• News 24 February 2023 First steps for Colombia in the Article 6 Community of Practice Trading emissions in the global Article 6 carbon market has the potential to improve the cost-effectiveness of climate action, contributing to the much needed increase in both mitigation and adaptation efforts. In Colombia, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is leading the work with the academic community to see how to build the needed capacity for applied research to ensure the best outcomes of trading emissions under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6. The work in Colombia is part of the efforts…
• Event 17 February 2023 Perspectives Launch - Advancing Understanding of Adequacy and Effectiveness of Adaptation in the Context of GST (Webinar) The Paris Agreement establishes the Global Stocktake (GST) to assess the progress made toward its long-term goals. One of the core functions of GST is to review the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation and the support provided for adaptation. However, a clear and commonly accepted understanding of the concepts of ‘adequacy’ and ‘effectiveness’, as well as a practice for operationalizing them is yet to be established. To address this challenge, the Independent Global Stocktake (iGST)…
• News 26 January 2023 Institutional frameworks for transparency support climate action in Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic, a small island developing state in the Caribbean, is considered to be vulnerable to the increasing effects of climate change. At the same time, the country has made good progress on integrating climate change into policy. Working on transparency and reporting for climate action, the Dominican Republic has worked with and the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) across multiple projects, where UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre as implementing partner has…
• News 18 January 2023 Yemen and Somalia moving towards a climate technology win-win Yemen and Somalia are working to make climate action a win-win, tackling the impacts of both conflicts and climate crisis, while also addressing some of the underlying causes of both. Despite significant challenges, both countries are pushing for meaningful climate action addressing the most urgent vulnerabilities and some of the causes of unrest, while paving the way for more climate friendly development and growth. Yemen and Somalia are both considered some of the most vulnerable when it…
• Event 16 January 2023 UNFCCC and UNEP COP-27 side event : "Implementation of Technology Needs Assessments of developing countries" UNFCCC and UNEP COP-27 Side event Implementation of Technology Needs Assessments of developing countries Saturday, 12 November 2022, 13:15 – 14:45, Meeting Room Thebes To achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement, implementation of climate technologies is necessary on a large scale and in short time. Climate technologies are successfully operating and well proven in many countries. However, climate technologies are still only moderately implemented in many developing countries. Under the…
• Event 16 January 2023 RCREEE pavilion at COP27 : "Where are we at? Assessing Climate Technology Progress" Where are we at? Assessing Climate Technology Progress RCREEE COP27 Pavilion, Blue Zone, Area C, P75 10 November 2022, 15:00 – 16:30 EET Organizers: Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Center (UNEP-CCC) Description: To meet mitigation as well as adaptation objectives, along with building resilient and sustainable economies, climate technologies are key. This is particularly true for the developing countries, the most vulnerable to…
• Event 22 December 2022 Loss and damage: taking stock and identifying areas for support Implicitly or explicitly, the notion of climate change-driven losses and damages has been present in intergovernmental climate change negotiations since they started about thirty years ago.  Scholarship on loss and damage is more recent, with research interest on the topic accelerating at around the time the Paris Agreement was adopted. The objective of this workshop was to take stock of what we have learned about loss and damage thus far, with a view to identifying priority areas for…
• News 21 December 2022 Yemen and Somalia moving towards a climate technology win-win Yemen and Somalia are working to make climate action a win-win, tackling the impacts of both conflicts and climate crisis, while also addressing some of the underlying causes of both. Despite significant challenges, both countries are pushing for meaningful climate action addressing the most urgent vulnerabilities and some of the causes of unrest, while paving the way for more climate friendly development and growth. Yemen and Somalia are both considered some of the most vulnerable when it…

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