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- 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…
- News 17 November 2014 UDP develops Low Carbon Development Strategy for Maldives Located southwest of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, Maldives is a small, low-lying island state, best known as a sought-after destination for luxury holidays in an idyllic setting. What is less known is that the islands’ highest natural point is only 2.4 metres above sea level, and if CO2 emissions continue at the current level, the country is in serious threat of disappearing underwater before the turn of this century. To address this dire consequence, the Government of Maldives has pledged to…
- News 17 June 2014 Danida Fellowship Course on ‘Green Growth and Low Carbon Development’ held in Copenhagen The course explored green energy and low carbon development business opportunities in developing countries within a climate change and development context. Aimed at public and private business managers and entrepreneurs, the course was attended by 16 participants from Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Bolivia. Fellows developed their own Green Energy and Low Carbon Development action plans informed by the course modules in areas such as waste to energy projects, public-private…
- News 4 June 2014 URC Staff Wins Adaptation Fund Photo Contest Caroline Schaer from the UNEP Risø Centre has won the third prize in the photo contest organized by the Adaptation Fund for her photo capturing the densely populated area of Pikine in Dakar, Senegal. The Adaptation Fund organized the photo contest on the theme 'Visualizing climate adaptation and resilience'. Illustrating this theme in urban areas added an extra layer of creative interpretation to the 2013-2014 photo contest. There were a total of 136 photos entries from 17 countries, spanning…
- News 7 March 2014 URC participates in the Oikos Academy 2014 lecture series 4 March 2014 - Oikos Academy is organizing its Spring lecture series from 18 February to 29 April at the Copenhagen Business School. Addressing the theme of 'Businesses and the use of resources in a (climate) changing world,' the series entails two introductory sessions, three real-life business cases on Wind, Waste and Water, and one plenary session. The lecture series is provided by business organizations & professors on how climate change affects business and the use of resources. …
- News 18 March 2013 Green Growth Knowledge Sharing Workshops held in Abu Dhabi Targeted at mid-level officers and managers from the public and private sector, as well as leaders of businesses and civil society organizations from the Oil & Gas, Water & Electricity, Transport, Building, Industry and Waste sectors in UAE, the sectoral capacity building sessions aimed to identify and assess opportunities for green industries and green jobs for each of the sectors and discuss sector based technologies as new engines for growth. Initiated by the UAE…
- News 5 October 2012 The October 2012 first updates of the UNEP Risø CDM, JI, and NAMA Pipelines are now available The UNEP Risø CDM/JI Pipeline Overview has its own web-site: www.CDMpipeline.org, which contains the main graphs and tables from the CDM and the JI spreadsheets. The website makes it easier for the user to find the analysis and to print them. CDM news: With a submission of only 90 new CDM projects (plus 8 resubmissions) in September we have really passed the peak of new submitted projects that started in June 2011. None of these 90 projects are hosted by LDC countries. The CDM Pipeline now…