• News 19 December 2024 Season's Greetings With virtual certainty, 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first calendar year in which the world is 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This does not mean that the Paris Agreement goal has been permanently missed, but it is evident that the climate crisis continues to define our world. From the UN Secretary-General calling for urgent action on extreme heat to the desperate need for climate action voiced by Island States and others at COP29, events this year have again illustrated…
• News 16 December 2024 Empowering Climate Action through Technology and Innovation at COP29 As the urgency of climate action grows, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre directed the spotlight on climate technologies as pivotal tools to achieve ambitious global climate targets at COP29 in Baku. Along with partners and countries, the Centre highlighted impacts and potential of technology-driven solutions for mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development. A series of events featured the potential of climate technologies and of Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and Technology Action…
• Publication 10 December 2024 Analysis of success stories from implemented Technology Action Plans (TAPs) Over time and through an iterative process, collective learnings and practical insights from the global- and country- level work on TNAs have informed and enriched the TNA methodology, including through growing guidance3 available to countries and implementation actors. Today, the TNA process has evolved into a step-by-step process that goes beyond technology needs and is geared towards enabling technology implementation and demonstrating technology viability, with a view to closing the gap…
• News 26 November 2024 SPAR6C Supports Pakistan in Launching Carbon Market Policy Guidelines at COP29, Baku The opening day of COP29 in Baku saw a landmark breakthrough for the proliferation of carbon markets, with the approval of standards for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), key to implementation of Article 6.4. This represents a critical step towards concluding Article 6 negotiations. Nearly 200 governments agreed on the framework that sets up a centralized global mechanism with clear rules and procedures for countries and companies involved in carbon credit transactions. Article 6…
• Publication 13 November 2024 Success stories from implemented Technology Action Plans This TEC analysis paper, developed in collaborations with the UNEP CCC, aims to identify common elements of success and effective approaches that led to the implementation of prioritized climate technologies in developing countries, identified or communicated through the TNA process and resulted TAPs. Drawing on the experience of six developing countries across three regions - Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Ghana, Grenada, Liberia and Pakistan - the analysis focuses on how TAPs are: Positioned…
• News 10 November 2024 Solar e-cookers cut costs and emissions in Uganda Christine Nakanwagi Kagimu adds the peeled plantain to the water and pushes the button at the base of the green electric cooker. Running on batteries and using induction, the e-cooker promptly brings the water to a boil, and when Christine adds greens, her small kitchen on the outskirts of Kampala quickly fills with an appetizing aroma. Christine first saw the e-cooker at her father’s 87th birthday party. Her sister bought one for their parents explaining that using electricity to cook is both…
• Event 7 November 2024 Meet us at COP29 Events 13. November 15.00-16.00  -  Arctic Pavilion, D17  -   Streaming Mental Health at the Intersection of Loss and Damage: Empowering Arctic Youth and Indigenous Communities 14. November 12:00-13:00 -  Faith Pavilion G14a  -  Streaming Breaking Barriers: Navigating Adaptation Limits: Addressing Loss and Damage through Inclusive and innovative Climate Action 15:00-16:30  -  Side event 8  -  Streaming From Commitments to Action:…
• News 7 November 2024 Huge uplift needed on climate adaptation, starting with finance commitment at COP29 As climate impacts intensify and hit the world’s most vulnerable hardest, the Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), finds that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, starting with a commitment to act on finance at COP29. The Adaptation Gap Report is co-produced and co-edited  by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre. Global average temperature rise is approaching 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, and…

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