| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| Introducing the International Bioenergy Platform (IBEP) |
| The International Bioenergy Platform is being presented to the international community in the energy, agriculture and environment sectors as a mechanism for organizing and facilitating a multidisciplinary and global approach. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_060501_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_060501_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_060501_es.htm |
| Arabic: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_060501_ar.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| Bioenergy and the Clean Development Mechanism |
| This paper was presented at the 2nd World Conference on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection, 10-14 May 2004 in Rome, Italy.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050501_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050501_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050501_es.htm |
| Arabic: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050501_ar.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| Bioenergy |
| Bioenergy in general and wood energy in particular are the dominant sources of energy for about half of the world’s population who are the poorest of the poor, and who use this energy mainly for cooking. They have very limited access to other forms of energy such as electricity or liquid fuels.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050402_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050402_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050402_es.htm |
| Arabic: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050402_ar.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| Bioenergy : Committee on Agriculture |
| Clean and safe energy services are essential for achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, around two billion people, mostly living in rural areas of developing countries, are still without electricity or other modern energy services and rely largely on burning fuelwood and charcoal to meet their basic cooking and heating needs. At the international level, petroleum-based... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050403_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050403_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050403_es.htm |
| Arabic: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_en2/en2_050403_ar.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| GEF/FAO Workshop on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy: Experience, Strategies, and Project Development |
| An expert workshop was convened in Rome by the Global Environment Facility and FAO. The final report summarizes the presentations and discussions.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN10023_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN10023_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/EN10023_es.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| Summary Report of the "GEF-FAO Workshop on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy: Experience, Strategies, and Project Development" |
| This report is an overview of on an expert workshop held in Rome in June 2002 by the Global Environment Facility and FAO. The workshop addressed productive uses of renewable energy in developing countries; the 35 workshop participants came from development agencies, non-governmental organizations, private companies, research institutes, and universities in 15 countries. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN1001_en.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| The Role of Energy in Sustainable Development: Rio, Johannesburg and beyond |
| The Executive Summary and an abstract of this study are contributions to the ongoing discussions at the international level on sustainable development and, in particular, to the linkages between energy, agriculture, climate change and sustainable agriculture and rural development - SARD. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0803_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0803_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0803_es.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| FAO implementing pico-hidro and solar projects in remote areas of Honduras |
| FAO recently signed an agreement in order to prepare a rural energy policy for Honduras. This paper discusses various pico-hidro and solar projects undertaken in connection with this agreement. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0601_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0601_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2002/EN0601_es.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| The Commission for Sustainable Development addresses energy |
| The Comission for Sustainable Development is the body of the United Nations charged with following up on proposals decided upon at the |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/EN0301_es.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| Biomass fuels: "The time is right, but the pricing isn't" |
| Interview with SD's Senior Energy Coordinator, Gustavo Best, about biomass fuels and other alternative energy sources. |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/frdirect/EGre0035.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/spdirect/EGre0034.htm |
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