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This report describes how the growing global energy demand is leading to an even more growing need for low-carbon technologies. The guide seeks to provide decision makers with tools and steps for developing and implementing a strategic plan for smart grids at the national, regional or municipal level. Improvements in energy efficiency and increased use of renewable energy sources are outlined as instrumental to the decarbonisation of electricity generation needed limit temperature rise to two degrees Celsius by 2050.