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Background papers

Two background papers are being issued for the Global Renewable Energy Forum 2009 as a means of providing substantive input and a focus to the deliberations. Those thematic papers feature salient cross-cutting issues in relation to renewable energy.

Scaling up Low- Carbon Investments: Focus on Renewable Energy in Latin America
Prepared by Shilpa Rao, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
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Policy considerations for scaling up renewable energy in Latin America
Prepared by Daniel Hugo Bouille, Bariloche Foundation
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In terms of energy systems, nothing short of a paradigm shift is required

Nebojsa Nakicenovic

Delaying the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions considerably constrains opportunities to achieve low stabilization levels and increases the risk related to climate change impacts

Rajendra K. Pachauri

Clean renewable energy is what the world needs to fuel a new, green, industrial revolution - one that fights poverty, sustains development, promotes economic growth and combats climate change

Kandeh K. Yumkella

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Background papers

In terms of energy systems, nothing short of a paradigm shift is required

Delaying the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions considerably constrains opportunities to achieve low stabilization levels and increases the risk related to climate change impacts

Clean renewable energy is what the world needs to fuel a new, green, industrial revolution - one that fights poverty, sustains development, promotes economic growth and combats climate change

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