• News 6 June 2016 New funding to help cities world-wide implement efficient district energy The Bitten and Mads Clausen Foundation, which owns the Danfoss Group, today announced DKK 9 million in new funding to support UN’s District Energy in Cities initiative under the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Partnership and its Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform. The new funds, spread over three years, will create a team of deployable district energy experts to support UNEP’s District Energy in Cities initiative in scaling-up, retrofitting and developing district energy…
• News 25 November 2015 NAMAcademy expands with courses at home and abroad Demand is growing for the unique programme at UNEP DTU’s NAMAcademy. When it was launched in 2012, the academy’s six-day intensive course on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) was held only once a year. In 2015, not only were there two resident courses onsite in Denmark, but also an in-country course in Mozambique. NAMAcademy offers week long intensive courses and private coaching to public officials and other project developers on the ins and outs of NAMA design and formulation…
• 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 15 October 2015 NAMAcademy conducts fourth training course in Denmark NAMAcademy, a project run by UNEP DTU Partnership concluded its fourth residential workshop in Denmark last week. The NAMAcademy is at the forefront of providing capacity building and hands-on assistance to those working on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or NAMAs, and train those focused on structuring NAMAs to attract finance in an attempt to take these from concept to implementation. Attended by 10 participants from 6 countries, the NAMAcademy course helped to provide guidance and…
• News 11 August 2015 C2E2 and IRENA launch new Working Paper A first of its kind collaboration between the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has produced a joint working paper Synergies Between Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency that illuminates crucial synergies that can help to ensure a sustainable global energy future. The paper finds that when energy efficiency and renewable energy potentials are combined, total global energy demand can be reduced by up to 25% by…
• News 11 August 2015 C2E2 and IRENA launch new Working Paper A first of its kind collaboration between the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has produced a joint working paper Synergies Between Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency that illuminates crucial synergies that can help to ensure a sustainable global energy future. The paper finds that when energy efficiency and renewable energy potentials are combined, total global energy demand can be reduced by up to 25% by 2030. Energy…
• 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 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…

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