• News 10 January 2018 A path towards a greener Nicaraguan livestock sector A new strategy developed by UNEP DTU Partnership is giving farmers, some of whom are struggling with extreme poverty, a chance for sustainable growth while considerably lowering the adverse effects on the climate. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere, only surpassed by Haiti. It is primarily an agricultural country dependent on farming and in need of economic growth. 65% of Nicaraguan households are considered poor, earning less than two dollars a day. This…
• News 3 January 2018 23 new countries will assess their technology needs with help from UNEP DTU Partnership Technology is key to achieving the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement: Lower the emission of CO2 and halting the rise on global temperatures that threatens the livelihood of people everywhere in the world. To enhance the development, transfer deployment and dissemination of technology UNEP DTU has assisted countries in their Technology Needs Assessments (TNA’s) since 2009. TNA’s support developing countries to determine their own climate technology needs so it is possible to define how best…
• News 13 December 2017 Today's prevention is not enough for the heat waves of tomorrow, shows UDP research Climate change and the warmer temperatures it is bringing means that heat-related mortality will increase in most regions of the world. In the most likely climate change scenarios, that increase will not be compensated globally by a reduction in cold-related deaths. Heat Waves are already a problem in many cities around the world, killing people in both temperate and hotter regions, and with climate change this is only set to get worse. "There is little evidence that humans will be able to…
• News 8 November 2017 Adaptation Gap Report 2017 launched today UN Environment's Adaptation Gap Report 2017 was launched today during COP23 at Bonn, Germany. Click to download the Adaptation Gap Report 2017. The Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, established the global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change, with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of the temperature goal. The 2017 Adaptation Gap Report,…
• News 31 October 2017 Emissions Gap Report 2017 launch in Geneva today Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to a new UN assessment. The eighth edition of UN Environment’s Emissions Gap report, released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, finds that national pledges only bring a third of the reduction in emissions required by 2030 to meet climate targets, with private sector and sub-national action not increasing at a rate that would help close…
• News 30 October 2017 New Publication released: Climate-Smart Agriculture Manual for Agricultural Education in Zimbabwe The new publication 'Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Manual for agricultural education in Zimbabwe' seeks to address the country's vulnerability to climate change coupled with unsustainable farming practices and lack of training of extension officers on climate change issues. The Manual describes technologies that are in line with the CSA principles i.e. food production adaptation and mitigation - all associated with the agriculture sector. The current agriculture syllabi at Zimbabwe learning…
• News 27 October 2017 UNEP DTU supports resource-efficient farming in Jamaica In Jamaica, small and medium-scale farmers are the most vulnerable to current and future effects of climate change due to their lack of technology, knowledge and financing. These effects are threatening the agriculture sector, which provides employment to 18% of the country’s population.  New business models and technologies are needed to enable farmers to not only adapt but also thrive in this new context. UNEP DTU Partnership and INMED Partnerships for Children have addressed these…
• News 22 August 2017 Latin American Carbon Forum 2017 to be held in Mexico From October 18 -20 this year, the Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF) is bringing together for the eleventh consecutive year key players from the private and public sectors to share the state of the art information around climate change mitigation and adaptation, and reach out to cooperation agencies, potential investors and service providers. It is a space that showcases how climate aspirations turn into climate action and plant the seeds for more action and ambition. The event…

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