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- Publication 18 October 2018 NAMAcademy E-Learning Programme The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) published its fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change in 2007. The report stated that global emissions must be reduced by at least 50% below 1990 levels by 2050, followed by additional global emission reductions towards a zero carbon economy by the end of the century, to possibly keep the average temperature increase below 2⁰C. The fourth assessment report concluded that developing countries in all regions would also need to achieve…
- News 18 October 2018 Two awards for Chinese district energy projects Two projects creating efficient district energy have won awards for Demonstration of energy efficient district energy systems in China. Both projects were designed in their initial phase by Zhuolun Chen, senior advisor at UNEP DTU Partnership's Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. The awards were given by the China Association of Building Energy Efficiency - China District Energy Association in September 2018 and were given to a total of six projects. As the only two projects, the two…
- News 18 October 2018 Two awards for Chinese district energy projects Two projects creating efficient district energy have won awards for Demonstration of energy efficient district energy systems in China. Both projects were designed in their initial phase by Zhuolun Chen, senior advisor at UNEP DTU Partnership's Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. The awards were given by the China Association of Building Energy Efficiency - China District Energy Association in September 2018 and were given to a total of six projects. As the only two projects, the two…
- News 17 October 2018 Kicking-off TNA round three The third round of the Technology Needs Assessment Project (TNA III), has been officially started today, during a kick-off workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. Implemented by UN Environment and executed by UNEP DTU Partnership, this new round of TNAs assists 23 developing countries in determining their technology priorities regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change. TNAs are a significant instrument in developing countries efforts to not only determine which technologies best suit their…
- News 17 October 2018 Kicking-off TNA round three The third round of the Technology Needs Assessment Project (TNA III), has been officially started today, during a kick-off workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. Implemented by UN Environment and executed by UNEP DTU Partnership, this new round of TNAs assists 23 developing countries in determining their technology priorities regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change. TNAs are a significant instrument in developing countries efforts to not only determine which technologies best suit their…
- Publication 17 October 2018 TNA Step by Step This guidebook is produced as part of the GEF-Funded Global Technology Needs Assessment Project, which is implemented by UN Environment and UNEP DTU Partnership. The guidebook is intended for national TNA teams, which consist of stakeholders from government, non-government organisations, private sector and others. The guidebook walks through the steps in preparing a Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and Technology Action Plan (TAP). As such it is the ‘go-to’ document for national TNA teams. It…
- Project 13 October 2018 Development of biomass power plant technologies in Malaysia This thesis was positioned within in a broader research field addressing the topic of the transfer and diffusion of low-carbon technologies to developing countries. This specific focus was on the development of biomass power plant technologies in Malaysia, and the main research question guiding the analysis was: What have been the main factors influencing the transfer and diffusion of biomass power plant technologies in Malaysia? In order to answer this main research question, the issues of…
- Project 12 October 2018 Development of Climate-Smart Agriculture projects in Kenya Implemented by a consortium comprising UNEP DTU Partnership and Eco Ltd as consultants of NETFUND (Kenya), this project aims at developing detailed project ideas in the area of Climate-Smart Agriculture that will advance Kenya’s transition towards a green economy. Running from May to December of 2018, at the onset, this project has undertaken a review of existing policies, programmes and plans to ensure that the projects developed are aligned with national low carbon and climate resilience…