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- News 16 March 2021 Policy brief - Inside Independent Power Producers: Social performance perspectives from South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) Community engagement lies at the heart of the social license to operate large-scale wind and solar renewable energy schemes. The Tendering Sustainable Energy Transitions (TENTRANS) research project implemented by UNEP DTU Partnership, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and Centre for Complex Systems in Transition (CST) has just published a Policy Brief with insights from South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) on how to manage…
- News 15 March 2021 Preparatory study on Denmark’s climate change mitigation support, conducted by UDP and DIIS, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark This preparatory study, conducted by UDP and DIIS, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, provides a quick overview of the climate mitigation support of Denmark. The study places the climate mitigation support in the Danish climate and development strategy context, and in the global context of the Paris Agreement, the NDCs, as well as the trends and developments in climate finance and funds. The study highlights a number of possible questions to explore for a Danida evaluation, amongst…
- Event 11 March 2021 Overcoming Regulatory and Policy Barriers To Catalyzing ESCO Development Globally International experience demonstrates that energy service companies (ESCOs) can contribute substantially to scaling up implementation of EE projects. However, ESCOs face multiple barriers for their particular business model. Many of these are regulatory and policy based - and many are unintended. Governments can facilitate and promote the establishment and growth of ESCOs through legislative, regulatory and policy initiatives to overcome the barriers. Dilip R. Limaye is…
- Publication 8 March 2021 Guidelines of European Technical Quality Criteria for Energy Efficiency Services The Guidelines of European Technical Quality Criteria for Energy Efficiency Services aim to respond to the urgent market need for standardisation of energy efficiency services. They are targeted at public and private clients, energy service providers, financial institutions, procurement staff and policy makers. The criteria have been developed to form the basis of assurance schemes for energy efficiency services.
- Event 4 March 2021 Webinar - Achieving the Sustainable Development goals During this webinar, we will present the key linkages between the Sustainable Development Goals and the UNFCCC-mandated Technology Needs Assessments, and the role of technology per se in achieving sustainable development. Moreover, perspectives on how TNA activities link to national SDG targets will be shared from two country coordinators involved in TNA activities.
- News 4 March 2021 TNA brief - Achieving the Sustainable Development goals This briefing note discusses key linkages between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UNFCCC-mandated Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs), and the role of technology per se in achieving sustainable development. The brief will be launch during a webinar, the 17th of March from 10AM CET to 11:30AM CET
- News 3 March 2021 Milestone for sustainable charcoal in Cambodia The reputation of charcoal is not among the best, and in most instances, this is well deserved as most of it stems from illegal and unsustainable logging and its manufacture, if not managed properly, is highly polluting. Not so in the KjuonGo project in Cambodia. KjuonGo charcoal directly replaces illegally logged charcoal and it is produced in model kilns that ensure a carbon footprint much less than with the use of traditional charcoal or simple fuelwood. At the same time, KjuonGo charcoal,…
- Webinar & E-Learning 3 March 2021 Business Models in District Energy Systems (Webinar) – 16.02.2021 This webinar is part of the training modules offered by the District Energy in Cities Initiative. It provides key insights of business models to ensure the viability of district energy projects for both heating and cooling systems. Among other aspects, the webinar covers projects that require leveraging state funding, financing models with a price cap, business models structuring when there are substitutes for district energy, the impact of legal regimes on business models, tariff setting and…