Mitigation
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- Tools 1 September 2016 Energy Forecasting Framework and Emissions Consensus Tool (EFFECT) This modelling tool is devoted to estimating and forecasting of energy balances, as well as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under a range of development scenarios or policy choices. It focuses on sectors that contribute to and are expected to experience a rapid growth in emissions. The tool is accompanied by a self-paced e-learning course offered by World Bank Institute.AimTo estimate and forecast sectoral energy use and GHG emissionsTarget audiencePolicy-makers,…
- Tools 1 September 2016 ClearPath ClearPath is a cloud based-tool for energy and emission management. It can forecast multiple scenarios for future emissions, analyse the costs and benefits of emissions reduction measures, visualize alternative planning scenarios etc. Aim To forecast and analyse energy savings from energy efficiency measures. Target audience Experts Approach Interactive Scope Policy Stage of PD cycle Tracking City focus Targeting
- News 1 September 2016 Buildings get an energy efficiency boost from new regulations in Mexico City Part of recent efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase sustainability in the Mexico City’s vast urban landscape, the municipal government recently integrated energy efficiency into the city’s latest construction regulations. Both new constructions and existing retrofits were addressed by the update, which was an initiative of Mexico City’s Ministry of the Environment (SEDEMA). The SE4All Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA), led by the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities…
- Tools 26 August 2016 Tool for Building Energy Performance Scenarios This tool enables you to interactively engage with modelled data for three possible energy mitigation scenarios for the building sector, globally and per region, by 2050. To facilitate a rapid transition to sustainable energy in the building sector, GBPN supports a deep path of ambitious policy actions based on the deep energy scenario in which state of the art in both new and existing buildings become the norm in only ten years from now. With this tool you can find out where the world…
- Tools 19 August 2016 Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Low Carbon Cities (BEST) The tool is designed to provide city authorities with strategies they can follow to reduce city-wide carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions. The tool quickly assesses local energy use and energy-related CO2 and CH4 emissions across nine sectors (i.e., industry, public and commercial buildings, residential buildings, transportation, power and heat, street lighting, water & wastewater, solid waste, and urban green space), giving officials a comprehensive perspective on their local…
- News 15 August 2016 Asian Development Bank makes record investments in clean energy in 2015 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is changing its lending strategies to reflect the challenge of climate change and sustainable development. Last year, ADB set ambitious targets for investments that respond to climate change, and pledged to double its annual financing for mitigation and adaptation projects to USD 6 billion by 2020. Of this amount, USD 4 billion will be allocated to mitigation projects, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport initiatives and smart…
- News 15 August 2016 High level delegation from Ghana visits UNEP DTU Partnership UNEP DTU Partnership (UDP) hosted a high level delegation from the Ghana at the UN City in Denmark. The Ghanaian delegation was in Denmark as part of their European Union working tour. The meeting, held on 11th August 2016, was opened by Director of UDP, John Christensen who welcomed the guests. The team comprising of five (5) parliamentarians and two (2) senior representatives from the Embassy of Ghana to Denmark was led by Her Excellency, Ms. Edith Hazel, Ambassador of Ghana to Denmark. UDP…
- News 12 July 2016 Guides for Climate Change Mitigation Action Planning released UNEP DTU partnership has released two guides which describe, in non-technical language, a set of analytical tools that can support the planning of climate change mitigation actions by national and sub-national government agencies. One of the guides, Valuation of climate change mitigation co-benefits, focuses on the valuation of climate change mitigation co-benefits, and was written by Fatemeh Bakhtiari. The second guide, Decision-support tools for climate change mitigation planning, …