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- Project 23 January 2020 Community Models for the Energy Transition through Social Innovation (COMETS) COMETS will explore the role of collective action (e.g., grassroots organizations, co-ops, collective ownership) in developing more sustainable energyCOMETS aims to fill the knowledge and participatory gaps surrounding the low carbon energy system transition to ensure citizens are at the center of the transformation and empower their creative potential. COMETS will advance the scientific knowledge on the motives, potential, objectives and barriers of socially innovative Collective Action…
- Project 23 January 2020 Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) SCA focuses on facilitating knowledge sharing and the development of demonstration projects that can create more sustainable solutions within the municipal energy supply system from energy production to energy consumption.Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) is financed by the EU programme Interreg-ØKS, that supports cross-regional collaboration in Europe. Climate challenges such as global warming, air pollution and pressure on natural resources has resulted in a number of political objectives at…
- Project 23 January 2020 Flexibility for Smart Urban Energy Systems (FlexSUS) A decision-making tool to support smart urban energy systems to optimize energy systems while implementing climate change mitigationThe FlexSUS project develops a decision-making tool to support smart urban energy systems based on digital solutions which enable municipalities and city planners to optimize their energy systems while implementing climate change mitigation efforts. The project builds on optimization of existing and planned energy systems and develops bridges across them in the…
- Event 22 January 2020 Building and operating climate positive data centers The event will be held virtually. 2019 has been a pivotal year for climate change awareness, where corporate organizations are now racing not only to join the fight against climate change, but also to avoid shrinking profits or funding restrictions as consumers and investors alike demand green-friendly sustainable businesses. “The SDG goals represent a call for action by all countries to preserve sustainability of the planet. With the data center industry on the road to consume a…
- Publication 22 January 2020 Organising the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Process This note provides guidance to countries joining the TNA project on how to create and utilize existing institutional structures for establishing and implementing the TNA process. It also explains the regional and global support mechanisms.
- News 21 January 2020 Ambition, dedication and TNA results in Suriname's revised NDC Being part of the ongoing Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project, currently in Phase III, Suriname has wasted no time in using the results of the first step (identifying and prioritising sector and technologies) to contribute to the development of their recently submitted NDC. Being only the second country to have submitted a revised version of their NDC in 2020, Suriname shows ambition and dedication in their outlined contributions. Click here to read Suriname's NDC Various avenues for…
- News 21 January 2020 Suriname shows ambition and dedication in their NDC contributions Being part of the ongoing TNA project, currently in Phase III, Suriname has wasted no time in using the results of the first step (identifying and prioritising sector and technologies) to contribute to the development of their recently submitted NDC. Being only the second country to have submitted a revised version of their NDC in 2020, Suriname shows ambition and dedication in their outlined contributions. Click here to read Suriname's NDC Various avenues for technology transfer, in the…
- Project 17 January 2020 NDC Action Facilitating the implementation of climate-resilient and low-carbon development aligned with national and global goalsThe NDC Action Project supports 10 partner countries to translate their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into concrete sector strategies and actions ready for financing and implementation, and to increase the ambition of their NDCs. At present, many countries are not yet able to fully exploit the transformative potential of their NDCs, as they still face significant…