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- News 29 April 2020 Ensuring green finance flows In the struggle to curb global emissions and adapt to the already devastating effects of climate change, we cannot reach our common goals without green finance and investments on a massive scale. Now, with the support of UNEP DTU Partnership, one of Denmark's biggest investors in developing countries, the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), has a new climate policy, ensuring alignment to the goals of the Paris Agreement. We are very pleased with the work carried out by UNEP…
- News 27 April 2020 Raising awareness for climate tech transfer Raising awareness for climate tech transfer Effective communication is key to improve the likelihood of successful transfer of climate technologies. In order to foster enabling environments for climate technology development, transfer and uptake, the global Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project puts an emphasis on communication and information dissemination at countries' national level. The TNA project coordinates efforts on awareness building throughout government departments and agencies,…
- News 24 April 2020 In times of health, economic and climate crisis, energy efficiency is part of the answer The multiple benefits of adopting more efficient energy demand practices in buildings, industry, agriculture and transport, now renovated as part of the solution to unprecedented challenges, are well known. Energy efficiency can make a significant contribution to decarbonisation by reducing the use of fossil fuels, reducing contamination and consequently improving air quality. This effect alone has positive impacts on public health, making us more resilient to pathogenic activity. Energy…
- News 24 April 2020 UNEP DTU Partnership joins climate collabathon PhD Fellow at UNEP DTU Partnership, Marco Schletz is heading up a prompt developing a Climate Bond Platform using blockchain technology, during the Yale Open Innovation Lab Climate Collabathon taking place this week (April 22-26th). The prompt will develop a platform for real-time monitoring the impact of tokenized climate bond projects by creating a reliable data layer through connecting blockchain technology, IoT sensors and AI. It applies an innovative financing mechanism called asset…
- Event 17 April 2020 Webinar: NDC accounting tools: the example of Ghana As countries start to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, they need to establish a national accounting system. A system that can track greenhouse gas emissions and removals related to the mitigation objective of their NDCs. This NDC accounting system will generate the information necessary to report on progress made in implementing and achieving NDCs, aligned with the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement. This webinar will present…
- News 6 April 2020 Sri Lankan MRV ensures transparent and impactful NDCs UNEP DTU Partnership has assisted Sri Lanka in developing the country's first Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for climate action. The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project in Sri Lanka has been a successful collaboration between the Climate Change Secretariat of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, UNEP DTU Partnership and the local consultancy team, Climate Smart Initiatives (Pvt) Ltd …
- Event 3 April 2020 WEBINAR - Climate Technologies and Technology Needs Assessments activities in Africa During this webinar, we will explore the sectors and technologies prioritised by African countries participating in the TNA project in relation to climate change adaptation and mitigation, discuss financial and capacity-building needs, and highlight how the TNAs can contribute to NDC implementation. The webinar's speakers will be: Sara Trærup, TNA Global Project Manager – UNEP DTU Partnership Vladimir Hecl, Programme Officer – UNFCCC Samba Fall, Project Officer – ENDA Énergie Libasse Ba,…
- News 3 April 2020 New publication: Regional Technology Brief Africa Africa is among the most vulnerable continents to climate change. By 2030, it is projected that between 75 and 250 million people on the continent will be exposed to increased water stress due to climate change. Enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of climate technology is a key pillar of the international response to climate change. Since 2009, the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project has supported 31 countries in Africa, the objective being to assess countries’ technology…