• News 3 March 2026 Africa's First Centralized Review of Biennial Transparency Reports The UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, through the Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency – Global Transparency Support Programme (CBIT-GSP), is contributing to a landmark step in Africa's climate transparency journey: the first centralized Technical Expert Review of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) of Least Developed Countries in Africa under the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). As part of the biennial reporting cycle under the ETF, countries’ submitted BTRs are…
• News 6 January 2026 New paper highlights how central banks and financial regulators can respond to climate change A new UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre paper examines the challenges facing central banks and financial regulators in emerging markets and developing countries as they begin integrating climate change into their operations. It shows how climate change is increasingly recognized as a material risk to price stability and financial stability, while also highlighting the structural and resource constraints that are limiting the range of tools available to central banks and financial regulators to…
• Publication 5 January 2026 Supporting central banks and financial regulators in emerging markets and developing economies in their response to climate change This UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre paper examines the challenges faced by central banks and financial regulators in emerging markets and developing economies and distils key lessons from the Reserve Bank of Malawi’s experiences that can guide other institutions beginning to integrate climate considerations into their operations.
• News 23 May 2025 Malawi Charts a Greener Financial Future In a move that could serve as a model for climate-vulnerable nations across Africa, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has responded to the climate crisis by expanding its role in greening the financial sector. The initiative, supported by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and funded by the NDC Partnership, culminated in the release of a feasibility study and internal roadmap that lay out a phased, actionable plan for accounting for climate-related financial risk in…
• Project 5 December 2024 Greening the financial sector in Malawi UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre has supported the Reserve Bank of Malawi throughout 2024 in exploring how the Bank can help the greening of the financial sector in Malawi. Malawi is highly vulnerable to climate change and its financial sector is expected to face increased climate-related financial risks in the near term. The Malawian economy and population are increasingly vulnerable to climate-related disasters, including floods, droughts and cyclones, which can severely damage infrastructure…
• Project 4 October 2022 Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) is a collaborative project between the European Union and nine African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania ) that aims at providing energy access technologies and business models that are easily replicable and generate local opportunities for economic development and social cohesion in Africa. Through several local living labs, it is expected to facilitate the co-development of scalable…
• Project 27 February 2019 Technology Needs Assessment (phase III) UN Environment and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, with financing from the Global Environment Facility, are implementing a third phase of Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs), involving 22 countries (2018-2022). This third phase focuses on supporting mostly Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing states. The objective of this phase is to go beyond identifying technology needs narrowly and to work towards investment. The overall objective of the TNA project is to support countries…
• Project 12 December 2018 Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency works to engage national and subnational governments to accelerate energy efficiency implementation, in line with global Sustainable energy objectives. Many developing world governments are motivated to act on energy efficiency, therefore the Copenhagen Centre can help with the capacity to realise their energy efficiency ambitions, and to develop projects that would be able to attract investments and generate actual energy savings. With a focus on the…

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