Energy policy brief reflecting on the challenges of attaining a green economy for Botswana is written by United Nation Development Program (UNDP). The focus of policy brief is the Energy Sector in Botswana. The purposes of this policy brief is raising awareness on the status, challenges and opportunities of the energy sector in Botswana. The basic content of the policy brief include introduction, status of Energy services, the challenges facing the energy sector and opportunities of this sector. As one of the countries, that experience electricity shortage in Africa different policy briefs are exist concerning energy in Botswana and One of the policy briefs is written by UNDP.

To influence the policy makers the policy brief use the challenge, opportunity and recommendation tool. According to the policy brief  the challenges faced by the energy sector in Botswana include demand outstrips its supply, the high level of consumption of  petroleum products, lack of gender disaggregated data on the use of different source of energy, the significant role of wood as an energy source in rural areas of the country (increase drop out of children from school and put a great challenge on women participation in village governance), premature deaths because of the smoke of the wood, the use of diesel for agriculture and underground water extraction  increases GHG emission level, to generate power and  lack of  integration between different sector.

The opportunities for the energy sector in the country include abundance of sunlight, coal and cow- dung forms. The policy brief does not indicate the recommendation directly but indicate the opportunities for energy sector in the country. This includes 3,200 hours/annum with strength of 22 Mega Joules per hour, which is the highest solar strength in the world, the highest number of cattle population and the high volume of cow- dung. Even if the policy brief have shortcoming in terms of giving recommendations for policy makers it can be a milestone for policy makers if they combine the opportunities and the challenges mentioned in the policy brief to make implementable and effective policy in the country.