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- News 25 November 2015 NAMAcademy expands with courses at home and abroad Demand is growing for the unique programme at UNEP DTU’s NAMAcademy. When it was launched in 2012, the academy’s six-day intensive course on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) was held only once a year. In 2015, not only were there two resident courses onsite in Denmark, but also an in-country course in Mozambique. NAMAcademy offers week long intensive courses and private coaching to public officials and other project developers on the ins and outs of NAMA design and formulation…
- News 24 November 2015 TNA project’s second phase in full swing First draft reports are already being submitted from some of the 26 countries participating in the second phase of the Technology Needs Assessment project (TNA Phase II), which started up in January 2015. The project’s second phase was officially launched May 27 and 28 at a workshop in Bangkok organized in collaboration with UNEP, CTCN and UNFCCC. In addition to presentations by national coordinators for TNA Phase II, coordinators from TNA’s first phase were invited to share their experiences…
- News 6 November 2015 Sixth Emissions Gap Report Executive Summary Launched Geneva, 6 November 2015 – Existing policies and strong engagement by nations submitting their contributions ahead of the Paris climate meeting will limit anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, but a new climate agreement can encourage further action to limit global temperature rise to 2°C by 2100, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. Click to download the Executive Summary (English) and Executive Summary (French). The Emissions Gap…
- News 15 October 2015 NAMAcademy conducts fourth training course in Denmark NAMAcademy, a project run by UNEP DTU Partnership concluded its fourth residential workshop in Denmark last week. The NAMAcademy is at the forefront of providing capacity building and hands-on assistance to those working on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or NAMAs, and train those focused on structuring NAMAs to attract finance in an attempt to take these from concept to implementation. Attended by 10 participants from 6 countries, the NAMAcademy course helped to provide guidance and…
- News 13 October 2015 UDP releases new report on Energy Efficiency UNEP DTU Partnership is pleased to release The Multiple Benefits of Measures to Improve Energy Efficiency. This report represents a unique effort where energy modelling has been combined with a comprehensive survey of twenty-five national programmes on energy efficiency. The report provides energy use and greenhouse-gas emission projections to 2030 globally and for G20 countries. The report is released at a critical time in the climate change negotiations, as parties to the United Nations…
- News 15 September 2015 Working Papers on CDM Sustainable Development Tool released The CDM Executive Board’s Sustainable Development Tool has been evaluated in a nine month research project implemented by Wuppertal Institute and UNEP DTU Partnership for the German Federal Environment Agency. Three working papers are the outcome of the project that had the following objectives: To undertake an analysis of the EB’s SD Tool and SD provisions of other flexible mechanisms, undertake an analysis of the host countries views on the suitability and practicability of the EB’s SD tool…
- News 12 September 2015 9th Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum concludes Santiago de Chile, 11 September 2015 – The 9th Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF 2015) concluded today in Santiago de Chile, where key business and government representatives from across the region discussed the use of market-based mechanisms and other forms of carbon pricing and climate finance. The Forum called for their inclusion as mitigation and development tools in the new global climate deal expected from Paris at the end of this year. Following the recent negotiations…
- News 24 August 2015 UDP organizes Danida Fellowship Course on Green Energy and Low Carbon Development The course focused on green energy and low carbon development in developing countries. Targeted at managers and decision makers from the private and public sectors seeking to develop their knowledge and problem-solving skills with regard to improved energy efficiency and renewable energy, the global ‘green growth’ agenda was an integral part of the course. Organized by UNEP DTU Partnership in association with DTU Executive School of Business and funded by the Danida Fellowship Centre, the…