Financing Global Climate Change Mitigation specifically aims at providing an appraisal of the energy efficiency situation worldwide and giving guidance on further action. It is meant to have strong practical implications for practitioners who operate in the field of sustainable energy and energy efficiency financing as well as for policymakers willing to enhance energy efficiency and renewable energy investments. The former will find references to a wide array of financing mechanisms and
preliminary information on local contexts, while the latter will be given an overview of the instruments available and the economic and institutional conditions promoting their success. An additional goal of this report is to draw attention to the practice of energy efficiency as a powerful tool not only to fight climate change, but also to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty. Indeed, unlike other mitigation strategies, improvements in efficiency reduce emissions while
diminishing energy costs and natural resource depletion.