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- Publication 13 June 2022 National Electric Mobility Policy and Market Readiness Framework for Ghana Ghana is one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, with the transport sector playing a key strategic role in its growth and development. Despite the steady economic growth over the last two decades, Ghanaian cities, in particular, seem not to have benefited from the full dividends that accrue to the urbanization process. This may be due to challenges associated with the current monocentric urban spatial structure where important activity points are located in the city centre. In contrast, most…
- Event 13 June 2022 Energy Efficiency Financing Charette Hosted at the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre In-person only event There is a fundamental disconnect between the finance community and energy efficiency. The Mission Efficiency Financing Charette will be convened to undo this disconnect. The charette will bring together two groups: the world’s finance community (private sector, development banks, philanthropic organizations, climate finance facilities, etc.) and the projects and initiatives that are at the forefront of delivering the transition…
- News 9 June 2022 The Global ESCO Network sets the stage for energy efficiency action The Global ESCO Network has taken the stage promoting Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) ability to carry out profitable investments on energy efficiency delivering on the urgently needed emissions reductions to achievements Net Zero targets. With two events during the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 7th Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Sønderborg, Denmark this week, the network gathered ESCO’s and energy efficiency experts. The Global Conference on Energy Efficiency gathered high…
- Event 9 June 2022 Hydrogen & Carbon Capture. Facilitating Green Hydrogen Production and Export (Webinar) During the webinar, Dr. Romanas Savickas will make an introduction to Hydrogen development roots and history, the comparison and Hydrogen potential VS other fuels, Hydrogen properties and due to this related transportation issues and potential opportunities, Hydrogen market costs and future trends, Hydrogen strategies of different countries, Mapping global Hydrogen supply-demand, Global Hydrogen import/export potential, Discussion on facilitating Green Hydrogen production and export/import.
- News 7 June 2022 Mongolia and Bangladesh move towards NDC priorities To support climate action and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Mongolia and Bangladesh, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC) joined high-level and in-person meetings with Government and wider stakeholders to discuss and agree sector-specific investment opportunities. In both countries, UNEP-CCC joined the meetings and workshops through the NDC Action Project, a project supporting 10 partner countries across the world, to help translate NDCs into concrete sector…
- News 2 June 2022 Regulatory Barriers for Energy Service Companies (1st Edition) On May 31, the Global ESCO Network published the first edition of its "Regulatory Barriers for Energy Service Companies". It is based on interviews with 12 ESCO associations, mapping barriers in regulation that either directly targeted ESCOs or accidentally come in their way. It also discusses 'barriers in the absence of regulation'. The Global ESCO Network would like to extend a warm thank you to the associations that made the publication possible and look forward to expanding the analysis…
- Publication 2 June 2022 Contribution of circular economy strategies to climate change mitigation: Generic assessment methodology with focus on developing countries As part of the Paris Agreement, countries are asked to put forward their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which present their proposed pathways to tackle climate change. To that end, circular economy (CE) has been proposed as a potentially important catalyzer to meet NDCs. Yet, the potential of CE strategies to help reach climate goals at the country scale has been little explored until now. Here, we propose a consistent step-wise methodology, which assesses quantitatively the…
- Publication 1 June 2022 Electricity sector crediting mechanism based on a power plant emission standard: A clear signal to power generation companies and utilities planning new power plants in developing countries post-2012