This report identifies and assesses best practices for inclusive green growth in Morocco and it focuses on agriculture, energy and waste management. The report contributed to informing the Fifth Issue of the Sustainable Development Report on Africa, which was produced under the theme "Promoting sustainable development in Africa through inclusive...
The present report on inclusive green growth in Ghana provides an account of the overall policy framework and mechanisms to promote inclusive green growth (IGG) in the country. It documents good practices, success stories and lessons learned in selected sectors of the country’s economy. The report contributed to informing the...
The main objective of the present report is to document good practices and lessons learned on inclusive green growth from selected case studies in South Africa. The report contributed to informing the Fifth Issue of the Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA-V) produced under the theme “Achieving sustainable development in...
In late 2009, Indonesia made a voluntary commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 per cent by 2020, or by 41 per cent with international assistance, compared to business as usual. The country aims to achieve 87 per cent of this goal by reducing emissions from deforestation and...
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to enable developing countries to sell carbon credits to developed countries. According to this ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, China’s extraordinary embrace of the market opportunities afforded by the CDM has...
The energy sector is a pillar of Québec’s regional competitiveness, and the province is also making investments to improve its specialisation in renewable energy. Québec is currently implementing an ambitious energy strategy that aims to increase the installed hydroelectric capacity further and to support other renewable energy sectors. Smaller-scale renewable...
This case study concentrates on the island of Lolland in the Region Zealand in Denmark, home to 46,000 people. It used to be a manufacturing and agricultural powerhouse due to its shipbuilding industry and intensive sugar beet production, supported by Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies. During the 1990s and 2000s...
North Karelia (NK) in Finland is a forerunner in the field of sustainable energy. Being a remote region with extremely cold winters, NK requires a lot of heating, but energy is expensive to import. In these conditions, the region’s vast wood reserves offer clear potential for fuel wood. In these...
Renewable energy offers Prince Edward Island (PEI) a local source of power that is competitive with imported power. Because the island has no fossil fuel reserves and no opportunities for hydroelectric power, electricity has always been expensive. Electricity imports are constrained by the capacity of the two submarine cables linking...