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- News 24 November 2015 C2E2 hosts Global Workshop for speeding up energy efficiency Earlier this month, the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) hosted a gathering of government, finance institutions, researchers and other experts to mobilize energy efficiency initiatives in both the public and private sectors. Entitled the Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency: Challenges, Opportunities and Roadmaps, the event was held from November 9 to 12 at UN City in Copenhagen. At the inaugural session, presentations were geared toward identifying and making use…
- 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 6 November 2015 Sixth Emissions Gap Report Executive Summary Launched Geneva, 6 November 2015 – Existing policies and strong engagement by nations submitting their contributions ahead of the Paris climate meeting will limit anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, but a new climate agreement can encourage further action to limit global temperature rise to 2°C by 2100, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. Click to download the Executive Summary (English) and Executive Summary (French). The Emissions Gap…
- News 14 October 2015 C2E2 co-organizes 6th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) co-organised the 6th International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development from 29 September – 2 October in Yerevan, Armenia. More than 250 government officials and experts from 50 countries participated in the forum. The Forum is one of the important events of the UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) 2014-2024. Like the 2014 Forum in Hammamet, the Forum emphasized attaining the three objectives of the SE4All Initiative of the UN…
- News 13 October 2015 UDP releases new report on Energy Efficiency UNEP DTU Partnership is pleased to release The Multiple Benefits of Measures to Improve Energy Efficiency. This report represents a unique effort where energy modelling has been combined with a comprehensive survey of twenty-five national programmes on energy efficiency. The report provides energy use and greenhouse-gas emission projections to 2030 globally and for G20 countries. The report is released at a critical time in the climate change negotiations, as parties to the United Nations…
- News 12 October 2015 UNEP DTU Partnership participates in Culture Night 2015 9 October - UN City in collaboration with United Nations Association opened its doors to the public on the occasion of the annual Culture Night event in Copenhagen. Organized two weeks before the celebration of UN’s 70 years anniversary and two weeks after the adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, culture night was an opportune occasion for the United Nations Association (UNA) and staff from organisations present in the UN City to take people on a journey through the new 17 goals,…
- News 29 September 2015 C2E2 to organize Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) is organizing a Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency from 9 to 12 November 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark. As the Energy Efficiency Hub of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, C2E2 is working to meet SE4ALL's objective of doubling the energy efficiency improvement rate by 2030. This requires action on various fronts including involvement of countries, cities, policy makers, private sector, financial institutions and a…
- 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…