Rice cultivation is responsible for 10% of GHG emissions from agriculture (Figure 1). In developing countries, the share of rice in GHG emissions from agriculture is even higher, e.g., it was 16% in 1994. A variety of technologies are presented on ClimateTechWiki for reducing emissions from rice cultivation.
The inaugural report of the 1 Gigaton Coalition, entitled Narrowing the Emissions Gap: Contributions from renewable energy and energy efficiency activities, is now available, and details the emissions saved after analysing nearly 6,000 renewable energy and energy efficiency activities in developing countries. They show the potential for further emissions reductions if programmes and initiatives are supported further to replicate successful projects more widely.
This report provides analysis to support the Asian off-grid lighting market by (1) guiding enterprises: in formulating their strategy to enter/scale up in these markets and (2) assisting investors, including financial institutions and regulatory authorities in understanding these markets and in identifying potential opportunities to catalyze their growth.
Ethiopia recently hosted the largest geothermal energy conference in East Africa - the ARGeo 6. The conference was the sixth of the biennial event, following on from other successful meetings across the region over recent years. Carbon Counts was invited to present on its recent work in Uganda on the formulation of geothermal energy policy and law.
This report provides the results of a review of the evidence that investments in electricity-generating capacity have benefits for poor people, and what factors influence that relationship. The review begins by elucidating a theory to break down the causal chain between additional renewable electricity generation capacity and poverty impacts in four stages or links, which can be formulated as four research questions: (1) What is the link between increased renewable electricity capacity and higher availability and reliability of supply?
Emissions of GHGs are affected by the amounts and types of fertilisers applied, so judicious choice of fertiliser application rates and fertiliser types can reduce emissions. Rice cultivation is responsible for 10% of GHG emissions from agriculture. In developing countries, the share of rice in GHG emissions from agriculture is even higher, e.g., it was 16% in 1994.
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines has developed a new mitigation technology for methane known as alternate wetting and drying (AWD) (IRRI, 2009). AWD is a watersaving and methane mitigation technology that lowland (paddy) rice farmers can use to reduce their water consumption in irrigated fields. Rice fields using this technology are alternately flooded and dried. The number of days of drying the soil in AWD can vary according to the type of soil and the cultivar from 1 day to more than 10 days.
Summary of the Joint Crediting Mechanism proposed by the government of Japan through the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ).
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Practical Action Consulting Bangladesh, first launched the research findings from the Poor People's Energy Outlook 2016 at the Asia Clean Energy Forum in Manilla, Philippines on the 8th June 2016. This presentation formed part of a panel discussion on increasing energy access called 'Integrated Resources Planning Revisited: Synergizing Energy Access Solutions in National Plans'. While the presentation captured the full scope of the PPEO 2016 research, it focussed in particular on the findings from Bangladesh.
