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- News 30 November 2015 UDP and Kongressen host a Conference at UN City Nov 26, 2015: As COP21 in Paris is approaching, UNEP DTU Partnership and Kongressen hosted a conference in UN City this afternoon to discuss how to solve the problems caused by global warming, expectations from the Paris meeting and Denmarks role in addressing the climate challenge. Among those present were Head of UNEP DTU Partnership, John Christensen, former Minister for Climate, Energy and Buildings, Martin Lidegaard, and Senior Chief Consultant on Climate and Energy at Dansk Industri, Lars…
- News 26 November 2015 New Paper Launched- Zero Carbon Latin America 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…
- News 25 November 2015 C2E2 hosts Global Workshop for speeding up energy efficiency Earlier this month, the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) hosted a gathering of government, finance institutions, researchers and other experts to mobilize energy efficiency initiatives in both the public and private sectors. Entitled the Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency: Challenges, Opportunities and Roadmaps, the event was held from November 9 to 12 at UN City in Copenhagen. At the inaugural session, presentations were geared toward identifying and making use of …
- News 25 November 2015 UDP provides support for countries preparing National Contributions for COP21 While the outcomes are still uncertain, one thing is sure about the upcoming COP21 in Paris: it will not be business as usual. For the first time in UNFCCC history, both developed and developing countries are publically contributing specific national plans to address climate change. These plans, submitted in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), indicate that governments across the globe have understood what is at stake, and are willing to cooperate to fight the…
- News 25 November 2015 NAMAcademy expands with courses at home and abroad Demand is growing for the unique programme at UNEP DTU’s NAMAcademy. When it was launched in 2012, the academy’s six-day intensive course on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) was held only once a year. In 2015, not only were there two resident courses onsite in Denmark, but also an in-country course in Mozambique. NAMAcademy offers week long intensive courses and private coaching to public officials and other project developers on the ins and outs of NAMA design and formulation…
- News 24 November 2015 C2E2 and WRI co-organize Building Efficiency Accelerator Round Table On November 20, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) and World Resource Institute (WRI) co-organised the Building Efficiency Accelerator Round Table as part of the 3rd Liveable Cities Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey. The Round Table gathered local representatives of public, private and civil sectors, as well as academia, with the aim to discuss needs and gaps for green and efficiency building policies in Turkey and introduce the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) of Sustainable…
- News 24 November 2015 TNA project’s second phase in full swing First draft reports are already being submitted from some of the 26 countries participating in the second phase of the Technology Needs Assessment project (TNA Phase II), which started up in January 2015. The project’s second phase was officially launched May 27 and 28 at a workshop in Bangkok organized in collaboration with UNEP, CTCN and UNFCCC. In addition to presentations by national coordinators for TNA Phase II, coordinators from TNA’s first phase were invited to share their experiences…
- News 24 November 2015 C2E2 hosts Global Workshop for speeding up energy efficiency Earlier this month, the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) hosted a gathering of government, finance institutions, researchers and other experts to mobilize energy efficiency initiatives in both the public and private sectors. Entitled the Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency: Challenges, Opportunities and Roadmaps, the event was held from November 9 to 12 at UN City in Copenhagen. At the inaugural session, presentations were geared toward identifying and making use…