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- Project 21 March 2023 Accelerating Climate Technology Transition (ACTT) UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is working with national stakeholders including technology solution providers, distributors, end-users, customers, policy makers and potential investors to generate market assessments, concepts, and financing models relevant for increasing uptake and investment into specific ‘ready to market’ climate technology solutions. Accelerating Climate Technology Transition (ACTT) aims to foster diffusion of nationally prioritized technologies for climate mitigation (such…
- Publication 17 March 2023 Final Report - Promoting transformational change through carbon markets A transition to sustainable development and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is key to achieve the temperature limits established by the Paris Agreement (PA) and the global sustainable development goals (SDGs) agreed in the 2030 Agenda. To explore how carbon market approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can contribute to the transformational change required by these global agreements, the German Environment Agency (UBA) has commissioned UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre in…
- News 13 March 2023 Botswana gears up for climate transparency Botswana is getting ready to strengthen climate action transparency with support for implementation and tracking emissions. With assistance from UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Botswana has completed phase one of a project through the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT), and the results were presented in a Final validation workshop in Gaborone in February 2023. Key stakeholders engaged in useful…
- News 10 March 2023 From plans to implementation Technologies are critical to our response to the climate crisis, and climate technologies play an integral part in national climate plans. But how do we move from Technology Action Plans, developed under the TNA project to actual implementation, and what actually works and creates real change? These were some of the questions discussed during the recent TNA global workshop held in Bangkok. During the workshop successful examples of implementation were shared between countries which…
- News 6 March 2023 Loss and damage: Taking stock and identifying priorities In December 2022, two dozen experts, including scientists and practitioners, met in Copenhagen to discuss priority areas for support regarding climate change-driven loss and damage. Based on the discussions during the workshop and subsequent online deliberations, a summary has now been published, outlining an action agenda for continued work and research. The aim is to identify, and raise awareness about, priority areas for action in loss and damage, building on the heightened attention on loss…
- Webinar & E-Learning 3 March 2023 Super ESCOs (Webinar) - 22.02.2023 ESCOs have been struggling with the adapted financing component of their offer and the challenges that come with the needs of rapid payback from their clients. The Super ESCO scheme, developed a few years ago, has now been demonstrated in different shapes and forms mainly in the Middle East and in North America and may come to the rescue of ESCO market players. The Global ESCO Network’s first webinar in 2023 presents the Super ESCO concept and provides a review of the experience so far from…
- Publication 3 March 2023 Perspectives: Adequacy and Effectiveness of Adaptation in the Global Stocktake This publication, a product of the Adaptation Working Group of the independent Global Stocktake (iGST), aims to advance conceptual and operational discussions of the A&E of adaptation in the context of the GST by bringing together the perspectives of a multitude of stakeholders, including academia, practitioners and policy-makers, all organized around one fundamental question: ‘How can the concepts of adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation be operationalized in assessments of global…
- News 24 February 2023 First steps for Colombia in the Article 6 Community of Practice Trading emissions in the global Article 6 carbon market has the potential to improve the cost-effectiveness of climate action, contributing to the much needed increase in both mitigation and adaptation efforts. In Colombia, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is leading the work with the academic community to see how to build the needed capacity for applied research to ensure the best outcomes of trading emissions under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6. The work in Colombia is part of the efforts…