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- News 12 October 2015 UNEP DTU Partnership participates in Culture Night 2015 9 October - UN City in collaboration with United Nations Association opened its doors to the public on the occasion of the annual Culture Night event in Copenhagen. Organized two weeks before the celebration of UN’s 70 years anniversary and two weeks after the adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, culture night was an opportune occasion for the United Nations Association (UNA) and staff from organisations present in the UN City to take people on a journey through the new 17 goals,…
- News 29 September 2015 C2E2 to organize Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) is organizing a Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency from 9 to 12 November 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark. As the Energy Efficiency Hub of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, C2E2 is working to meet SE4ALL's objective of doubling the energy efficiency improvement rate by 2030. This requires action on various fronts including involvement of countries, cities, policy makers, private sector, financial institutions and a…
- News 15 September 2015 Working Papers on CDM Sustainable Development Tool released The CDM Executive Board’s Sustainable Development Tool has been evaluated in a nine month research project implemented by Wuppertal Institute and UNEP DTU Partnership for the German Federal Environment Agency. Three working papers are the outcome of the project that had the following objectives: To undertake an analysis of the EB’s SD Tool and SD provisions of other flexible mechanisms, undertake an analysis of the host countries views on the suitability and practicability of the EB’s SD tool…
- News 12 September 2015 9th Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum concludes Santiago de Chile, 11 September 2015 – The 9th Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF 2015) concluded today in Santiago de Chile, where key business and government representatives from across the region discussed the use of market-based mechanisms and other forms of carbon pricing and climate finance. The Forum called for their inclusion as mitigation and development tools in the new global climate deal expected from Paris at the end of this year. Following the recent negotiations…
- News 7 September 2015 Rachel Kyte appointed as first CEO of SE4All Partnership 4 September - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the announcement by the Sustainable Energy for All Executive Committee of the selection of Ms. Rachel Kyte of the United Kingdom as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the international not-for-profit organization “Sustainable Energy for All Partnership” (SE4All Partnership) to be hosted by the Government of Austria. The Secretary-General announced the appointment of Ms. Kyte as his Special Representative for Sustainable…
- News 7 September 2015 New Publication on Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation Launched UNEP DTU Partnership and CTCN have launched a new publication ‘Good practice in Designing and Implementing National Monitoring Systems for Adaptation to Climate Change’. The report reviews lessons arising from the developing field of building indicator systems for monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation at the national level, as well as experiences from implementing such systems. International good practices for the design and implementation of national monitoring and evaluation (M…
- News 26 August 2015 Adapting to Climate Change in the Energy Sector In collaboration with the Latin American Energy Organization, UNEP DTU Partnership (UDP) has provided technical advice to the governments of Colombia and Nicaragua with regard to risk management for climate change in the energy sector. Specifically, UDP has provided high-resolution estimates of precipitation, temperature (maximum and minimum) and wind speed, and combined those with industry, socio-economic and geographic data, to estimate climate change-related extreme-weather events that could…
- News 24 August 2015 UDP organizes Danida Fellowship Course on Green Energy and Low Carbon Development The course focused on green energy and low carbon development in developing countries. Targeted at managers and decision makers from the private and public sectors seeking to develop their knowledge and problem-solving skills with regard to improved energy efficiency and renewable energy, the global ‘green growth’ agenda was an integral part of the course. Organized by UNEP DTU Partnership in association with DTU Executive School of Business and funded by the Danida Fellowship Centre, the…