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- Event 13 July 2020 Energy efficiency in Latin American municipalities Intended for mayors, technical teams and municipal officials of Latin American cities and municipalities. Dual objective Firstly, to provide a streamlined and structured orientation on how to prepare a comprehensive Strategic Energy Efficiency Plan for cities and municipalities. Second, provide guidance on the technical, operational and financial aspects related to the project bundling approach, which could greatly facilitate the implementation of programs and projects derived from the EE…
- News 11 June 2020 New publication: Regional Technology Brief Asia Pacific TNA work in the Asia Pacific region Since 2009 close to a hundred developing countries have joined the project, thirty of which are in the Asia Pacific region. Technical assistance, capacity-building and guidance are provided by UNEP and UNEP DTU Partnership, with its Regional Centres for the TNA project, which in the Asia Pacific region are the Asian Institute of Technology located in Thailand and the University of the South Pacific located in Fiji. Climate change impacts in the Asia Pacific…
- Event 9 June 2020 Webinar: A Nordic carbon-neutral energy system enabled by flexibility and storage Carbon-neutral electricity is the main challenge since it will be the primary future energy carrier for heating, transportation and other energy needs. Soon fossil fuel-based power plants will be substituted by renewables such as wind and solar. Thus, new storage solutions - activated by the smart grids and enabled by linkages with the heat or mobility sectors - will become central flexibility assets. However, their direct participation in balancing competes with other, centralised flexibility…
- Tools 5 May 2020 Greenspector Performance measuring tool for mobile apps. Offers rankings for different types of apps: transport, hotel reservation, mobile commerce, and informative.
- News 24 April 2020 In times of health, economic and climate crisis, energy efficiency is part of the answer The multiple benefits of adopting more efficient energy demand practices in buildings, industry, agriculture and transport, now renovated as part of the solution to unprecedented challenges, are well known. Energy efficiency can make a significant contribution to decarbonisation by reducing the use of fossil fuels, reducing contamination and consequently improving air quality. This effect alone has positive impacts on public health, making us more resilient to pathogenic activity. Energy…
- News 6 April 2020 Sri Lankan MRV ensures transparent and impactful NDCs UNEP DTU Partnership has assisted Sri Lanka in developing the country's first Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for climate action. The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project in Sri Lanka has been a successful collaboration between the Climate Change Secretariat of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, UNEP DTU Partnership and the local consultancy team, Climate Smart Initiatives (Pvt) Ltd …
- News 25 March 2020 Virtual thesis fair was a great success This week, students from DTU joined the UNEP DTU Partnership Master's Thesis Fair, in a successful event showcasing the possibilities for students to write their thesis in collaboration with UNEP DTU Partnership experts. It is the second time UNEP DTU Partnership has hosted a master's project fair for students interested in joining the partnership to write their thesis. The fair was originally scheduled to be held at DTU, but had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. However, a…
- News 19 March 2020 Latin American municipalities commit to increase regional cooperation on energy efficiency First regional workshop No less than sixty mayors and municipalities took part in last week’s Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Latin American Municipalities, jointly organised by UNEP DTU Partnership’s Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), the Red Argentina Municipios frente al Cambio Climatico (RAMCC), and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The three-day workshop was the first of its kind and specifically targets energy efficiency and financing for Latin American municipalities…