• News 22 March 2018 New guide: Building capacity to implement NDC's In March 1994, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change entered into force, committing its parties to limit greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve this objective, developing country parties to the Convention have been offered support, mainly in the form of technology transfer, financing and capacity building. For the most part, this support has been channelled through, and put into practical use by, institutions in developing countries – from governmental and para-governmental…
• News 16 March 2018 DES Leverages EUR 17.8 million in Energy Efficiency and Renewables Investments Highlights: - City signs €8.4 million loan with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to fund construction of a new biomass energy plant. - Switch from oil to green heating is expected to slash C02 and sulphur dioxide emissions by over 90%, and save millions in fuel costs. A new renewable power plant made up of 10 biomass boilers will heat homes and businesses in the second-largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, slashing emissions and air pollution while saving money. At a ceremony…
• News 9 March 2018 GFEI impacting vehicle fuel economy policy around the world The Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) is continuing to drive policy change around the world towards cleaner, more efficient vehicles, including recent progress in Peru, South Africa and Ukraine. GFEI has rapidly expanded the number of countries it supports since the Paris Climate Change Conference in November 2015, in recognition of the urgent need to reduce CO2 emissions from transport (which contributes around a quarter of total emissions). GFEI combines in-depth analysis, policy…
• News 8 March 2018 U4E receives funds to support work on energy efficiency United for Efficiency has received funds totalling $5 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP) to support developing and emerging economies over the next three years in planning and implementing energy efficiency policies for lighting and appliances. With these policies, countries can save up to 20 per cent in electricity consumption, while reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. “United for Efficiency welcomes the…
• News 5 March 2018 UNEP DTU researcher awarded Ksenia Petrichenko from the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, a UNEP DTU programme, has won the ‘Best Young Energy Efficiency Researcher Award’ at the World Sustainable Energy Days held in Austria last week. The World Sustainable Energy Days is one of Europe’s largest annual conferences in this field and brings together more than 700 delegates from over 50 countries from business, public sector and the research community. Ksenia Petrichenko was rewarded for a paper titled "Role of Energy…
• News 5 March 2018 UNEP DTU researcher awarded Ksenia Petrichenko from the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, a UNEP DTU programme, has won the ‘Best Young Energy Efficiency Researcher Award’ at the World Sustainable Energy Days held in Austria last week. The World Sustainable Energy Days is one of Europe’s largest annual conferences in this field and brings together more than 700 delegates from over 50 countries from business, public sector and the research community. Ksenia Petrichenko was rewarded for a paper titled Role of Energy…
• News 22 February 2018 "For climate change, size doesn't matter" Life in the Maldives is changing. Beaches and, reefs are disappearing and harvesting rainwater is becoming difficult. All because of climate change. But positive developments are also happening because of the country's efforts to do something about a global problem. Even though emissions from the Maldives only account for 0,003 % of the global total, the small island state remains committed to becoming a Low Carbon Economy, and contributing to the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement. "We are…
• News 14 February 2018 ADMIRE result: Colombia cuts taxes for green cook stoves A new tax incentive in Colombia means that more families will get the possibility to use cook stoves that are better for the environment and their health. Funded by DANIDA, Colombian organisation Fundación Natura has been working with UNEP DTU to promote the use of more efficient cook stoves in Colombia since early 2016. The effort to make the tax incentive a reality is part of a project to create a market for improved cook stoves that benefits the poor rural population. The changes in taxes on…

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