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- Webinar & E-Learning 8 September 2023 EVO Energy Efficiency Financing Protocol (Webinar) - 25.04.2023 Credit and loan officers in banks and other financial institutions are not energy efficiency specialists. The International Energy Efficiency Financing Protocol (IEEFP) provides concepts and guidelines to help them assess financing opportunities for energy efficiency projects. It focuses on the key elements needed to evaluate and provide attractive loans to facility owners, ESCOs, and other potential developers and implementers of energy efficiency projects. The presentation highlights the main…
- Webinar & E-Learning 8 September 2023 Empowering the energy transition: energy cooperatives and energy communities (Webinar) - 19.04.2023 Although a nascent business model, today energy cooperatives and energy communities cover already a wide range of activities in renewable energies and energy efficiency in several countries. These are local and citizen-led initiatives that put in common investment means and democratic principles to implement the energy transition. Decentralized renewables and small-scale energy efficiency can quickly materialise and become a solution to energy security and decarbonisation, and benefit from…
- Webinar & E-Learning 8 September 2023 ESCO model contracts – A vehicle for securitization and portfolio expansion (Webinar) - 05.09.2023 Gain insights on the benefits and components of ESCO model contracts, beyond their contribution to lower transaction costs and facilitate ESCO–client interactions. EnerSave Capital presents its work on developing ESCO model contracts for the Sustainable Energy Finance Association (SEFA), the European trade association for the sustainable energy industry. The model contracts developed by EnerSave Capital are designed for securitization, the repackaging of pools of ESCO projects into bonds that…
- News 8 September 2023 Solar powering displaced populations Around the world, and especially in low and middle income countries, displaced people are feeling the effects of climate change. With more than 100 million people forced to flee their homes, climate change is making an already bad situation worse. At the Africa Climate Week, held this week in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP brought attention to one of the ways to ensure a more sustainable future for displaced people. Focusing on clean cooking, an ‘Action Hub’ event on “Solar-Electric Cooking Partnerships:…
- News 8 September 2023 A stocktake: From technology needs to implementation Enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of technology is a key pillar of the international response to climate change. Developing countries’ efforts to conduct effective Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and implement their prioritized technologies, has become instrumental to the UNFCCC implementation efforts. In an official side event at the Africa Climate Week panellists discussed how to overcome the implementation gap enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of climate…
- News 8 September 2023 A Stocktake: From Technology Needs to Implementation Enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of technology is a key pillar of the international response to climate change. Developing countries’ efforts to conduct effective Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and implement their prioritized technologies, has become instrumental to the UNFCCC implementation efforts. In an official side event at the Africa Climate Week panellists discussed how to overcome the implementation gap enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of climate…
- News 4 September 2023 TNA Capacity Building workshop will help countries achieve Development Goals The Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) process presents an opportunity for least-developed countries to reflect on their needs to achieve their development goals, identify gaps, and technological solutions needed to address the identified gaps or constraints. The process also provides recommendations on national strategies and policy frameworks to achieve key national priorities and development goals. Delivering her opening remarks, the Director of the Pacific Centre for Environment &…
- Event 1 September 2023 Meet us at Africa Climate Week & Summit Meet us at Africa Climate Week & Summit Join UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre for a range of events during the Africa Climate Week and the Africa Climate Summit, covering energy efficiency, technology needs assessments, climate finance and the Global Stocktake. Event calendar