• News 2 June 2014 Sustainable Energy for All Forum, 4 - 6 June 2014 By June 2014, two years will have passed since Rio+20, where world leaders declared: “we are all determined to act to make sustainable energy for all a reality and, through this, help to eradicate poverty and lead to sustainable development and global prosperity.” To mark this milestone and celebrate the first year of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024), the Sustainable Energy for All initiative is organizing the first annual Sustainable Energy for All Forum on 4…
• 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 28 February 2014 New Publication on climate change mitigation opportunities in the Caribbean region released The new publication ‘Climate change mitigation opportunities in the energy sector for the Caribbean region’ presents a study based on an analysis of the mitigation potential in 16 countries in the Caribbean Region. The aim of the study is to provide Caribbean climate change practitioners and policy makers with value added information, in order to facilitate emission reductions in the energy sector, as part of the on-going and future scaling up efforts to apply and disseminate energy efficiency…
• News 20 December 2013 Second capacity building workshop under FIRM held in Vietnam Hai Phong, 16 – 18 December 2013 – The 2nd Capacity Building Workshop on Low Carbon Development (LCDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) was held from 16 to 18 December 2013 in Hai Phong, Vietnam. The workshop was hosted by Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (DMHCC) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and supported by UNEP and UNEP Risø Centre under the Facilitating Implementation Readiness for Mitigation (FIRM) project. …
• News 5 November 2013 2013 Gap Report Strengthens Case for Wide-Ranging Global Action to Close Emissions Gap Berlin/Nairobi, 5 November 2013 – Should the global community not immediately embark on wide-ranging actions to narrow the greenhouse gas emissions gap, the chance of remaining on the least-cost path to keeping global temperature rise below 2°C this century will swiftly diminish and open the door to a host of challenges. The Emissions Gap Report 2013—involving 44 scientific groups in 17 countries and coordinated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)—is released as leaders prepare to meet…
• News 24 October 2013 UN Secretary-General and UNEP Open New Energy Efficiency Centre in Copenhagen Copenhagen, 23 October, 2013 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) today opened a new global centre for Energy Efficiency in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new centre is part of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, a global multi-stakeholder partnership between governments, the private sector, and civil society. The initiative was launched by Mr. Ban in 2011, and has three ambitious interlinked…
• News 24 October 2013 UN Secretary-General and UNEP Open New Energy Efficiency Centre in Copenhagen Copenhagen, 23 October, 2013 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) today opened a new global centre for Energy Efficiency in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new centre is part of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, a global multi-stakeholder partnership between governments, the private sector, and civil society. The initiative was launched by Mr. Ban in 2011, and has three ambitious interlinked…
• 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…

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