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- News 13 April 2021 Linking TNAs and NDCs to enable technology transfer Accelerating technology transfer The information that TNAs provide about the potential, ability and scale of climate change technologies can play a unique role in the formulation and implementation of NDCs, through technology transfer. Actions identified in the Technology Action Plans (TAPs) highlight what needs to be done to activate robust market systems and the enabling conditions for technology transfer, diffusion and uptake. These actions can in turn strengthen longer-term strategies…
- News 15 February 2021 2020: Highlights from the TNA project 2020 was a year of great achievements for the Global Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. Despite the pandemic circumstances, countries involved in the TNA process made great progress, and the year was marked by a number of online events and publication launches that generated great interest from policy-makers, academia, businesses and NGOs worldwide. 2020: Strengthened linkages between TNAs and NDCs In 2020, 22 countries completed their Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) reports. Through…
- News 20 January 2021 Adaptation Gap Report 2020 Webinar The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 Webinar features presentations and discussion of the key findings from the report. In view of the Global Stocktake coming up in 2023, the webinar will provide a snap shot of where the world stands in its collective efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change. It presents conclusions from the report's assessment of progress in three central elements of the adaptation process: planning, financing and implementation. It also provides an overview of…
- Event 20 January 2021 Adaptation Gap Report 2020 Webinar The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 Webinar features presentations and discussion of the key findings from the report. In view of the Global Stocktake coming up in 2023, the webinar will provide a snap shot of where the world stands in its collective efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change. It presents conclusions from the report's assessment of progress in three central elements of the adaptation process: planning, financing and implementation. It also provides an overview of…
- News 14 January 2021 Step up climate change adaptation or face serious human and economic damage As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, the 2020 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report finds. The report shows that while nations have advanced in planning, huge gaps remain in finance for developing countries and bringing adaptation projects to the stage where they bring real protection against climate impacts such as droughts, floods and sea…
- Publication 15 December 2020 Guide de financement pour la mise en oeuvre des plans d'actions technologiques Le présent guide a été élaboré dans le cadre du projet mondial d’évaluation des besoins technologiques financé par le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial (FEM) et mis en œuvre par le PNUE et le partenariat PNUE-DTU. Depuis 2009, près d’une centaine de pays ont rejoint le projet mondial d’évaluation des besoins technologiques (EBT). Atteindre le niveau envisagé de mise en œuvre des technologies climatiques implique une intensification et une application drastiques des politiques et mesures en la…
- News 9 December 2020 Green pandemic recovery essential to close climate action gap A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the 2020 UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds. The annual flagship report also finds that, despite a dip in 2020 carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a devastating temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century. The Emissions Gap Report is coordinated by UNEP…
- Event 7 December 2020 Webinar - Introducing to TNA Adaptation Taxonomy : Guidance for Identifying Adaptation Technology Needs UNEP DTU Partnership together with the Green Technology Center- Korea (GTC – K), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT Korea, have collaborated on the development of a classification system for adaptation technologies in the context of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. We invite you to attend our webinar on "TNA Adaptation Taxonomy : Guidance for Identifying Adaptation Technology Needs", co-hosted by the Green Technology Center (GTC) and UNEP…