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- News 31 January 2018 Overcoming Barriers to Investing in Energy Efficiency - New Study Brings Insights to Accelerate Climate Action Energy efficiency implementation at a global level is an essential dimension of climate action, and is considered fundamental to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. An overwhelming majority of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions to the agreement submitted by countries recognize energy efficiency as a primary delivery strategy. Improving energy efficiency comes with multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits. Improved health and well-being, cleaner air, improved…
- News 30 January 2018 23 new countries will assess their technology needs with help from UNEP DTU Partnership Technology is key to achieving the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement: Lower the emission of CO2 and halting the rise on global temperatures that threatens the livelihood of people everywhere in the world. To enhance the development, transfer deployment and dissemination of technology UNEP DTU has assisted countries in their Technology Needs Assessments (TNA's) since 2009. TNA's support developing countries to determine their own climate technology needs so it is possible to define how best…
- News 29 January 2018 Energy Efficiency Leaders to Gather for EE Global Forum in Copenhagen The Alliance to Save Energy will hold the 11th annual Energy Efficiency Global Forum (EE Global) – the premier international energy efficiency conference – in Copenhagen May 21-22, 2018. EE Global brings together several hundred energy efficiency leaders from the private, public and non-profit sectors across the world to drive the next generation of progress in improving energy productivity. This year’s event will have a specific focus on how to speed transfer of leading energy…
- News 29 January 2018 Energy Efficiency Leaders to Gather for EE Global Forum in Copenhagen The Alliance to Save Energy will hold the 11th annual Energy Efficiency Global Forum (EE Global) – the premier international energy efficiency conference – in Copenhagen May 21-22, 2018. EE Global brings together several hundred energy efficiency leaders from the private, public and non-profit sectors across the world to drive the next generation of progress in improving energy productivity. This year’s event will have a specific focus on how to speed transfer of leading energy efficiency…
- News 25 January 2018 Sustainable energy for refugees: UNEP DTU Partnership part of global plan Energy use is a crisis issue in many refugee camps. The need for fuel is becoming a source of conflict between increasingly large refugee populations and local communities in many countries in the developing world. It is also a driver of deforestation and has well-documented impacts on women and children who are disproportionately exposed to indoor air pollution. A conference hosted by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit ) in Berlin in mid-January sought to develop an…
- News 22 January 2018 Proposed mitigation in Honduras: Green growth in livestock In a country where much of the economy is based on small scale agriculture, and rural areas are dominated by extreme poverty, balancing growth with climate mitigation and adaptation is key to achieve sustainable development. In new proposal on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) in Honduras, UNEP DTU points to practices that can ensure growth in the Honduran livestock sector, while at the same time turning the sector in to a carbon sink. The majority of the Honduran population live…
- News 18 January 2018 Large scale renewable energy project to create jobs and develop local communities in South Africa Public procurement of renewable energy systems in South Africa has seen intense changes in recent years. One of the aims of these changes has been to make sure that production of solar and wind energy contributes to the development of local industry and local communities. "Prices for renewable energy has been dropping at a steady rate in South Africa, but we are still not sure how investors and local industry have reacted to the changing landscape of energy procurement, and what the impacts of…
- News 10 January 2018 A path towards a greener Nicaraguan livestock sector A new strategy developed by UNEP DTU Partnership is giving farmers, some of whom are struggling with extreme poverty, a chance for sustainable growth while considerably lowering the adverse effects on the climate. Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere, only surpassed by Haiti. It is primarily an agricultural country dependent on farming and in need of economic growth. 65% of Nicaraguan households are considered poor, earning less than two dollars a day. This…