Electric vehicles are increasingly seen as a critical component of global climate change mitigation efforts. This view, coupled with the co-benefits of energy security, industrialization and job creation, among other things drives the response of various stakeholders. In a national framework –...

The demand for electricity — closely linked to human, social, and economic development — is expected to rise significantly in the coming decades, especially in developing countries. Coal power currently is, and is expected to remain, an important part of the global electric power mix with...

In this Thematic Review we communicate relevant insights from the Globelics research community to policy circles and development donor organisations. The key issues addressed are, firstly, how the notion of LICS can help us understand the challenges of low carbon development (LCD), and secondly,...

The main objectives of this evaluation is to provide an overall independent and accountable assessment of the European Commission’s cooperation relations with Thailand during the 1997-2007 period, to identify lessons learnt from past cooperation and thus to assist the implementation of the...

The overall purpose of this evaluation is to ensure accountability for the use of allocated resources as well as to promote a lesson-learning culture in European Commission (EC) development cooperation. The main specific objectives of the evaluation were: •to provide the relevant external...

Studies 62 Deutsches Institut fur Entwicklungspolitik Global governance and building a harmonious world A comparison of European and Chinese concepts for international affairs Thomas Fues /LIU...