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- Webinar & E-Learning 22 September 2017 Applying Sustainable Procurement to Achieve Greater Energy Performance in Building Retrofits (Webinar) - 26.09.2017 Understand the opportunities to apply sustainable procurement practices to assist in achieving energy efficient buildings and low-carbon cities through: Integrated approaches to urban energy and procurement Frameworks for public investment in existing buildings Leveraging public procurement for innovation Public Private Partnerships
- Webinar & E-Learning 20 September 2017 Greening Internet Data Centres (Introduction)
- News 12 September 2017 Materializing the multiple benefits of energy efficiency: Accelerating global action Among Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) three core energy goals, energy efficiency stands out as an opportunity that all individuals, businesses and governments can take advantage of. Energy efficiency offers a range of opportunities to improve business productivity and curb carbon emissions at the same time. It can also provide social and environmental benefits via improved health and well-being, cleaner air and more jobs. And according to many authoritative studies, energy efficiency will…
- News 1 September 2017 Watch webinar - How to make internet data centres more energy efficient? With the massive innovations brought by the “Cloud” and the "Internet of Things", the world is becoming ever more connected. The increased internet usage requires tremendous amounts of data to be stored, and we are already witnessing mushrooming growth in data centres over the past decade. At present, the amount of energy consumed by the world’s data centres amounts to 3% of global electricity supply and accounts for about 2% of total greenhouse gas emissions. That gives it the same carbon…
- News 29 August 2017 UNEP DTU provides technical assistance to Mozambique on waste to fuel options for cement factories Transforming waste to energy for the cement sector is a national priority in Mozambique. Mozambique's Ministry of Earth, Environment and Rural Development requested support to the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) in assessing the technical and financial feasibility for utilisation of municipal solid waste as refuse derived fuel (RDF) to power cement factories in Mozambique. As CTCN partner, UNEP DTU Partnership, provided technical assistance to determine the feasibility of the…
- News 28 August 2017 Reducing emissions by shifting to 100 million EVs by 2030 In order to achieve very low CO2 emissions by 2050, transportation will need to shift strongly away from fossil fuels. For light-duty vehicles, the most obvious pathway now is toward electric vehicles. With over 2 million of such vehicles on the world’s roads today, this pathway is taking shape and appears promising. However, there will be 2 billion light-duty vehicles on the world’s roads by 2050, so the road is long and will be challenging. By 2030, the UN and others have called for at least…
- News 24 August 2017 SEforALL reveals new initiative to address growing challenge of providing cooling solutions for all As global temperatures reach record highs, Sustainable Energy for All has announced a new initiative to identify the challenges and opportunities of providing access to affordable, sustainable cooling solutions for all. The new Cooling for All initiative will focus on how we embed growing cooling demands that can reach everyone within a clean energy transition, and in turn, support faster progress to achieve the goals of the Montreal Protocol’s Kigali Amendment agreed last year in Rwanda. With…
- News 22 August 2017 Latin American Carbon Forum 2017 to be held in Mexico From October 18 -20 this year, the Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF) is bringing together for the eleventh consecutive year key players from the private and public sectors to share the state of the art information around climate change mitigation and adaptation, and reach out to cooperation agencies, potential investors and service providers. It is a space that showcases how climate aspirations turn into climate action and plant the seeds for more action and ambition. The event…