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- News 18 June 2018 Waste-to-energy where it is needed the most Waste management and access to energy services are important development issues throughout the world. In humanitarian contexts however, they are often not sufficiently considered. Current solutions tend to address the immediate needs, but do not always consider the longer-term impacts and future needs. Insufficient supply of energy and unsafe waste disposal, including pollution of water resources make public health threats and environmental problems even worse for people who are already at risk…
- News 13 June 2018 UNEP DTU joins the people's meeting on Bornholm Each year Danish ngo's, politicians, media and a lot of major companies spend an extended weekend on the beautiful sunny island of Bornholm along with around 100.000 interested visitors. Since its debut in 2011, Folkemødet, or in English, peoples meeting, have become the main political happening of the year with more than 3000 events. Like previous years, UNEP DTU Partnership is participating in the peoples meeting to draw attention to the importance of climate action and development. This year…
- News 11 June 2018 All you need to know about NDCs now fits in your pocket [EDIT] A new version of this pocket guide has been published here. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are key to saving our climate. As a crucial part of the global climate negotiations, they are also complicated documents caught in the crossfire between policy, science, finance and necessity. To make information on the NDCs and all their complicated processes and issues more accessible and easy to understand, UNEP DTU Partnership has produced a Pocket Guide to NDCs, under the European…
- Tools 8 June 2018 The H2020 EmBuild project launches the Navigator, a practical guidance for the formulation and implementation of an effective renovation strategy for buildings The H2020 project EmBuild - standing for Empower public authorities to establish a long-term strategy for mobilizing investment in the energy efficient renovation of the building stock - worked directly with public authorities in towns and regions in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Germany, to generate new tools, better processes and enable higher capacity in local governments to design ambitious but realistic renovation strategies. Some of these efforts resulted in the…
- News 4 June 2018 Copenhagen Centre in Spotlight Interview with SEforALL As part of a series looking at Partners in the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) network, SEforALL spoke with the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency about their partnership and the key role of energy efficiency in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – specifically SDG7. In an interview with Gabriela Prata Dias, Acting Head of the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, and Mark Lister, Senior Strategic Adviser at the Centre, they discuss the organization’s work to…
- News 4 June 2018 Transport Summit DTU: Where are the Indian EVs? Globally many countries are moving towards more electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets and worldwide the share of EVs has increased to more than 1%. In India, the government has also prioritised EVs in their nationally determined contribution (NDC). There is a favourable national climate when it comes to EVs, and the national government is pushing for electrification of transport. A lot of incentives are being provided to bring down the initial purchase costs. Usually this should translate into…
- News 24 May 2018 Highlights from EE Global - Day 2 Highlights from the second day of EE Global, which gathered hundreds of high-level energy efficiency leaders at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen for a day of learning, networking and inspiring conversations on energy efficiency. Day Two of EE Global started with a call to action from Alliance President Jason Hartke, conveying the message to the audience gathered at Copenhagen’s elegant Odd Fellow Palace that “energy efficiency is the answer and the opportunity” for addressing carbon…
- News 23 May 2018 Highlights from EE Global - Day 1 Hundreds of energy leaders from all across the world gathered in Copenhagen for the 11th Energy Efficiency Global Forum, making it the most global “EE Global” do date. Here are the highlights from the first day of the conference, which took place at the UN City and also included the Nordic Clean Energy Week Opening Reception. Opening Plenary at the UN City in Copenhagen The biggest market in the world. That’s the opportunity businesses and governments have in transforming the global…