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- News 21 August 2013 Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India- New Publications Launched Three new publications from the 'Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India' project were launched this month. The first 'Low Carbon City: A Guidebook for City Planners and Practitioners' is prepared to link the outputs from the national Low Carbon Transport assessment with the process of developing Low-carbon Comprehensive Mobility Plans (LCMP) within the cities. The primary audience for this guidebook are the city planners, transport division executives and consultants working with the cities…
- News 8 July 2013 5th Africa Carbon Forum promotes access to low-carbon development Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 5 July 2013 – The ground has been prepared for scaled up participation by Africa in carbon markets, a development that could benefit the continent and the climate as a result, participants in the fifth Africa Carbon Forum in Abidjan heard this week. Despite a strong headwind, in the form of low prices paid for certified emission reductions (CERs), steady improvements in the Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism (CDM) and the possibility of new…
- News 3 July 2013 New Publication: Economics of Forest and Forest Carbon Projects - Technical summary It investigates the economics of implementing forest carbon projects through a number of case studies from Africa, Latin America and Asia, by analyzing real forest and REDD+ investments. The report sets out to advise policymakers, financial sector stakeholders and project developers on how to structure forest carbon project initiatives and implement national REDD+ strategies, especially in relation to attracting private and/or public investments. The report has been funded by the UN-REDD…
- News 2 July 2013 Launch of Emissions Reduction Profiles UNEP Risø Centre is launching a synthesized assessment of the emissions reduction potential in 15 countries, which so far have been less involved in international emissions reduction activities. The synthesis report and the 15 supporting emissions reduction profiles provide a total estimate of reduction potential in all economic sectors using a multitude of information sources. The profiles are meant to serve as a useful tool for prioritizing national emissions reduction efforts, both in…
- News 6 June 2013 New Publication: Understanding the Concept of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action The publication, authored by Sudhir Sharma and Denis Desgain of the UNEP Risø Centre, aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) concept and enhance the understanding of NAMAs by explaining the underlying decisions of the Conference of the Parties in layman’s terms. The first chapter describes how the concept of NAMA emerged in the context of the negotiations on climate change. The chapter gives an overview of how the concepts of…
- News 6 June 2013 New Publication: Perspective Series 2013 - Elements of a New Climate Agreement by 2015 The first paper in this publication frames the global mitigation challenge based on the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2012. The five other articles address key elements of a new climate agreement; emissions from international aviation, a vision for carbon markets up to 2020 and beyond, how green growth strategies can address the emissions gap, redesign of a REDD+ mechanism in response to the crisis of global deforestation and how NAMAs in Southern Africa can reconcile the gap between local and…
- News 23 May 2013 The Climate Technology Centre and Network to be located at UN City in Copenhagen The CTCN will be located at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark and will be operational by the end of the year. See the Press Release here (in Danish).
- News 8 May 2013 AfriCAN Climate and AfricaAdapt joint event, Dakar 25-27 April 2013 AfriCAN Climate and AfricaAdapt joined forces in Dakar, Senegal, to host a workshop and technical tour on the topic of Agriculture, Climate Change and Corporate Social Responsibility. The event was attended by senior officials from the Senegalese Ministries of Environment, Industry and Agriculture and included presentations by leading Senegalese academics including Professor Bienvenu Sambou, director of the Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement (ISE) at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD)…