available to make the most of investment opportunities in clean energy infrastructure, drawing on the collective expertise of the climate and investment communities...Read More

Sustainable Energy is the sixth in the series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) on the state of Arab environment. The report highlights the need for more efficient management of the energy sector, in view of enhancing...Read More

As indicators are increasingly being used for shaping political ends, light should be shed on these underlying conceptions. Our analysis of the Adjusted Net Savings (ANS, the sustainability indicator proposed by the World Bank) attempts to illustrate these normative...Read More

This study examines whether non-energy raw material supply bottlenecks could occur in the transition to a fully sustainable energy system. Such a transition is represented in The Energy Report, published in 2011 by WWF and Ecofys, which shows a way to almost 100%...Read More

Policies to reduce energy intensity can be tough to implement, but Middle Eastern economies need to address this thorny issue if they are to meet growing power demand and compete on the world stage. Read More