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- Publication 16 August 2021 Influence of urban form on the cooling effect of a small urban river Urban warming due to increased urbanization is becoming a serious environmental problem, requiring urban planners to consider heat mitigation strategies that reduce urban air temperature. Urban rivers play an important role in reducing urban heat through evaporation and transfer of sensible heat, known as the river cooling effect (RCE). We used detailed field measurements to calculate the river cooling intensity (RCI) and river cooling distance (RCD) for the Cheonggye River in Seoul, Korea in…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Incorporating uncertainty in national-level climate change-mitigation policy: possible elements for a research agenda Decision making for climate change management seldom incorporates uncertainty in the analysis that underpins the policy process. First, uncertainty is seldom characterised fully, and attempts to reduce uncertainty—when this is possible—are rare. Second, scientists are ill-equipped to communicate about uncertainty with policy makers, and policy makers most often favour pretended certainty over nuance and detail. Third, the uncertainty analysis that may have been conducted most often fails to…
- Publication 16 August 2021 The nexus between nationally determined contributions and technology needs assessments: a global analysis The role of technology in combatting climate change through mitigation and adaptation to its inevitable impacts has been acknowledged and highlighted by the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the developing world, this has received particular attention through the technology needs assessment (TNA) process. As Parties put forward their national pledges to combat climate change, the scarcity of resources makes it important to assess (i) whether…
- News 16 August 2021 Closing the Energy Efficiency knowledge gaps Improving energy efficiency is widely recognised as a key element and a low hanging fruit in addressing climate change while at the same time contributing to sustainable development. Specifically, energy management represents a significant opportunity for building, transport, industrial-commercial, and other sectors to reduce their energy use while maintaining or boosting productivity. The potential in improving energy efficiency is also reflected in Sustainable Development Goal 7, which calls…
- Event 13 August 2021 Building trust in ESCOs in a developing country context: the case of Kenya 24 August, 2021 02:00 PM CEST To achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), developing countries need to enhance their efforts and skills to make improvements in energy efficiency that require relatively less investment. Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) are recognized as potentially important contributors to such improvements, but the ESCO markets are not yet well developed in developing countries. Kenya has a relatively blank sheet of paper for developing the right frameworks…
- News 9 August 2021 All you need to know about NDCs - now in Spanish and French Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are key to saving our climate. As a crucial part of the global climate negotiations, they are also complicated documents caught in the crossfire between policy, science, finance and necessity. To make information on the NDCs and all their complicated processes and issues more accessible and easy to understand, UNEP DTU Partnership has produced a Pocket Guide to NDCs. Now the guide is available in both Spanish and French. Click to download the Pocket…
- News 5 August 2021 An action agenda for Africa’s electricity sector To meet the development needs of a growing population, Africa’s electricity sector requires a major transformation. Despite important changes over the past decade, efforts to expand and modernize the sector need to be redoubled. Indeed, current electrification rates, generation-capacity levels, and security-of-supply indicators underscore that much is yet to be accomplished. A new policy article, published today in Science, identifies five sets of complementary actions to put Africa’s…
- Event 22 July 2021 Policy development: Integrating district energy systems into urban planning (Webinar) The objective of this webinar is to present the fundamentals of policy development in district energy systems (DES) planning. The participants will get an overview of key steps in policy development to integrate DES in urban planning along with lessons learned through the experience of the best practice in the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), Malaysia. Agenda Introduction to the webinar Aristeidis Tsakiris Intro on Policy Development in DES Clara Camarasa The experience from…