• News 23 August 2018 Call for Latin America & the Caribbean to engage in climate dialogue The event reached its apex with the high-level segment on Wednesday, which was opened by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa; Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Edson Duarte; and the country’s host, Uruguay’s Minister of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment, Eneida de León. UNEP DTU Partnership director John Christensen participated in several high-level sessions, among other things moderating a panel discussion on how to link the Paris Agreement with the 2030 SDG…
• News 18 June 2018 Waste-to-energy where it is needed the most Waste management and access to energy services are important development issues throughout the world. In humanitarian contexts however, they are often not sufficiently considered. Current solutions tend to address the immediate needs, but do not always consider the longer-term impacts and future needs. Insufficient supply of energy and unsafe waste disposal, including pollution of water resources make public health threats and environmental problems even worse for people who are already at risk…
• News 13 June 2018 UNEP DTU joins the people's meeting on Bornholm Each year Danish ngo's, politicians, media and a lot of major companies spend an extended weekend on the beautiful sunny island of Bornholm along with around 100.000 interested visitors. Since its debut in 2011, Folkemødet, or in English, peoples meeting, have become the main political happening of the year with more than 3000 events. Like previous years, UNEP DTU Partnership is participating in the peoples meeting to draw attention to the importance of climate action and development. This year…
• News 24 May 2018 Highlights from EE Global - Day 2 Highlights from the second day of EE Global, which gathered hundreds of high-level energy efficiency leaders at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen for a day of learning, networking and inspiring conversations on energy efficiency. Day Two of EE Global started with a call to action from Alliance President Jason Hartke, conveying the message to the audience gathered at Copenhagen’s elegant Odd Fellow Palace that “energy efficiency is the answer and the opportunity” for addressing carbon…
• News 17 May 2018 Giving local initiatives global impact Mark Lister, Head of the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, explains why more innovation and investment is needed if the barriers to scaling up energy efficiency are to be successfully dismantled. Energy efficiency at a global level is an essential response to climate change and fundamental to achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. But energy efficiency is not only about saving our climate. Multiple benefits arise from energy efficiency actions, including improved health…
• News 16 April 2018 Africa Crafts Message of Sustainability for International Climate Negotiations Some 800 delegates from 59 countries, including ministers and other high-level government and international officials, together with non-state delegates, offered their insights into the challenges and possible responses to climate change, and harvested those insights for consideration in the official international climate negotiation process. The collecting of views was a key part of Africa Climate Week that just concluded in Nairobi. The climate week seeks to strengthen cooperation and…
• News 11 April 2018 Africa Carbon Forum kicks off For the tenth time the Nairobi Framework Partnership (NFP) brings together experts, practitioners and policy makers from Africa and beyond to discuss and advance the climate action agenda in Africa. Today sees the beginning of the annual Africa Carbon Forum, this year held in Nairobi, Kenya. The forum focuses on state & non‐State actors' engagement to further strengthen the role of future carbon markets to achieve enhanced climate action, towards achieving the SDGs and the goals in the…
• News 9 April 2018 Aligning the Agendas on Development and Climate A newly launched initiative aims to help overcome knowledge and political barriers to promote sustainable development (SD). The SD Dialogue is a Party-driven initiative that focuses on promoting sustainable development through Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to allow for higher ambition in the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Global goals for climate change and sustainable development were agreed in two historical agreements in 2015; the Paris Agreement and the…

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