MASTER THESIS – Renewable Energy Management TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences) ITT- Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics and German Development Institute / Deutsche Institute für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition) (Daksh Kumar Maheshwari) (2020) Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition MASTER’s THESIS – Renewable Energy Management TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences) ITT- Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics and German Development Institute/Deutsche Institute für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition) (Daksh Kumar Maheshwari) (2020) Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition Renewable Energy Management TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences) ITT - Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics and German Development Institute / Deutsche Institute für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) “Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition” Thesis to Obtain the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE RENEWABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT DEGREE AWARDED BY COLOGNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES PRESENTS: Daksh Kumar Maheshwari SUPERVISOR OF THESIS ITT Dr. Johannes Hamhaber SUPERVISOR IN German Development Institute Gabriela Iacobuta DATE OF SUBMISSION 18.01.2020 presented by Daksh Kumar Maheshwari Student no.: 11122074 Email: [email protected] Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition Declaration in lieu of oath By Daksh Kumar Maheshwari This is to confirm my Master Thesis was independently composed/authored by myself, using solely the referred sources and support. 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Köln, 18.01.2020 Place and Date Signature Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition Contents List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter: 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 10 1.1 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 10 1.2 Objectives.......................................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 Scope ................................................................................................................................................. 12 Chapter: 2 Context ...................................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 The Paris Agreement and the NDCs .................................................................................................. 13 2.2 Sustainable Development Goals ....................................................................................................... 13 2.2.1 Energy System Transition ........................................................................................................... 14 2.3 Development cooperation and related finance ................................................................................ 16 2.3.1 Mapping the financial progress ................................................................................................. 18 Chapter: 3 Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 20 3.1 NDC-SDG Connections toolbox ......................................................................................................... 20 3.2 OECD Database ................................................................................................................................. 21 3.2.1 Partners Involved ....................................................................................................................... 22 3.2.2 Cross-Cutting themes ................................................................................................................. 22 3.2.3 Taxonomies ................................................................................................................................ 25 3.2.4 Quantitative data ....................................................................................................................... 25 3.3 Geographical Coverage ..................................................................................................................... 26 3.4 Limitations ......................................................................................................................................... 31 3.5 Quality Assurance ............................................................................................................................. 32 Chapter: 4 Result A: Sectoral Trends .......................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Energy Standards .............................................................................................................................. 34 4.2 Renewables ....................................................................................................................................... 38 4.3 Non-Renewables ............................................................................................................................... 43 4.4 Energy Distribution ........................................................................................................................... 46 4.5 Nuclear and Hybrid Energy ............................................................................................................... 50 Chapter: 5 Result B: Geographical Analysis ................................................................................................ 51 5.1 Africa ................................................................................................................................................. 52 Page 4 of 94 Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition 5.2 Americas ............................................................................................................................................ 61 5.3 Asia .................................................................................................................................................... 67 5.4 Europe ............................................................................................................................................... 72 5.5 Oceania ............................................................................................................................................. 76 Chapter: 6 Discussion & Recommendations ............................................................................................... 80 6.1 Discussion .......................................................................................................................................... 80 6.2 Recommendation .............................................................................................................................. 84 Chapter: 7 Conclusion and further findings ................................................................................................ 85 References .................................................................................................................................................. 87 Annex: 1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 90 Page 5 of 94 Development cooperation financing towards SDG7 and NDCs supporting energy system transition List of Figures Figure 1 Flow chart of objectives ................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 2 Sustainable Development Goals ................................................................................................... 14 Figure 3 Overlapping of SDG7 targets ......................................................................................................... 15 Figure 4 Data collection in OECD ................................................................................................................ 21 Figure 5 Energy action matrix ..................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 6 Sectoral trends of global energy actions ....................................................................................... 33 Figure 7 Type of climate actions 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