The research area of the project is "Electrification through grid and decentralized systems", which is one of the five research areas under the ENERGIA Gender and Energy Research Programme Framework (a Five-Year Sub-Programme on "Gender and Sustainable Energy for All", supported by the DFID ). This programme aims to build...
WiRES (Women in Renewable Energy Sector) is a project about women and green jobs. It was implemented in 2009 and 2010 by Adapt, the Association for International and Comparative Studies in Labour Law and Industrial Relations, in cooperation with its partners: the University of Szeged (Hungary) and the Union for...
Since 2012, the Bank has been providing technical assistance to its regional member countries for engaging on a green growth pathway. As part of this technical assistance project, the Sierra Leonean authorities requested the Bank to assist government officials and national stakeholders to consider key challenges and identify major opportunities...
Sustainable development will strongly depend on the secure and safe availability of food, water, energy, and industrial raw materials, which will increasingly be based on renewable resources. In this rapidly evolving context, the fundamental challenge is to frame the reliance on biomass without undermining the long-term productivity of agriculture and...
The objective of the Sustainable Land, Water and Biodiversity Conservation, and Management for Improved Livelihoods in Uttarakhand Watershed Sector Project for India is to improve the productive potential of natural resources and increase incomes of rural inhabitants in selected watersheds through socially inclusive, institutionally and environmentally sustainable approaches. The project...
This project aims to facilitate public participation in the decision-making process for sustainable development as well as to reveal the degree of implementation of the Inter-American Strategy for Public Participation in Decision Making for Sustainable Development (ISP) in DR-CAFTA countries. It also seeks to improve access to information and to facilitate...