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- Tools 14 March 2016 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY - Visualisation Tool The 2030 Agenda has set the of goal universal access to electricity by 2030. The challenge is significant. It involves reaching population with limited incomes, often living in sparsely populated areas, mostly in developing and least developed countries. Costs can tally. Taking into account local characteristics, this model finds the combination of technologies that can provide universal access to the population of every country at the lowest cost.The visualisation tool allows for further…
- News 26 January 2016 UDP facilitates Technology Prioritization at CTCN Namibia Workshop The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) together with Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (Namibia) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, South Africa) held a workshop on the identification and prioritization of technologies to address water scarcity and climate change impacts in Windhoek, Namibia. UNEP DTU Partnership provided substantial inputs to the workshop by facilitating the prioritization of technologies using Multi criteria Analysis (MCA). The…
- News 24 November 2015 A new look at Climate Change risk management in the energy sector What does “adaptation to climate change” mean to energy sector businesses? A seminal 2011 World Bank study, to which the UNEP DTU Partnership (UDP) contributed, shed light on the issue by presenting the key options available for managing operations in the energy sector against the background of a changing climate. Earlier this year, UDP contributed additional insights through two innovative studies: Adaptation to Climate Change in Nicaragua’s Hydropower Industry, and Adaptation to Climate…
- 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 27 April 2015 TNA project notes successful outcomes in Moldova When the first phase of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project drew to a close in April 2013, Moldova was one of the 36 participating countries that had benefited from the project to identify what kinds of technologies are best suited to their climate change needs. The GEF-funded program, which is implemented by UNEP with the collaboration of UNEP-DTU Partnership, helps countries assess their needs for new equipment, techniques, knowledge, and skills that will both mitigate greenhouse…
- News 27 April 2015 ACAD Takes A Look Back at Five Years of Carbon Finance After five fruitful years, the African Carbon Asset Development facility (ACAD) has wrapped up operations, and UNEP-DTU is evaluating the program’s achievements and lessons learnt. ACAD’s goal was to catalyze the growth of the African carbon market, a goal that proved to be quite a challenge, given the collapse of the global carbon market just after the end of the programme’s first phase. Yet through targeted financial and technical support, ACAD succeeded in providing essential tools that can…
- News 16 March 2015 Modernizing District Energy Systems Could Reduce Primary Energy Consumption by up to 50% A transition to modern district energy systems could contribute to 60 per cent of required energy sector emissions reductions by 2050, and reduce primary energy consumption by up to 50 per cent, according to a new report launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and UN-Habitat. With cities accounting for 70 per cent of global energy use and for 40-50 per cent…
- News 27 February 2015 Modernizing District Energy Systems Could Reduce Primary Energy Consumption by up to 50% Nairobi, 25 February 2015 – A transition to modern district energy systems could contribute to 60 per cent of required energy sector emissions reductions by 2050, and reduce primary energy consumption by up to 50 per cent, according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and UN-Habitat. With cities accounting for 70 per cent of…