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- News 15 July 2020 Boosting energy efficiency programs in Mozambique Multiple benefits of energy efficiency Improving energy efficiency and resource efficiency are some of the key solutions for low carbon and sustainable development. It can bring multiple benefits, such as enhancing the sustainability of the energy system, supporting strategic objectives for economic and social development, promoting environmental goals and increasing public prosperity. In Mozambique, it is estimated that public energy efficiency initiatives can help reduce the annual…
- News 29 June 2020 New publication: Regional Technology Brief Latin America & the Caribbean TNA work in the Latin America & Caribbean region Since 2009, close to a hundred developing countries have joined the project, of which 22 are in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical assistance, capacity-building and guidance are being provided by UNEP and UNEP DTU Partnership through their Regional Centres for the TNA project, which in Latin America and the Caribbean include Fundación Bariloche (Argentina), Libélula (Peru) and currently the University of the West Indies, located in…
- Project 26 June 2020 Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency - Sustainable Datacentres and ICT The project is led by the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency and serves as a global platform to share best practices of energy efficient solutions in data centres, provide policy recommendations to policy makers and foster transformational collaboration among various public and private stakeholders in the global data centre industry. It is founded on the basis that exponential increase in the amount of data demand and production is driving the request for more digital processing and storage…
- Publication 26 June 2020 Regional Technology Brief Latin America and Caribbean Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have a geographically determined vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. Climate change projections show increasing mean temperatures rising by up to 4.5°C compared to the pre-industrial period by the end of the 21st century across the LAC region. Climate change projections are coupled with observed trends in the direction of increased energy consumption, which has more than tripled over the past forty years. This is expected to continue to…
- News 25 June 2020 Mexico set to improve transparency in National Reporting and maximise impact on climate actions at subnational level Building transparency in subnational reporting The Paris Agreement and its transparency mechanism underscore the need for countries to track progress in the implementation of actions set forth in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One part of this implies linking the efforts made by subnational entities by properly accounting for their contribution to the NDC. As such, several countries are currently seeking methodologies to assess the climate…
- Project 24 June 2020 The preparation and implementation of IFU's Climate Policy The Danish Development Finance Institutions, DFI, called IFU, has embarked upon an ambitions climate policy. IFU is a key Danish instrument for mobilising climate-relevant private investments to support developing countries transformation to low-carbon and climate-resilient pathways by leveraging substantial financing to mitigation and adaptation projects. In the policy, IFU commit itself to an alignment with the objective of the Paris Agreement, and to contribute to the transformational…
- Project 19 June 2020 Methodologies for quantification of mitigation actions at subnational level in mexico Tracking the progress of implementation of mitigation actions included by countries in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is at the core of the Paris Agreement and its transparency mechanisms. At country level this might lead to more accurate and comprehensive planning, and developing policies to support actions that help achieve national targets or even go beyond them. Currently, several countries are seeking how to assess quantitatively climate mitigation undertaken by subnational…
- Event 16 June 2020 WEBINAR - Climate Technologies and Technology Needs Assessments activities in Latin America & Caribbean Join us on the 30th of June, for our webinar on "Climate Technologies and Technology Needs Assessments activities in Latin America & Caribbean". During this webinar, we will explore the sectors and technologies prioritisedby LAC countries participating in the TNA project, in relation to climate change adaptation and mitigation. We will discuss financial and capacity-building needs, and highlight how the TNAs can contribute to NDC implementation. 30th of June, 16-17:30PM CET The webinar’s…