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- Webinar & E-Learning 29 October 2021 Skills and knowledge gap assessment in the commercial and manufacturing sectors in Kenya (Webinar) - 06.10.2021 This webinar presents the process and results of the “Assessment of Skills and Knowledge Gap in Energy Efficiency Professionals in Kenya”, conducted over the past year. Through a brief exposition, the main findings and the perspective of stakeholders, mainly from the education sector but also from the government and the private sector, will be depicted. Likewise, proposals to address and mitigate the gap and develop lines of action to expand energy efficiency skills in Kenya will be…
- News 29 October 2021 Methodologies for supporting Costa Rica’s climate aspirations The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) has just concluded a second phase of implementation in Costa Rica, developing guidance for assessing the sustainable development and transformational change impacts of climate change actions. Such guidance is developed with the goal of integrating monitoring of sustainable development and transformation change impacts in the National Climate Change Monitoring System (SINAMECC). To develop the guidance documents, Costa Rica took as a starting…
- Webinar & E-Learning 28 October 2021 Liquid Cooling for Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Development in China (Presentation) In anticipation of COP26, ITU organized a regional Dialogue on Sustainable Digital Transformation in Asia and the Pacific. The event highlighted the importance of sustainability and energy efficiency in driving digital transformation and meeting the Net-Zero challenge, in line with the targets set in the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goal. The event placed a special focus on the sustainable digital transformation progress in the Asia and the Pacific region. It also discussed…
- News 28 October 2021 Enhancing finance capacities for the Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) in Morocco. This month, UNEP DTU Partnership invited Moroccan practitioners from the government, service provider and NGOs to a two-day workshop building capacity for climate action. The aim of the workshop, organised with the help of the Ministry of Environment of Morocco, was to provide a thorough understanding of climate finance, and the tools associated with it, to more effectively address the challenges of the Moroccan Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. Recordings of the…
- News 27 October 2021 Perspectives: scaling up investment in climate technologies A new 'Perspectives' publication focuses on how to close the gap between technology needs and implementation in support of Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement. What are the pathways to realising technology development and transfer? And what are the main opportunities for, and constraints to, progress? These questions are addressed by a diversity of authors, who offer their evidence-based views and opinions. In doing so, the collection aims to stimulate, or contribute to,…
- News 26 October 2021 Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 fall far short, but net-zero pledges provide hope New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C this century, according to the latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. The Emissions Gap Report is coordinated by UNEP DTU Partnership, and Head of Strategy for Climate Planning and Policy, Anne Olhoff, along with several other UNEP DTU Partnership experts, are among the report’s main authors. …
- Webinar & E-Learning 19 October 2021 Motivating both supply and demand for energy services: the Chilean case (Webinar) – 20.04.2021 Since its beginning in 2012, the National Energy Efficiency Association of Chile (ANESCO Chile A.G.) has been in the front of promoting energy efficiency and the ESCO model in Chile, dealing with barriers and myths against EE in the public and private sectors. The growth of the ESCO sector and the disseminations of its benefits and visible achievements have been essential for the EE market in the private sector. In the public sector, showing the ESCO model's compatibility with the rules of the…
- Tools 11 October 2021 Solar PV on municipal buildings: a guide to feasibility and financial analysis Building scale renewable energy is the most impactful action that cities can take to decarbonise their energy sector, especially with the rapidly falling costs of renewable energy technologies. City governments can move fastest by using their own underutilised rooftop space to generate electricity with solar PVs. Not only is this a cost-efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality, but it can also reduce municipal reduce energy costs and generate financial…