Aligning electricity transmission and distribution investments with a Paris Agreement pathway

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Aligning electricity transmission and distribution investments with a Paris Agreement pathway [1]

Parties to the Paris Agreement committed to “making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low GHG emissions and climate-resilient development (Article 2.1c).” It is especially critical that energy-sector infrastructure is Paris aligned, given the large carbon lock-in potential of investments and the scale of investment needed in the coming years in the developing world. While there have been some recent efforts to assess the alignment of energy-sector investments with two-degree pathways, previous assessments have not seriously delved into electricity transmission and distribution (T&D). The purpose of this paper is to propose a credible and rigorous methodology for assessing Paris Agreement alignment of T&D investments. Long-term goal is not only to provide a methodology that can be used to screen investments externally at the project level, but also to mainstream this methodology into development finance institutions’ investment decisions and energy portfolios.
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Publication Date:

01/12/2018

Author(s): Michael Westphal [3], Indira Masullo [4]

Source: World Resources Institute [5]

Tags:

COP 21 (Paris) [6], Energy [7], Power Transmission [8], Electricity [9], India [10], Global [11], Finance [12]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/aligning-electricity-transmission-and-distribution-investments-paris-agreement

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/aligning-electricity-transmission-and-distribution-investments-paris-agreement
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/aligning-electricity-transmission-distribution.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-westphal
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/indira-masullo
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/world-resources-institute
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cop-21-paris
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-transmission
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance