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- News 20 December 2013 Second capacity building workshop under FIRM held in Vietnam Hai Phong, 16 – 18 December 2013 – The 2nd Capacity Building Workshop on Low Carbon Development (LCDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) was held from 16 to 18 December 2013 in Hai Phong, Vietnam. The workshop was hosted by Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (DMHCC) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and supported by UNEP and UNEP Risø Centre under the Facilitating Implementation Readiness for Mitigation (FIRM) project. …
- News 10 December 2013 Roundtable on Comprehensive Mobility Plans held in New Delhi New Delhi, 4 December 2013 - Under the Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India Project, UNEP and its Risø Centre are collaborating with the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) to revise the existing Comprehensive Mobility Plans (CMP) toolkit. A roundtable was organized in New Delhi to provide an introduction to the revised CMP toolkit and share implementation experiences from the three cities namely, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot and Udaipur, that are participating in the project by developing Low…
- News 18 November 2013 New NAMA publication 'Guidance for NAMA design' released 18 November 2013: The UN Development Programme's (UNDP) Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme, the UNFCCC Secretariat and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-Risø have launched a publication titled ‘Guidance for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) Design: Building on country experiences.' The publication aims to support developing countries in developing and implementing NAMAs through providing guidance and best practice examples on key aspects of NAMAs, including…
- News 5 November 2013 2013 Gap Report Strengthens Case for Wide-Ranging Global Action to Close Emissions Gap Berlin/Nairobi, 5 November 2013 – Should the global community not immediately embark on wide-ranging actions to narrow the greenhouse gas emissions gap, the chance of remaining on the least-cost path to keeping global temperature rise below 2°C this century will swiftly diminish and open the door to a host of challenges. The Emissions Gap Report 2013—involving 44 scientific groups in 17 countries and coordinated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)—is released as leaders prepare to meet…
- News 24 October 2013 UN Secretary-General and UNEP Open New Energy Efficiency Centre in Copenhagen Copenhagen, 23 October, 2013 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) today opened a new global centre for Energy Efficiency in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new centre is part of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, a global multi-stakeholder partnership between governments, the private sector, and civil society. The initiative was launched by Mr. Ban in 2011, and has three ambitious interlinked…
- News 24 October 2013 UN Secretary-General and UNEP Open New Energy Efficiency Centre in Copenhagen Copenhagen, 23 October, 2013 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) today opened a new global centre for Energy Efficiency in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new centre is part of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, a global multi-stakeholder partnership between governments, the private sector, and civil society. The initiative was launched by Mr. Ban in 2011, and has three ambitious interlinked…
- News 16 September 2013 Primer on framing NAMAs in developing countries launched in Spanish The UNEP primer on Framing NAMAs in developing countries was recently launched in Spanish, in addition to the already existing English version. It aims to contribute to the clarification of NAMAs by presenting the basic principles, proposing some possible elements of a national LCDS and NAMA preparation process, and provides a template for NAMA articulation. These proposals are not presented as ultimate thoughts, but as specific ideas for discussion and practical testing. The publication is…
- News 30 August 2013 NAMAcademy organises its first NAMA course in Denmark The NAMAcademy held it first summer course on conceptualising and development of NAMAs from 19 to 30 August 2013 at Kalundborg, Denmark. Bringing together facilities and personnel from the UNEP Risø Center and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the course was attended by 11 participants from Chile, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal. Established by the UNEP Risø Centre for Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) in November last year, the NAMAcademy course is…