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- News 26 December 2021 New research article: in rural electrification, affordability is key The UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), approved six years ago, lay out a shared vision on 17 key developmental concerns. Within this framework, SDG7 targets access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services, while SDG13 focuses on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and adaption to the impacts of climate change. Efforts to achieve SDG7 and SDG13 are interlinked, in that fossil fuels will be used, to a greater or lesser extent, to expand access to modern energy services in developing…
- Publication 22 December 2021 Investigating mechanisms of collective action initiatives' development in the energy sector. Report on the comparative case studies, COMETS H2020 project One of the emergent trends in the sustainable energy transition is the development of distributed power generation. In Europe, it is estimated that up half of citizens of the European Union (EU) could be energy self-sufficient, potentially supplying 45% of Europe’s final energy demand by 2050 (Kampman, et al., 2016). While there are many challenges with a move towards more distributed, citizen-led energy projects, they are nevertheless supported and promoted by the EU in the RED II (EU…
- News 22 December 2021 A look back at 2021 2021 is coming to an end, and on behalf of all my colleagues, I would like to thank our partners around the world for all your efforts and collaboration in the last year. Together we have worked hard throughout the year for a greener, more sustainable future, where countries prosper using low carbon energy sources in the most efficient way. Taking over as Director in April 2021, I was proud to join such a relevant and unique partnership benefitting societies across the world. It is our goal for…
- News 21 December 2021 Emissions scenarios for Brazilian climate action In February 2020, the now completed second phase of the Brazil Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project was initiated, focusing on the sub-national level. It applied technical work undertaken at the national level under phase 1 of the project to the state level. Work under this second phase adopted the ICAT guidance for assessing impacts of non-state and subnational actions. Phase 1 of ICAT in Brazil has since March 2018, supported the development of a methodology to calculate…
- News 21 December 2021 TNA webinars, events, podcasts and publications in 2021 As 2021 comes to an end, we would like to share an overview of some of the knowledge products produced under the Global Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. Through the TNA project, UNEP DTU Partnership helps developing countries determine their technology priorities for mitigating and adapting to climate change. The project follows a country-driven approach, working with regional centers of excellence in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and offering national, regional, and…
- News 20 December 2021 TNA webinars, events, podcasts and publications in 2021 As 2021 comes to an end, we would like to share an overview of some of the knowledge products produced under the Global Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. Through the TNA project, UNEP DTU Partnership helps developing countries determine their technology priorities for mitigating and adapting to climate change. The project follows a country-driven approach, working with regional centers of excellence in climate change mitigation and adaptation, and offering national, regional, and…
- News 20 December 2021 New report on private sector adaptation reporting in the Global Stocktake As an essential feature of the Paris Agreement’s built-in process, the Global Stocktake (GST) was set up to take stock of the overall progress made in achieving the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals, including the Global Goal on Adaptation. Climate change is already affecting the operations of private sector, including their ability to generate profits. As a key member of the broad-based coalition of actors required to mitigate and adapt to climate change, it is important that the contributions…
- Webinar & E-Learning 17 December 2021 How Super ESCOs can bypass regulatory restrictions for contracting private ESCOs (Webinar) – 14.12.2021 So-called Super ESCOs, which are initiated and generally financed by the public sector to serve other public-sector entities, are a growing phenomenon with particular advantages in dealing with other public entities, partly because by their very nature they may escape the restrictions that otherwise pertain to private entities and may be better placed to secure access to the public clients’ cash flows that are to finance the ESCO contracts. But even Super ESCOs may find that the private sector…