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- Project 23 January 2020 Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) 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 local /regional, national, European and global level. One of the major climate objectives is to substitute fossil fuels with sustainable and renewable energy. This requires interdisciplinary development of methods and…
- Project 23 January 2020 Flexibility for Smart Urban Energy Systems (FlexSUS) The 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 form of data management system and visualization tool to be used by system planners that adapt to the specific needs and energy…
- 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 The 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 obstacles. UNEP and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre jointly offer to address them with help of the recently launched NDC…
- News 14 January 2020 It's time for sustainable barbecues There is nothing like a good barbecue, is there? If you think so, you're not the only one. In fact charcoal is a major cooking fuel throughout the world and is threatening pristine rainforest in many countries. Unfortunately it is another fact, that we will not be able to replace charcoal with emission free cooking - like electric cooking based on 100% renewables - any time soon. Based on this, Nordic Climate Facility has decided to fund a 'sustainable charcoal' project in Cambodia. As a…