Discussion paper: Marginal cost of CER supply and implications of demand sources estimates the marginal cost of supplying certified emissions reduction units (CERs) from projects that are currently registered under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The paper developed a supply curve using data on the individual ability of projects to potentially supply CERs over the period up to 2020, and analyse changes to the supply curve based on a number of scenarios which restrict the eligibility of CERs based on the timing of emission reductions, the timing of project investment decisions and registration under the CDM, as well as an assessment of the extent to which projects are vulnerable to the risk of discontinuing abatement activities without CER revenues.
Tracking SDG7: The energy progress report provides a global dashboard on progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7). The report is a joint effort of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), which the United Nations (UN) has named as global custodian agencies, responsible for collecting and reporting on country-by-country energy indicators for reporting on SDG7.
Reducing poverty, improving health and livelihoods, and enhancing the resiliency of vulnerable communities are moral imperatives of our times. Indeed, they are central goals of governments, development agencies and banks, and national and international organizations around the world. However, achieving these goals in the 21st century will be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, if the world fails to address climate change adequately.
This paper Public Finance and Climate Change Adaptation: Could Adaptation Policies Foster Public Fiscal Sustainability? The Case of Italy analyses the link between adaptation investment against flooding and how it affects the public budget and its sustainability in the medium run.
This research Analyzing the Coordinated Impacts of Climate Policies for Financing Adaptation and Development Actions investigates the effects on GDP and public budget of developed and developing countries of a coastal protection expenditure aimed to offset completely land lost to sea-level rise.