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- News 2 March 2021 TENTRANS Impact brief Integrating community development in large-scale wind- and solar energy schemes enable sustainable energy transitions in African countries. Drawing on lessons from South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement (REIPPP) Programme, the research project Tendering Sustainable Energy Transitions (TENTRANS) by UNEP DTU Partnership, Centre for Complex Systems in Transition and Danish Institute for International Studies make recommendations for development cooperation and…
- Publication 2 March 2021 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: exploring linkages with the Technology Needs Assessments 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. Reflecting on many years of experience in conducting TNAs, the brief includes recommendations on how to sharpen the linkages between country-driven efforts to achieve climate-related SDGs, including how to link TNAs to specific SDG targets and indicators. In doing so, the…
- Event 2 March 2021 Webinar - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: exploring linkages with the Technology Needs Assessments We organize a webinar, "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: exploring linkages with the Technology Needs Assessments", the 17th of March from 10AM CET to 11:30AM CET. 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…
- News 24 February 2021 TNA Newsletter #1, 2021 2020 was a year of great achievements for the Global Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. Despite the pandemic circumstances, countries involved in the TNA process made great progress, and the year was marked by a number of online events and publication launches that generated great interest from policy-makers, academia, businesses and NGOs worldwide.
- News 24 February 2021 Good practices of cities Cities are raising their profile within the international energy efficiency arena. More and more cities are committed to become CO2 neutral and engage a low-carbon development transition. At COP23 in Bonn, 25 cities pledged to implement more and more ambitious actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change by 2020. Simultaneously the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy has formulated a global standard on cities’ GHG emissions inventories, in alignment with the relative national…
- Project 16 February 2021 EERA JP e3s - Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of the Energy Transition EERA JP e3s was launched in 2013 as a crosscutting Joint Programme (JP) of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). EERA JP e3s sets out to understand the complex interactions in socio-technical-economic systems, which include, among other things, consumer behavior and engagement, market dynamics, collective action, innovation and technological change, and policy frameworks. EERA JP e3s recognizes the need for systemic thinking, understanding of social engagement and impacts, R&D…
- News 15 February 2021 2020: Highlights from the TNA project 2020 was a year of great achievements for the Global Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. Despite the pandemic circumstances, countries involved in the TNA process made great progress, and the year was marked by a number of online events and publication launches that generated great interest from policy-makers, academia, businesses and NGOs worldwide. 2020: Strengthened linkages between TNAs and NDCs In 2020, 22 countries completed their Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) reports. Through…
- Publication 9 February 2021 Policy brief: Action needed to level the playing field for domestic solar PV companies