Financing renewable energy in Africa – Key challenge of the sustainable development goals

Schwerhoff, Gregor; Sy, Mouhamadou

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.004

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“…Ɵme, money) for other producƟve uses. The strength of the impact varies in the literature.Cameron et al (2016); Casillas and Kammen (2012); Fay et al (2015); Hallegate et al (2016); Hirth and Ueckerdt (2013); Jakob and Steckel(2014);Schwerhoff et al (2017) The distribuƟonal costs of new energy policies (e.g., supporƟng renewables and energy efficiency) are dependent on instrument design. For example, the recycling of carbon pricing revenues offers an opƟon to compensate poor households in the event energy prices rise.…”

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“…If costs do fall disproporƟonately on the poor, then this could impair progress toward universal energy access and, . (2016); IPCC(2014);Riahi et al (2012);Schwerhoff and Sy (2017) Deployment of renewable energy and improvements in energy efficiency globally will aid climate change miƟgaƟon efforts, and this, in turn, can help to reduce the exposure of the world's poor to climate-related extreme events, . (2017); Asaduzzaman et al (2010); Cabraal et al (2005); Das (2017); Dodds and Bartram (2016); Finco and Doppler (2010); Gao and Bryan (2017); Hasegawa et al (2015); Kline et al (2017); Lotze-Campen et al (2014); Msangi et al (2010); Rasul (2016); Ringler et al (2013); Ringler et al (2016); Schwerhoff and Sy (2017); Smith et al (2013); Smith, P. et al (2014); Sola et al (2016); Tilman et al (2009);van Vuuren et al (2009);Whitmee et al (2015);Zhang et al (2018)…”

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“…(2017); Burney et al (2017); Dinkelman (2011); Figueroa and Ribeiro (2013); Pachauri et al (2012); Pueyo et al (2013) Energy efficiency measures and the provision of energy access can free up resources (e.g., financial, Ɵme savings) that can then be put towards other producƟve uses (e.g., educaƟonal and employment opportuniƟes), especially for women and children in poor, rural areas. Public transit, ride/car-sharing, and [+1] robust medium medium Cameron et al (2016); Casillas and Kammen (2012); Fay et al (2015); Hallegate et al (2016); Hirth and Ueckerdt (2013); Jakob and Steckel(2014);Schwerhoff et al (2017)…”

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View the article online for updates and enhancements. Recent citationsTargeted policies can compensate most of the increased sustainability risks in 1. 5 AbstractThe United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide guide-posts to society as it attempts to respond to an array of pressing challenges. One of these challenges is energy; thus, the SDGs have become paramount for energy policy-making. Yet, while governments throughout the world have already declared the SDGs to be 'integrated and indivisible', there are still knowledge gaps surrounding how the interactions between the energy SDG targets and those of the non-energy-focused SDGs might play out in different contexts. In this review, we report on a large-scale assessment of the relevant energy literature, which we conducted to better our understanding of key energy-related interactions between SDGs, as well as their context-dependencies (relating to time, geography, governance, technology, and directionality). By (i) evaluating the nature and strength of the interactions identified, (ii) indicating the robustness of the evidence base, the agreement of that evidence, and our confidence in it, and (iii) highlighting critical areas where better understanding is needed or context dependencies should be considered, our review points to potential ways forward for both the policy making and scientific communities. First, we find that positive interactions between the SDGs outweigh the negative ones, both in number and magnitude. Second, of relevance for the scientific community, in order to fill knowledge gaps in critical areas, there is an urgent need for interdisciplinary research geared toward developing new data, scientific tools, and fresh perspectives. Third, of relevance for policy-making, wider efforts to promote policy coherence and integrated assessments are required to address potential policy spillovers across sectors, sustainability domains, and geographic and temporal boundaries. The task of conducting comprehensive science-to-policy assessments covering all SDGs, such as for the UN's Global Sustainable Development Report, remains manageable pending the availability of systematic reviews focusing on a limited number of SDG dimensions in each case.

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“…Such likely impact has already been simulated and analyzed by several researchers (National Academy of Science 2010; Vezmar 2014; IRENA 2016; Lehr et al 2016;Schwerhoff and Sy 2017;York and McGee 2017). Due to this promising development, there is increasing investment in renewable energy.…”

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“…This is particularly true for satellite surveys. In addition, while seismic surveys have negative implications on the environment, remote sensing analyses have zero-impact, which is now a priority in the modern sustainable development approach adopted in many African countries [3]. However, in the oil and gas industry today there is still skepticism on the effectiveness of this unconventional geophysical technology for hydrocarbon exploration.…”

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Petroleum exploration in Africa from space

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Hydrocarbons are nonrenewable resources but today they are the cheaper and easier energy we have access and will remain the main source of energy for this century. Nevertheless, their exploration is extremely high-risk, very expensive and time consuming. In this context, satellite technologies for Earth observation can play a fundamental role by making hydrocarbon exploration more efficient, economical and much more eco-friendly. Complementary to traditional geophysical methods such as gravity and magnetic (gravmag) surveys, satellite remote sensing can be used to detect onshore long-term biochemical and geochemical alterations on the environment produced by invisible small fluxes of light hydrocarbons migrating from the underground deposits to the surface, known as microseepage effect. This paper describes two case studies: one in South Sudan and another in Mozambique. Results show how remote sensing is a powerful technology for detecting active petroleum systems, thus supporting hydrocarbon exploration in remote or hardly accessible areas and without the need of any exploration license.

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Financing renewable energy in Africa – Key challenge of the sustainable development goals

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Connecting the sustainable development goals by their energy inter-linkages

Connecting the sustainable development goals by their energy inter-linkages

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