Preface All countries now face enormous challenges posed by climate change. The consequences of continued greenhouse gas emissions are dire, particularly for countries in the Global South that are…

Increasing strategic and large-scale investments in low-and middle-income countries are required to ensure a just, equitable, and predictable low-carbon transition. Mobilizing Climate Investment…

Sustainable Energy Transitions, with emphasis on gendered and intersectional aspects, lies at the core of a low carbon society. The implications of energy interventions, policies, and transitions is…

Infrastructure, both hard (Transport) and soft (Digital), are considered catalysts of economic growth. The provision for low-carbon infrastructure, in light of public-private partnerships, is part of…

Assessment of individual, organizational, and institutional capacities is important to accelerate the pace of transition to a low-carbon economy. Human and Institutional Capacity is part of a larger…

Addressing gender dimensions of the low carbon transition is core to ensuring a gendered transformative change that is more equitable. Gender equity is thus part of a larger initiative to identify the…

Forests offer the potential for implementing nature-based solutions that provide simultaneously economic, social, and environmental benefits. Forests and Land-use are part of a larger initiative to…

Identifying policies and the corresponding actors, processes, and methods that enable the creation of a policy environment are important to put climate and low-carbon energy transition policies in…

Abstract High temperatures hinder learning. An effective solution is to control the environment. However, technologies such as air conditioning are seldom adopted in developing countries. Information…

Since the start of the new millennium, economic growth in Africa has been modestly rapid and sustained over long period with average real GDP growth hovering around 5% though with significant...