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- News 14 April 2016 Initiative for Climate Action Transparency launched today Since 195 countries adopted the Paris Agreement in December 2015, many countries are starting to implement their climate commitment or “nationally determined contribution” (NDC). But many developing countries lack the tools to measure, report and verify progress on their climate commitments and actions. The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) was launched today in response to calls for support from countries for improved transparency and capacity building related to the Paris…
- News 4 April 2016 New paper 'Zero Carbon Latin America' now in Spanish Zero Carbon Latin America is a vision paper that presents an analysis to visualize a pathway for complete decarbonisation of the Latin American and the Caribbean(LAC) regional economy by mid-century. This is done through the review of specific sector-wide actions, within a foreseeable technology and economics context. The analysis is being done at a time of considerable momentum to address the climate challenge, at a global level; and, after a decade of remarkable socio-economic progress at a…
- Webinar & E-Learning 22 March 2016 Tools for Building Energy Efficiency: Resources for Policy Design (Webinar) - 31.03.2016 Under the umbrella of SE4All Global Efficiency Accelerator Platform the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) in collaboration with the World Resource Institute (WRI), hosted this webinar on 31 March 2016. The focus of this webinar is on policy design and the role available online tools and resources can play in assisting policy-makers in shaping their policy efforts. Information on policy developments in different countries is often scattered and guidance on effective design of policy…
- Tools 21 March 2016 RenoValue - A training tool kit for property valuation of energy efficiency and renewable energy issues RenoValue is a 2-year project funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Union. The project will develop a training toolkit for property valuation professionals on how to factor energy efficiency and renewable energy issues into valuation practices, understand the impact of building performance and property values and advise their clients accordingly.Empirical studies consistently show that within several markets around the globe property pricing differs between buildings…
- Webinar & E-Learning 17 March 2016 Best Policy Practices for Promoting Energy Efficiency (Webinar) - 16.03.2016 The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) are together hosting a free webinar on its joint publication: Best Policy Practices for Promoting Energy Efficiency. The policies identified in this publication include exemplars of best practices in energy efficiency from around the globe, drawn from respected and objective policy evaluations and databases. For countries starting to develop energy efficiency programs, the outlined…
- Tools 14 March 2016 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY - Visualisation Tool The 2030 Agenda has set the of goal universal access to electricity by 2030. The challenge is significant. It involves reaching population with limited incomes, often living in sparsely populated areas, mostly in developing and least developed countries. Costs can tally. Taking into account local characteristics, this model finds the combination of technologies that can provide universal access to the population of every country at the lowest cost.The visualisation tool allows for further…
- Tools 11 March 2016 Zero Energy Ready Home Database with award-winning homes that are independently certified to meet DOE Zero Energy Ready Home guidelines and constructed by a select group of top builders. Zero Energy Ready Home is part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings initiative. Better Buildings aims to make commercial, industrial, public, and residential buildings 20 percent more energy efficient over the next decade.
- Tools 11 March 2016 Energy Efficiency Policies and Measures The database describes energy efficiency policies and measures carried in about 90 countries throughout the world.