The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) provides green financing targeted at small and medium-sized projects with tangible, positive environmental impacts in the Nordic region – and in particular the Baltic Sea. Through its extensive fund management, activities in the Arctic and Barent
Small hydropower
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationFinlandRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyForestryHuman healthTransportWaste managementWater
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationChinaRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseRenewable energy
The International Center on Small Hydropower (ICSHP) is a public and non-profit institution under the auspices of UNIDO, China's Ministry of Water Resources(MWR) and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). It serves as headquarters of the International Network on Small Hydropower(INSHP),an international
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationUnited KingdomRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyEnergy efficiency
Practical Action Consulting (PAC) is the consulting arm of Practical Action, an international non-governmental organisation that uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries.
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Knowledge partnerKnowledge partnerCountry of registrationJapanRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberKnowledge PartnerSector(s) of expertiseRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyForestryTransportWaste management
The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationSwitzerlandRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyForestryIndustryTransportWaste managementWater
South Pole is a leading provider of global sustainability services, with more than 300 experts in over 18 offices worldwide.
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationSpainRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyWater
OIKO LOGICA is a private sector organization established in 2003 with the mission to help communities and governments in vulnerable countries to prepare, face, integrate, comprehend, assimilate and absorb the challenge of climate change and sustainable development.
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Central American states are aware of the implications of the climate change challenge and are attempting to combat it through the use of the abundant renewable resources of the region for energy generation and fossil fuels substitution. At the international level, the markets for greenhouse gas emission reductions and renewable electricity certificates have been fragmented. This picture is changing but a great deal of knowledge is required from the project developers to maximise the carbon benefits for their projects.
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Knowledge partnerCountry of registrationFranceRelation to CTCNNetwork MemberSector(s) of expertiseAgricultureEarly warning and Environmental assessmentRenewable energyForestryMarine and FisheriesWater
IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Research Institute for Development) - is a research organization based in France that is working with its partners in the South to address international development issues.
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This guide represents the collective analysis of the seven Central American nations on their efforts at reducing carbon emmissions both locally and by acting as sinks. These nations have effectively partned with the government of Finland with financial assisstance from the government of Austria with the main aim of implementing sustainable demonstrative projects on the appropriate use of renewable energy sources, such as bioenergy, hydroelectric, solar, wind and geothermal technologies.
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Latin American countries are implementing innovative policy and market mechanisms to catalyse the development of nonconventional renewable energy sources. This Brief presents some of the region’s success stories.