• News 10 December 2018 Gender equality in climate action Gender equality is a goal in its own right, but it is also vital in relation to mitigation and adaptation to climate change. UNEP DTU Partnership seeks to advance women’s full, equal and meaningful participation and to promote the creation of gender-responsive climate policies. Kicking off Gender Day at COP24 tomorrow, UNDEP DTU Partnership is part of organising a high level event focusing on gender and the implementation of climate technology through the Technology Needs Assessments. “Women…
• Project 7 December 2018 Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Low Carbon Island Development Strategy The objective of this project is to ensure a low carbon economy development pathway for Mauritius by establishing the national capacity for formulating, prioritizing mitigation actions to implement Mauritius’ Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for all mitigation sectors and further develop the local capacity to design and implement mitigation actions relevant for the energy sector. The project is structured into three components, as follows: Component 1: Strengthen national capability to…
• News 6 December 2018 Growing gap between ambition and action: Adaptation efforts need financial boosting While climate consciousness across the globe is on the rise, the fourth UN Environment Adaptation Gap Report released today has revealed a considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual measures that should be put in place to prepare communities for a future of increasing climate risks. We need to adapt our societies to a reality of climate change, with rising temperatures and more extreme weather events affecting every corner of the globe. But this vital…
• Project 6 December 2018 UNFCCC Technology Cooperation UNEP DTU Partnership in cooperation with UNFCCC Secretariat aims to address the needs of developing countries in mitigation and adaptation technologies to meet desired levels of reduced greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce vulnerability to climate change. The cooperation entails several activities, such as developing guidance and sharing experiences on enhanced implementation of the results of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNAs), as well as other technology related work identifying…
• Project 4 December 2018 Measuring Sustainable Development in NAMAs The Measuring Sustainable Development in NAMAs project contributed to improve quantitative and qualitative measurement of the sustainable development outcomes of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It enhanced understanding of how NAMAs can contribute to meeting national development goals and provided improved knowledge of early action and lessons learned on measurement of sustainable development considerations in NAMAs. This was done through: A review on tools and approaches…
• Project 28 November 2018 Climate-smart Agriculture Manual for Agriculture Education in Zimbabwe The outcome of the project is expected to enhance both students and professionals' active participation in promoting climate-smart agriculture to the Zimbabwe agriculture community at large. Enhanced knowledge and awareness of climate-smart agriculture approaches helps smallholder farmers to augment their production and ultimately incomes, resilience to climate change and reduction or removal of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. Climate Technology Centre and Network's (CTCN)…
• News 28 November 2018 New collaboration to accelerate energy efficiency in Kenya UNEP DTU Partnership will be partnering with Kenya to make sure the country achieves its ambitious targets for energy efficiency. Today in Nairobi a Collaboration agreement to accelerate energy efficiency actions in Kenya between UNEP DTU Partnership's Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency and Ministry of Energy, Kenya was signed, marking the beginning of a far-reaching and detailed five-year agreement. The collaboration will help Kenya with all aspects of energy efficiency strategy…
• News 27 November 2018 Nations must triple ambition to reach 2°C target, concludes the new Emissions Gap Report Global emissions are on the rise as national commitments to combat climate change come up short. In fact, the gap between the climate ambitions of the world and the effort needed to reach the targets in the Paris Agreement has increased. These findings along with a sweeping review of climate action and the latest measurements of global emissions are the key findings of the 2018 Emissions Gap Report published today. The report annually presents a definitive assessment of the so-called 'emissions…

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