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- About LEDS EEPThe LEDS Europe and Eurasia Platform (LEDS EEP) exists to provide a regional network for knowledge sharing, support, interaction and learning.
  
  What are LEDS?The platform promotes the development of policies and strategies that address multiple objectives simultaneously.
  
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Belarus

Belarus

General Statistics:

Population: 9.5 million (2014 Official Statistics)
GDP: US$54.6 billion (2015, World Bank estimate)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 116.5 million metric tons gross emissions in 2012 (115.1 million metric tons net, accounting for LUCF), on a carbon-dioxide equivalent basis.
Energy use per capita: 2,882 kg of oil equivalent, 2013

Important Initiatives related to Climate Change:

INDC: In its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, Belarus set as its target a reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions by 28% below 1990 levels by 2030. The full text of its INDC may be viewed here.

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Combating Climate Change in Power Generation in the Energy Community

Regional statistics

Combating Climate Change in Power Generation in the Energy Community

November 20, 2016

Study on the potential to combat climate change in power generation in the Energy Community .

LEDS Energy Toolkit 2.0

Tools

LEDS Energy Toolkit 2.0

November 18, 2016

A collection of leading instruments and methodologies for climate-compatible energy planning, this toolkit offers energy practitioners, policymakers, and experts a quick reference guide to some of the best-established instruments available at no or low cost

World Resources Institute CAIT Climate Data Explorer database

Tools

World Resources Institute CAIT Climate Data Explorer database

November 20, 2016

This large, free-to-use dataset of climate data, with rich supporting visualization tools, covers numerous indicators from around the world.

News and Events

Looking beyond fossil fuels

Looking beyond fossil fuels

September 11, 2017

Denmark unloads its last oil and gas company

Looking beyond business as usual

Looking beyond business as usual

September 8, 2017

Population growth and dwindling resources pose long-term challenges for sustainable development

Silicon-based solar cells break efficiency records

Silicon-based solar cells break efficiency records

September 7, 2017

International research team sheds light on technological breakthrough

From water to fuel

From water to fuel

August 28, 2017

Scientists have found an economical way to covert H2O into hydrogen fuel.

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