• News 3 September 2024 NDC Action in Uganda: Climate goals translated into action Last week, the NDC Action project validation workshop in Uganda brought together high-level stakeholders to discuss the implementation of Uganda's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Key presentations highlighted the integration of results of the NDC Action project, including innovative climate technologies, such as solar irrigation, picture-based insurance and e-cooking, as well as the development of a blended finance tool to support Uganda's low-carbon development goals. The workshop…
• News 30 August 2024 Urgent Call to Action: Leveraging energy efficiency and nature-based solutions amid record heatwaves As the planet faces unprecedented heat waves, with July 2024 marking the hottest month ever recorded, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a Call to Action on Extreme Heat. This initiative, supported by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and other UN entities, highlights the urgent need to address the socio-economic, environmental, and human threats posed by extreme heat. Record-breaking heat and its impacts Call to Action on Extreme Heat was launched during a week that…
• News 11 June 2024 Leveraging Technology Action Plans for ambitious climate action Yesterday, climate technologies and how they can leverage more ambitious climate action was in focus at the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2024, also known as SB 60. In a fully packed room, the UNFCCC side event Making NDCs 3.0 Ambitious and Investment-Ready through Technology Action Plans explored how the Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and the Technology Actions Plans (TAPs) can elevate Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to be more ambitious and investment-ready. James Grabert of…
• News 7 June 2024 Leveraging Technology Action Plans for ambitious climate action Yesterday, climate technologies and how they can leverage more ambitious climate action was in focus at the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2024, also known as SB 60. In a fully packed room, the UNFCCC side event Making NDCs 3.0 Ambitious and Investment-Ready through Technology Action Plans explored how the Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and the Technology Actions Plans (TAPs) can elevate Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to be more ambitious and investment-ready. James Grabert of…
• News 2 June 2024 TNA stories: Rainwater harvesting in Mozambique Climate change in Mozambique threatens the country on several fronts, as heavy storms and severe droughts hit the country with increasing regularity. Due to high intensity and frequency, drought is the most devastating for the agriculture sector which employs more than 80% of the economically active population. The impacts are exacerbated by the limited availability of water for irrigation and livestock watering. In its Technology Needs Assessment, Mozambique identified conservation agriculture…
• News 23 April 2024 Enhancing Ethiopia's Climate Action Capacity Measuring and tracking the impacts of planned climate actions, and managing related finance flows is vital for successful climate action. This is also the case for Ethiopia, where the country is now, after implementing an ICAT project, better placed to estimate the emission reduction potential of possible mitigation actions and their related costs, and establish a tracking framework to see the realized reductions of implemented policies. Additionally, Ethiopia is armed to manage and track its…
• News 7 December 2023 TNA IV countries moving on to barrier analysis and enabling frameworks A group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are well on their way to developing concrete action plans for climate technology implementation. As part of the fourth round of the global Technology Needs Assessment project (TNA) the fifteen participating countries have now almost all prioritized their key sectors and climate technologies for adaptation and mitigation, and have moved on to the crucial second TNA step of identifying barriers to increased…
• News 7 December 2023 TNA IV countries moving on to barrier analysis and enabling frameworks A group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are well on their way to developing concrete action plans for climate technology implementation. As part of the fourth round of the global Technology Needs Assessment project (TNA) the fifteen participating countries have now almost all prioritized their key sectors and climate technologies for adaptation and mitigation, and have moved on to the crucial second TNA step of identifying barriers to increased…

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