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- News 25 April 2013 New Publication Launched: National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Baseline Scenarios What do we know about the way developing country governments calculate their baselines? Arguably, increased transparency about the methods and assumptions to develop baselines is warranted, and it is this aspect that the new publication 'National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Baseline Scenerios: Learning from Experiences of Developing Countries' seeks to address. Several parties to the UNFCCC have pledged quantified emissions reductions and actions for 2020 (and beyond) relative to their baseline…
- News 7 December 2012 UN COP 18 Side Event Showcases Country Experiences with Capacity Building for Clean Technologies A UN side-event entitled “Building Capacity for Effective National Planning and the Deployment of Clean Technologies”, 5 December 2012, Doha, Qatar highlighted that capacity building is needed not only to enable developing countries to use clean technologies, but also to assess technology needs and support low emission development planning. The event was co-organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Institute for Training and Research…
- News 3 December 2012 UNEP Risø launches the NAMAcademy NAMAs have been the talk of the climate community for quite some time. But how many actually know what NAMAs are? The NAMAcademy, launched by UNEP Risø Centre, provides a fundamental understanding of the concept of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions and provides tools that can concretize policies, programmes and activities in the context of national development planning and low carbon strategies. It brings you a profound understanding of what NAMAs may mean in your country – though…
- News 21 November 2012 The Emissions GAP Report 2012 launched in London Action on climate change needs to be scaled-up and accelerated without delay if the world is to have a running chance of keeping a global average temperature rise below 2° C this century. Read the full Press Release here. Photo from the Emissions Gap Report side-event on Nov 29, 2012 at COP 18 in Doha, Qatar
- News 13 November 2012 Pacific Countries Attend the Carbon Expo Australasia 2012 in Melbourne A delegation of 12 representatives from Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea participated in the Carbon Expo Australasia 2012 held during 7-9 November 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. The participation of this delegation at the Carbon Expo Australasia 2012 was organised by the UNEP Risø Centre (URC) as part of the regional CDM capacity building activity for Pacific region under the ACP MEA project. The Pacific delegation at the Carbon Expo conducted a workshop and…
- News 5 September 2012 Designated National Authority created in Sao Tome and Principe The Government of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe officially created the Designated National Authority (DNA) for the Clean Development Mechanism, which was simultaneously recognized by the UNFCCC. In the run up to this, UNEP Risø Centre provided training to the DNA through the ACP MEAs CD4CDM project, which will serve as an important foundation for the well functioning of this new government body. Activities are being organized and project developers in the country…
- News 12 July 2012 First Round of CDM Loan Scheme reveals great interest for CDM projects The CDM Loan Scheme received applications from 42 projects in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. Africa had the bulk of applications, with 29 coming from the continent. The loan scheme is run jointly by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Risø Centre. It provides interest-free loans for CDM projects in LDCs, as well as…
- News 25 May 2012 UNFCCC Loan Scheme for Clean Development Mechanism Originally proposed at COP 15 in Copenhagen, the loan scheme is designed to finance CDM related development costs, such as generating Project Design Documents (PDDs) and validation documentation. The Loan Scheme is specifically targeted at development costs –which are often difficult to finance – and will not crowd out funding directed at other components of emissions reduction projects. The UNFCCC has decided to implement the loan scheme by a consortium consisting of UNEP Risø Centre (URC) and…