The UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2017 presents an assessment of current national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement.
The paper Understanding and Assessing Equity in Protected Area Conservation: a Matter of Governance, Rights, Social Impacts and Human Wellbeing aims to support managers and policy makers progress towards more equitable conservation of protected area (PA).
The Contribution of Forests to National Income in Ethiopia and Linkages with REDD+ presents the outcome of the assessment of the contribution of forest ecosystems to Ethiopia's national income (GDP). It shows that the contribution is considerably larger than previously thought.
This report Leveraging the Smart Grid: The Effect of Real-Time Information on Consumer Decisions reviews the literature on the impact of real-time information provision on consumer decision-making. In addition, it describes the results of a study in which about 7000 households in Ontario, Canada were provided with in-home displays linked to smart meters that provided real-time feedback on electricity consumption. The results show that electricity consumption declines by about 3% as a result of information feedback, that the reduction in demand is sustained for at least five months, and that it is highly correlated with outdoor temperature.
The role of technology transfer in the mitigation of climate change has been strongly emphasized in the recent policy debate. This paper Technology Diffusion and Climate Policy: A Network Approach and its Application to Wind Energy offers a network-based perspective on the issue.