• News 19 June 2019 New TNA website launched UNEP DTU Partnership and the partners in the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project have launched a new and updated TNA website. The new website will be the  go-to place for information on developing countries’ priority technology needs, as well as for information on TNAs. The website provides easier access to resources, guides, a database full of reports and TNA Fact Sheets and news about the project, that now includes more than 80 countries around the world. It features specific…
• News 18 June 2019 UNEP DTU Partnership hosts new network, unleashing the ESCO potential Last week saw the launch of the new 'Global ESCO Network' at the G20 meeting in Tokyo. A network that aims to unleash the potential that Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) have to deliver some of the best returns on green investments, reduce energy consumption and combat excess greenhouse gas emissions. The ESCO concept of using energy savings to pay for the cost of equipment and infrastructure that creates those savings is a business model directly responding to climate change. ESCOs thus…
• News 18 June 2019 UNEP DTU Partnership hosts new network, unleashing the ESCO potential Last week saw the launch of the new ‘Global ESCO Network’ at the G20 meeting in Tokyo. A network that aims to unleash the potential that Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) have to deliver some of the best returns on green investments, reduce energy consumption and combat excess greenhouse gas emissions. The ESCO concept of using energy savings to pay for the cost of equipment and infrastructure that creates those savings is a business model directly responding to climate change. ESCOs thus…
• News 18 June 2019 New partnership for climate technology UNEP DTU Partnership has entered in to a new partnership with the Korean Green Technology Center. Building on the results and research in the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project this new partnership between the two research institutions will further enhance the understanding and action on technology needs for climate action in developing countries. The agreement that marks the beginning of a formal partnership was signed following a high-level visit to UNEP DTU Partnership's offices in UN…
• News 17 June 2019 The potential of TNAs By Vladimir Hecl, UNFCCC Technology needs assessments of developing countries have been undertaken for more than two decades. Their aim is to track evolving needs for new equipment, techniques, practical knowledge and skills to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change. The TNA process produces concrete technology needs, it maps barriers and suggests enabling environments to overcome these barriers. The TNAs also produce a series of project proposals…
• News 14 June 2019 TNA Phase II: countries moving forward with CTCN technical assistance By Jorge Rogat, UNEP DTU Partnership In September 2018, at the closure of TNA Phase II, 22 countries had successfully completed their TNA process. Many of these countries are now taking steps towards the actual implementation of some of the project ideas presented in their Technology Action Plan (TAP) reports. Some of the countries have developed comprehensive project proposal for GCF funding,  while others have submitted requests for technical assistance to the CTCN for further…
• Event 12 June 2019 Linkages between Technology Needs Assessments and Nationally Determined Contributions Speakers: NDC Partnership, TEC, NDC Dialogue representatives, UNEP DTU Partnership, GCF, GEF, TNA national coordinators, Parties, other stakeholders 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 only moderately implemented in many developing countries. Under the Paris Agreement, Parties to…
• News 10 June 2019 Annual meeting on district energy: Inspiring results and capacity building The District Energy in Cities Initiative  has achieved great results during last year. More cities and countries are turning to district energy systems as a mean of unlocking decentralized energy, improving energy efficiency, introducing higher rates of renewables, and achieving greater circularity and resilience. The Initiative is one of six accelerators of the SEforALL Energy Efficiency Hub, hosted by the UNEP DTU Partnership’s Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. The centre also acts…

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