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- Project 15 October 2018 INDC Support Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are key to saving our climate. As well as being a crucial part of the global climate negotiations, they are also complicated documents caught in the crossfire between policy, science, finance and necessity. UNEP DTU Partnership along with UN Environment are providing support to developing countries with development and implementation of NDCs and the previous INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions). The actions contained in all NDCs…
- Project 13 October 2018 Development of biomass power plant technologies in Malaysia This thesis was positioned within in a broader research field addressing the topic of the transfer and diffusion of low-carbon technologies to developing countries. This specific focus was on the development of biomass power plant technologies in Malaysia, and the main research question guiding the analysis was: What have been the main factors influencing the transfer and diffusion of biomass power plant technologies in Malaysia? In order to answer this main research question, the issues of…
- News 12 October 2018 A new perspective on solar power in Africa Solar power is becoming the go to technology for sustainable energy all over Africa, but trends are manifesting unevenly across the continent. To bring a new and needed perspective on the significant investment and market growth UNEP DTU Partnership has co-edited a special issue of the academic journal Energy Research and Social Science, looking at how market forces are working to complement, or replace, the role of state and donor agencies. "This is the first time a collection of full length…
- Project 12 October 2018 Development of Climate-Smart Agriculture projects in Kenya Implemented by a consortium comprising UNEP DTU Partnership and Eco Ltd as consultants of NETFUND (Kenya), this project aims at developing detailed project ideas in the area of Climate-Smart Agriculture that will advance Kenya’s transition towards a green economy. Running from May to December of 2018, at the onset, this project has undertaken a review of existing policies, programmes and plans to ensure that the projects developed are aligned with national low carbon and climate resilience…
- Project 11 October 2018 A policy framework for non-motorised transport in Rajkot, India Public transport and non-motorized transport can be up to 20 times more space-efficient than private cars. This is particularly relevant in an urban context where space is a constrained resource. Yet space use is rarely assessed explicitly in urban transport planning, the connection between low carbon transport planning agendas and the wider concept of ecological footprint is not widely understood or appreciated. And there exists no standard method for quantifying the use of space in complex…
- Project 11 October 2018 Facilitating Implementation and Readiness for Mitigation (FIRM) The Facilitating Implementation and Readiness for Mitigation (FIRM) project worked to strengthen national capacities to formulate low carbon development strategies and identify mitigation opportunities. FIRM worked within the context of national sustainable development priorities and the evolving concept of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). Towards this end, FIRM provided advice and capacity-building to stakeholders in participating countries. The project was funded by the…
- Project 11 October 2018 NAMAcademy The overall objective of the NAMAcademy is to provide focused training on practical issues when designing climate change mitigation policies and actions, as well as assisting in bringing the initial idea to a well-structured concept designed to approach potential financiers. The training provided through the NAMAcademy allows participants to structure their initial climate action concepts into well-structured implementation plan targeted towards financiers and climate finance providers, finally…
- Project 10 October 2018 TENTRANS As the global transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy (RE) gathers pace, the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) in South Africa (SA) has been a game changer in terms of stimulating the deployment of large scale RE and unlocking possible pathways towards more sustainable economic, industrial, environmental and social development. Until now, over 6,000 MW of RE power has been procured across 102 projects under REIPPPP from its start in 2011 …