Financing the Change

dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationCommunications Division
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-15T07:08:22Z
dc.date.available2016-11-15T07:08:22Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThis document synthesizes 2015–2016 evidence on renewable-energy finance and deployment, reporting a record US$286 billion in new investment—$156 billion in developing countries and $130 billion in developed—versus $130 billion for new coal and gas, with leading totals in China ($103 billion), the United States ($44.1 billion), and Japan ($36.2 billion). It notes renewable power capacity growth from 85 GW in 2004 to 657 GW in 2014 and an estimated 22.8% share of global electricity by end-2014. UN Environment’s programs highlighted include SCAF’s 20-MW Senergy-2 project in Senegal serving 160,000 people, Haiti’s RemitEnergy (42,000 solar units; ~$1.5 million saved), Green Climate Fund readiness in nine countries, and Morocco’s lighting initiative installing nine million CFLs and cutting prices from MAD 24 to MAD 18.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/10666
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subjectclimante change
dc.subjectenvironmental financing
dc.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
dc.titleFinancing the Changeen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource
wd.identifier.collectionPublications and Documentsen
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000051

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