International Initiative on Climate Technology Policy

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Prepared by Clean Energy Group and the Carbon Trust. This first phase of a joint project between CEG and the Carbon Trust was completed in April 2005.

The Report 1) identifies a number of important barriers that hinder investment in clean energy markets; 2) reveals considerable enthusiasm in the transatlantic investment community for promoting new financial structures and policy mechanisms; and, 3) sets out next steps to gain support for the initiative through two subsequent phases of the work.

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Prepared by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. December 2003. This publication offers a selection of views and experiences of U.S. states and German Länder governments, as well as business leaders and NGO representatives from Germany and the United States, by introducing their renewable energy initiatives, assessing their impact on climate protection, economic growth and employment opportunities, elaborating on the potentials of cooperation, and by exploring participation in the International Conference for Renewable Energy 2004. 

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September 2003. CEG, the UK Carbon Trust and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities have established the Low Carbon Technology Alliance as a framework for a dialogue on technology deployment goals, and to bring together the range of international practitioners who are on the leading edge of fielding practical deployment programs in this new area.