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ments concerned with finance and sustainability.
(2004). UNEP FI (Finance Initiative), International
Environment House, 15 chemin des Anémones,
CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland,
Tel: +41 22 917 8178; Fax: +41 22 796 9240, E-
mail: fi@unep.ch; Internet: www.unepfi.net. Values
to Value can be ordered from Earthprint Ltd., PO
Box 119, Stevenage SG1 4TP, UK, Tel.: +44 1438
748 111; Fax: +44 1438 748 844; E-mail:
orders@earthprint.com; Internet: www.earthprint.com.
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Energy
Financial Risk Management
Instruments for Renewable
Energy Projects: Summary
Document
Traditional insurance products are gradually becoming
more widely available to the renewable
energy (RE) sector. However, “institutional inertia”
has impeded progress
in developing new risk
management and financing
products. The costs
of financing RE projects
could be reduced by
transferring certain types
of risks away from investors
and lenders using
risk management instruments
such as contracts, insurance and reinsurance,
alternative risk transfer instruments and
credit enhancement products. This report was
funded by UNEP’s Sustainable Energy Finance
Initiative (SEFI) (www.sefi.unep. org). The entire
report can be downloaded at www.untptie.
org/energy/qct/fin/index.htm.
(2004). UNEP DTIE, Tour Mirabeau, 39-43
quai André-Citroën, 75739 Paris Cedex 15, France,
Tel: +33 1 44 37 14 50; Fax: +33 1 44 37 14 47; E-
mail: unep.tie@unep.org; Internet: uneptie.org. This
publication can be ordered from Earthprint Ltd., PO
Box 119, Stevenage SG1 4TP, UK, Tel.: +44 1438
748 111; Fax: +44 1438 748 844; E-mail:
orders@earthprint.com; Internet: www.earthprint.
com. Pbk., 47p. ISBN 92-807-2445-2.
Energy Subsidies: Lessons
Learned in Assessing their
Impact and Designing Policy
Reforms
The country case studies collected and analyzed in
this report demonstrate the complexity of the use
of subsidies. Those that encourage production and
use of fossil fuels and other non-renewable forms
of energy are generally – but not always – environmentally
harmful. Some types of renewables can
have negative environmental consequences (e.g.
disturbance of regional ecosystems when dams are
constructed). Governments should give priority to
eliminating subsidies that are both economically
costly and environmentally harmful.
(2003). UNEP DTIE/ETB (Economics and
Trade Branch), 11-13 chemin des Anémones, CH-
1219 Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: +41 22 917 82 43;
Fax: +41 22 917 80 76; Internet: www.unep.ch/etu.
This publication can be ordered from Earthprint
Ltd., PO Box 119, Stevenage SG1 4TP, UK, Tel.:
+44 1438 748 111; Fax: +44 1438 748 844; E-
mail: orders@earthprint.com; Internet: www.earthprint.com.
Pbk., 174p. ISBN 92-807-2277-8.
(Also available in hardback.)
Climate
Industry Genius: Inventions and
People Protecting the Climate and
Fragile Ozone Layer
Industry Genius tells the story of eight companies
and two government enterprises whose “inventive
genius” is being used to protect the climate and
ozone layer. Sometimes the products of this genius
are almost accidental. More often, they result
from recognition by management and leadership
that consumers want green products and that citizens
want environmental quality. The Preface was
contributed by former astronaut Richard Truly,
Director of the US Department of Energy’s
National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Jacqueline
Aloisi de Larderel, UNEP DTIE’s Executive
Director from 1987 to 2003, wrote the Foreword.
Stephen O. Andersen and Durwood Zaelke
(2003). Greenleaf Publishing Ltd., Aizlewood Business
Centre, Aizlewood’s Mill, Nursery Street,
Sheffield S3 8GG, UK, Tel: +44 114 282 4375,
Fax: +44 114 282 3476, E-mail: info@greenleafpublishing.com,
Internet: www.greenleaf-publishing.com.
Pbk., 192p. ISBN 1-874719-68-3.
Water
Guidelines on Municipal
Wastewater Management
This is Version 3 of a set of practical guidelines for
decision-makers and professionals on how to plan,
design and finance appropriate and environmentally
sound municipal wastewater discharge systems.
They emphasize the need to link water
supply and the provision of household sanitation,
wastewater collection, treatment and reuse, cost
recovery and reallocation to the natural environment.
The Global Programme of Action for the
Protection of the Marine Environment from
Land-Based Activities (GPA) developed the
guidelines with WHO, UN-Habitat and the
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative
Council (WSSCC). This document can be
downloaded at www.gpa.unep.org. Its contents
are shared with the Sanitation Connection Database
(www.sanicon.net).
(2004). UNEP/GPA Co-ordination Office, PO
Box 16227, 2500 BE The Hague, the Netherlands,
Tel: +31 (70) 311 4460; Fax: +31 (70) 345 6648;
E-mail: gpa@unep.nl; Internet: www.gpa.unep.org.
Pbk., 92p.
Improving Municipal
Wastewater Management in
Coastal Cities
This is the first version of a training manual for
municipal water managers. It was developed with
the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
and the UN/DOALAS Train-Sea-Coast Programme.
The content is based on the UNEP/
WHO/HABITAT/WSSCC guidelines on municipal
wastewater management (above). GPA is the
only global action programme that specifically
addresses the interface between the freshwater and
coastal environments. This training manual can be
downloaded at www.gpa.unep.org.
(2004) Train-Sea-Coast GPA, c/o UNEP/GPA
Coordination Office, PO Box 16227, 2500 BE The
Hague, the Netherlands, Tel: +31 (70) 311 4460;
Fax: +31 (70) 345 6648; E-mail: tsc-gpa@unep.nl;
Internet: www.gpa.unep.org/training. Pbk., 118p.
National/regional
Desk Study
on the
Environment
in Iraq
Desk Study
on the
Environment
in Liberia
These two post-conflict “Desk Studies” follow
similar UNEP reports on the Balkans, the Occupied
Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan.
Between the initiation of the Iraq study in February
2003 and its publication, it was not possible
to work in the field, make environmental measurements
or contact Iraqui scientists and scientific
institutions. The report therefore presents an
overview of chronic and war-related environmental
issues. Easing the humanitarian situation
should have the highest priority (e.g. through
restoration of water, power and sanitation networks
and ensuring food security). Cleaning up
pollution hot spots and dealing with other sources
of pollution are also critical. This Desk Study
emphasizes that environment should be integrated
into reconstruction and development projects.
In Liberia, as in many other countries, an abundance
of resources has provoked war and much
suffering (a peace agreement was signed in 2003).
Liberians have paid a high price for living in a
country that is rich in natural resources The most
urgent environmental concerns identified in this
Desk Study are: increasing access to safe drinking
water and sanitation; restoring household and
commercial solid waste collection; protecting timber
resources; and strengthening the country’s
environmental management capacity.
(2003, Iraq; 2004, Liberia). UNEP, PO Box
84 ◆ UNEP Industry and Environment April – September 2004