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- Project 23 October 2019 Increased transparency and documentation of private sector contributions to NDCs In order to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of holding the increase in global mean temperature at well below 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 °C, every single effort resulting in GHG emission reduction or contribution to SDGs should be measured/monitored and reported. While a number of efforts will take place at national level, led mainly by the government, a number of emission reduction activities take place currently at micro or small scale…
- Event 22 October 2019 Powering Digital Transformation through Sustainable Datacentres Meet us at the High Tech Summit 2019 where UNEP DTU is hosting a track on Powering Digital Transformation through Sustainable Datacentres. Datacenters have an important role to play in digital transformation. Today’s datacenters have the potential to become a dynamic change agent within smart urban systems. The growth of inefficient datacentre brings irreversible economic and environmental ramifications to the society. Currently, the world's datacentres consumed 3% of global electricity with a…
- Podcast 17 October 2019 Battle for the thermostat: energy efficiency and gender Problem: There is a significant difference in perception of indoor thermal comfort between men and women, with men demonstrating a strong preference lower temperatures than women, sometimes referred to as the ‘battle of the thermostat’. Research discussed in this episode shows that there is also a notable impact on productivity and cognitive performance, with women performing better at high temperatures than at low temperatures. At the same time in most modern office space, the settings for the…
- Event 15 October 2019 WEBINAR: Introduction to the Enhanced Transparency Framework Article 13 of the Paris Agreement established an Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) to provide a clear understanding of climate change actions and on the support provided and received, thus promoting the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. At the COP24 in Katowice in December 2018, the Parties to the Paris Agreement adopted the "Katowice Climate Package", which provides, among other things, the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) for the ETF. After two years of…
- Event 15 October 2019 WEBINAR: Reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework Article 13 of the Paris Agreement established an Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) to provide a clear understanding of climate change actions and on the support provided and received, thus promoting the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. At the COP24 in Katowice in December 2018, the Parties to the Paris Agreement adopted the "Katowice Climate Package", which provides, among other things, the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) for the ETF. After two years of…
- News 15 October 2019 Latin America Business Forum - District Heating Development in Chile The head of strategy at Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency Gabriela Dias, participated in the "District Heating Development in Chile" seminar, organized by the Latin American Business Forum and her presentation was about the "Overview UNEP-DES initiative in Latin America". [iframe src="https://www.linkedin.com/embed/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6589167752643129344" height="532" width="504" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Embedded post"] Find Out More
- Event 11 October 2019 WEBINAR: Lessons learned and good practices from CBIT project implementation: Kenya The CBIT Global Coordination Platform is inviting you to join its next webinar on Lessons learned and good practices from CBIT project implementation in Kenya. Hosted by the UNEP DTU Partnership and supported by the Global Environment Facility, the CBIT Global Coordination Platform (GCP) is established to foster knowledge-sharing and peer-learning among CBIT countries worldwide. To this end, the CBIT Global Coordination Platform regularly organizes webinars for the CBIT community to…
- News 9 October 2019 Urban mobility under transformation Today, more than 50% of the world’s population live in urban areas. As more than two billion people will be added to the global population in the coming decades and urban populations continue to grow, the question arises: how can people and the goods they require be moved more efficiently than they are today? Today, the transport sector accounts for almost two-thirds of global energy consumption. It produces approximately one-third of global energy-related CO2 emissions and is the primary…