Mitigation
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- News 14 August 2015 UDP conducts webinar on Technology Prioritisation and Multi Criteria Assessment UNEP DTU Partnership conducted a webinar on Technology Prioritization and Multi Criteria Assessment as part of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) webinar series on 12 August. The webinar aimed to give an introduction on Multi Criteria Assessment and covered examples for both climate change mitigation and adaptation. The target audience for this webinar are public sector officials, civil societies, NGOs, private sector, and students. Through interactive Q&A sessions,…
- News 25 June 2015 ADMIRE - Turning ideas into instruments that attract private investment Engaging the private sector in mitigation and adaptation actions is the goal of ADMIRE, a collaboration between United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and UNEP DTU Partnership. Dedicated to “Adaptation, Mitigation, and Readiness,” ADMIRE focuses on developing frameworks and mechanisms that encourage private investment in both mitigation and adaptation actions. Unlike other programs with similar goals, ADMIRE’s aim is not to fund pilot or demonstration projects, but to develop viable…
- News 10 June 2015 C2E2 presents papers at ECEEE Summer Study 2015 wo papers were presented by C2E2/UNEP DTU Partnership at the ECEEE Summer Study 2015 on energy efficiency held on June 1-6, 2015 at Presqu’île de Giens Toulon/Hyères, France, and have been published in the Conference's proceedings: The paper 'NAMAs as a tool to deliver energy efficiency measures in buildings' was presented by by Maryna Karavai, and Ksenia Petrichenko. . And the paper 'Duet of solar energy and energy efficiency and its role for net…
- News 2 June 2015 UN releases new publication ‘Best Policy Practices for promoting Energy Efficiency’ The United Nations Economics Commission for Europe has recently launched a new publication ‘Best Policy Practices for promoting Energy Efficiency’ under the framework of the United Nations Development Account project “Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development”. The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, which serves as the Energy Efficiency Hub of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Initiative, has also contributed to it. The…
- News 2 June 2015 UN releases new publication ‘Best Policy Practices for promoting Energy Efficiency’ The United Nations Economics Commission for Europe has recently launched a new publication 'Best Policy Practices for promoting Energy Efficiency' under the framework of the United Nations Development Account project “Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development”. The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, which serves as the Energy Efficiency Hub of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Initiative, has also contributed to it. The…
- News 27 April 2015 TNA project notes successful outcomes in Moldova When the first phase of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project drew to a close in April 2013, Moldova was one of the 36 participating countries that had benefited from the project to identify what kinds of technologies are best suited to their climate change needs. The GEF-funded program, which is implemented by UNEP with the collaboration of UNEP-DTU Partnership, helps countries assess their needs for new equipment, techniques, knowledge, and skills that will both mitigate greenhouse…
- News 27 April 2015 ACAD Takes A Look Back at Five Years of Carbon Finance After five fruitful years, the African Carbon Asset Development facility (ACAD) has wrapped up operations, and UNEP-DTU is evaluating the program’s achievements and lessons learnt. ACAD’s goal was to catalyze the growth of the African carbon market, a goal that proved to be quite a challenge, given the collapse of the global carbon market just after the end of the programme’s first phase. Yet through targeted financial and technical support, ACAD succeeded in providing essential tools that can…
- News 24 April 2015 High level Ministerial dialogue at ACF 2015 Marrakech, Morocco, 15 April 2015 - The high level ministerial dialogue of the Seventh African Carbon Forum was convened, under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, in Marrakesh, Morocco on 15 April 2015. The dialogue was chaired by the H.E. Ms. Hakima El Haite, Delegate Minister in charge of the Environment of Morocco. H.E. Hakima El Haite, Mr. Richard Kinley, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Ambassador Stephane…