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- Publication 21 May 2024 Regulatory Barriers for Energy Service Companies - 3rd edition In this third edition of “Regulatory Barriers for ESCOs”, 25 ESCO associations have provided comprehensive answers to 15 questions that illuminate different aspects of regulatory barriers for ESCOs. The formulation of the questions was informed and inspired by interviews that were conducted in 2021 for the first edition of this publication, where focused interviews with 10 ESCO associations served as the basis for the analysis. The renewed analysis has been performed from March to May 2023 and…
- News 17 May 2024 Innovative climate resilient housing pilot in Bangladesh Through a pilot project for climate-resilient housing in Bangladesh's coastal zone, the NDC Action Project and BRAC are showcasing a new way to tackle the challenges posed by the climate crisis in Mongla Upazila in the Western part of Bangladesh. Along with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who is the country focal point for the NDC Action Project, experts from UNEP, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and BRAC visited the site of the pilot housing project during a mission…
- News 16 May 2024 Unlocking carbon finance to decarbonize cement and waste sectors in Pakistan Pakistan is advancing carbon finance efforts under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 through the Supporting Preparedness for Article 6 Cooperation (SPAR6C) programme. A recent mission and series of bilateral meetings and workshops organized by SPAR6C and led by a multidisciplinary team of experts from the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and GFA Consulting have garnered significant momentum. The mission, spanning from 16 to 30 April, aimed to strengthen strategic collaborations with provincial…
- News 14 May 2024 Creating a market for off-grid e-cooking in Africa Today, nearly four in five people in Africa cook their meals over open fires and traditional stoves, using wood, charcoal, animal dung, and other polluting fuels. This has dire impacts on health, gender equality and the environment, with women and children bearing the worst consequences. At the same time, cooking with biomass such as wood and charcoal amounts for as much as 2% of all CO2 emissions, while the extensive reliance on wood for cooking is contributing to deforestation, worsening the…
- Publication 10 May 2024 Powering progress: Market creation strategies for solar e-cooking in off-grid and displaced communities In the pursuit of sustainable development and climate resilience, off-grid solar electric cooking (e-cooking) technologies is a dual solution encompassing both climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Globally, cooking with biomass amounts for as much as 2% of CO2 emissions. Given the rapid advances and price reductions in solar e-cooking technologies, there is an opportunity to scale these solutions to help close the emissions gap and deliver a range of co-benefits in support of…
- News 7 May 2024 Unlocking Climate Action in Belize: Using the GACMO tool The Belizean effort to combat the climate crisis has received a significant boost through a training programme aimed at enhancing the country's capabilities in implementing the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement. The programme, which contains a series of training workshops, is carried out under the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) by UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre. Central to this initiative is the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Model (GACMO), a newly…
- Event 6 May 2024 Building Resilient Cities: The role of urban nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. *Closed for registrations* The future of the world’s population is urban. Urbanization rates are rapidly increasing worldwide, compounding climate risks and exacerbating vulnerabilities in cities. In the Global South, the fast urbanization only further pressure existing infrastructure and hinder local government’s capacity to plan for climate-change resilient development at landscape levels and in the long run. While being hit hard by the impacts of the climate crisis, cities are…
- Event 2 May 2024 NDC finance and proposal development training - MENA/Africa The main objective of this three-day training course was to enhance the skills of the National Technical Institutions in the framework of the NDC Action Project and technical employees of Ministries in preparing concept notes for future submission to the financial institutions. The online training was delivered over three days from the 11th – 13th of June. The training consisted of a mix of presentations from experts at UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and in-country partner organizations. More…