• News 27 May 2016 Bloomberg saves USD 2.2 million annually with a new LEED Gold Data Centre By expanding demand reduction strategies and infrastructure investments, Bloomberg, the international financial software, data and media company, has committed to achieving 50 percent energy efficiency improvement by 2020 as compared to its 2007 baseline. One of the biggest challenges to achieving this goal will be reducing energy consumption at the company’s data centres. Possible energy saving measures under consideration include IT equipment upgrades, equipment organisation and air…
• News 26 May 2016 SE4All - Helping us all go further, faster The Paris agreement, according to Rachel Kyte, CEO of SE4All, increases the stakes for Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7): Affordable and Clean Energy. ‘What Paris did to the SDG,’ she explained during a briefing at the United Nations headquarters in New York last March, ‘is make it even more urgent that we get going on an energy transition that delivers sustainable energy to those who don’t have it sooner rather than later.’ The one-hour question and answer session, which took place before…
• News 26 May 2016 World Bank and ADB provide loans for energy efficiency in India In 2015, India pledged to reduce the energy intensity of its economy by 33 to 35 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The Indian government has also found that increased energy efficiency is critical to containing energy demand without jeopardising the country’s growth. Now India's ambitious initiatives have won significant funding support from two major SE4All partners: the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In February, ADB approved a 115 million loan to support replacing…
• News 25 May 2016 Accelerating Energy Efficiency: From Commitment to Action 2015 was a milestone year for the global transition towards sustainable development. Not only was there a global agreement on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but there was also the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The SDG agreement means that for the first time there is a universal goal for energy development, namely the SDG Goal 7, focusing on ensuring access to affordable,…
• News 25 May 2016 C2E2 Knowledge Management System Launched On May 11, SE4All’s new CEO, Rachel Kyte, launched the Copenhagen Centre’s new Knowledge Management System (KMS) at EE Global in Washington DC. This state-of-the-art KMS is a one-stop system for accessing the latest in energy efficiency news, knowledge, publications, databases and tools from around the world. Accessible and user-friendly, the KMS provides targeted information for energy efficiency policy makers and practitioners. Through the platform, users can contribute news, knowledge and…
• News 23 May 2016 Copenhagen Centre at EE Global The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency participated in a number of different capacities at the EE Global Forum on 11-12 May in Washington, DC. The event, organised by the Alliance to Save Energy, is a well-established annual gathering of energy efficiency leaders that come together to discuss how utilities, regulators, legislators and companies are incorporating cost-effective energy efficiency measures into their operations. Sustainable Energy for All was well…
• News 11 May 2016 UNEP's Adaptation Finance Gap Report 2016 Released The cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries could rise to between $280 and $500 billion per year by 2050, a figure that is four to five times greater than previous estimates, according to a new United Nations Environment (UNEP) report. Released as nations sign the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the report assesses the difference between the financial costs of adapting to climate change in developing countries and the amount of money actually available to meet…
• News 14 April 2016 Initiative for Climate Action Transparency launched today Since 195 countries adopted the Paris Agreement in December 2015, many countries are starting to implement their climate commitment or “nationally determined contribution” (NDC). But many developing countries lack the tools to measure, report and verify progress on their climate commitments and actions. The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) was launched today in response to calls for support from countries for improved transparency and capacity building related to the Paris…

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