Here is a new blogs based on the REEEP SAP series for the 2012 energy encyclopedia, this time focusing on the Solomon Islands and the situation there concerning energy and climate change mitigation. Due to the institutional framework clean energy is still far from established there, but there are some success stories regarding specific projects [...]
Here is the next part of blogs on the REEEP SAP series for the 2012 energy encyclopedia, this time focusing on the current situation in Australia in terms of renewables and energy efficiency. The world’s smallest continent Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians for at least 40,000 years before European settlement began in the late [...]
Here is another article based on the REEEP SEAP series on Pacific islands for the 2012 encyclopaedia, this time I will tell you a little about Singapore. A lack of renewable energy resources forces Singapore to focus mainly on energy efficiency measures to tackles the challenge of climate change mitigation. The island located on the [...]
07 Apr 2011
by Eva Oberender - Category: Events, News, REEEP, reegle, Regional News
Another day at the Minister Meeting in New Caledonia. Wednesday 6 April 2011 presented the main day for the REEEP SEAP team in Noumea. In the morning, REEEP SEAP conducted its Regional Advisory Committee meeting, attended by many of our Advisors and other key stakeholders in the Pacific region. Policy development, project progress, REEEP SEAP’s [...]
08 Mar 2011
by Daphné Barbotte (REEEP SEAP) - Category: Regional News
The Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands, 2,880 of which are inhabited, located to the south of Taiwan and the north of Indonesia. Due to its relatively small indigenous energy exploitation, the Philippines relies on imported energy sources. Imported coal and crude oil accounted for 50% of the total energy supply in 2007, [...]
COP16 wrap-up: Was Cancún a success? Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP’s Director General attended the Cancún conference and was recently quizzed on her thoughts about the outcome. >> Read the interview COP16 side event: discussing the transition to a low carbon energy future Entitled “Finance to push forward clean technology: a forum for business and policy-makers”, this COP16 [...]