Benefits of low emission development strategies

The document analyzes two clean energy scenarios for Bangladesh: a short-term 'Clean Energy Policy 1' and a long-term 'Clean Energy Policy 2'. It finds that transitioning to clean energy can significantly reduce emissions, create thousands of jobs, and save lives by reducing air pollution, all while remaining cost-effective relative to conventional fossil fuel generation.

• By 2030, the implementation of a long-term clean energy strategy (Clean Energy Policy 2) could reduce cumulative greenhouse gas emissions by 20% (234.1 MMTCO2) compared to the business-as-usual Reference Case.
• The long-term clean energy scenario is projected to generate significant domestic employment, creating over 55,000 cumulative job-years between 2016 and 2030.
• Adopting Clean Energy Policy 2 could prevent more than 27,000 premature deaths by 2030, resulting in economic savings exceeding US$ 5 billion (BDT 420 billion).
• Energy efficiency and solar power are identified as the most labor-intensive technologies in Bangladesh; energy efficiency can create more than six times the jobs of coal-based generation.
• A short-term transition (Clean Energy Policy 1) focusing on replacing liquid fuels with LNG and using biomass co-firing could avoid over 5,000 premature deaths and save US$ 980 million (BDT 78.4 billion) cumulatively by 2020.
• The Reference Case, which relies heavily on fossil fuels (46% coal and 34% natural gas), is estimated to cause nearly 123,000 premature deaths between 2016 and 2030 due to SO2 and NOx emissions.

APA

Saha, B., Kindle, A., Cookson, P., & Vaidya, R. (2017). Benefits of low emission development strategies. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/GIP01815_LEDS_RALI_Bangladesh_Case_Study_final_revised_2-6-2017_hi-res.pdf

Chicago

Saha, Bansari, Andrew Kindle, Pamela Cookson, and Rachita Vaidya. Benefits of low emission development strategies. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2017. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/GIP01815_LEDS_RALI_Bangladesh_Case_Study_final_revised_2-6-2017_hi-res.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{saha2017benefits, author = {Saha, Bansari and Kindle, Andrew and Cookson, Pamela and Vaidya, Rachita}, title = {{Benefits of low emission development strategies}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/GIP01815_LEDS_RALI_Bangladesh_Case_Study_final_revised_2-6-2017_hi-res.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }