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- 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 1 May 2018 Which technologies can save the climate, and what stands in their way? What kind of technologies are best suited to a country’s specific climate change situation? To better understand needs and priorities for technology that can help climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries, UNEP DTU Partnership has analysed technology priorities from our Technology Needs Assessment programme funded by the Global Environment Facility. From solar farms in Guyana to smart water meters in Tanzania, the analysis uncovers not only where there is a need, but also…
- News 1 May 2018 Which technologies can save the climate, and what stands in their way? What kind of technologies are best suited to a country’s specific climate change situation? To better understand needs and priorities for technology that can help climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries, UNEP DTU Partnership has analysed technology priorities from our Technology Needs Assessment programme funded by the Global Environment Facility. From solar farms in Guyana to smart water meters in Tanzania, the analysis uncovers not only where there is a need, but also…
- 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 10 April 2018 UNEP DTU in Parliament hearing: We need to boost climate ambitions Denmark is not only home to the UNEP DTU offices, the Scandinavian country is also known for its green policies and technical expertise when it comes to climate solutions. But as successful as the country might be it cannot escape the global need to enhance climate ambitions. That was the message the Danish Energy, Utilities and Climate Committee of the Danish parliament got, when it invited UNEP DTU and other experts to a hearing on Denmark's climate efforts and the goals in the Paris…
- 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…
- News 9 April 2018 Energy and research policy on the agenda Politicians, energy researchers and companies gathered at the Energy and Research Policy Conference in UN City in Copenhagen on 9 April to discuss the role of energy research in the future. During the Conference, UNEP DTU presented findings based on our work on the UN Environment Emissions Gap Reports and stressed the importance of more action on energy and climate. Based on UNEP DTU research, participants in the conference were given an overview of where Denmark and the world currently is in…