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- Event 10 January 2025 Second International ESCO Symposium The Global ESCO Network’s Second International ESCO Symposium brings together ESCOs, energy efficiency professionals, policymakers, industry leaders, financiers and energy experts, highlighting the critical role of ESCOs in accelerating the transition toward a low-carbon and energy-efficient future. Through a series of engaging presentations, interactive panel discussions and networking, the symposium presents the latest trends, regulatory frameworks, financing strategies, and success…
- Event 3 January 2025 ESCO in Ukraine: 8 Years of Progress and Resilience Amid War Join us for an in-depth discussion on how the ESCO mechanism has been pivotal in advancing energy modernization in Ukraine’s municipal sector over the past eight years, even amidst the unprecedented challenges of wartime. This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the foundational ESCO legislation in Ukraine, emphasizing the state and municipal guarantees that ensure investment returns for ESCO companies—facilitating the successful implementation of over 700 energy performance…
- News 19 December 2024 Season's Greetings With virtual certainty, 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first calendar year in which the world is 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This does not mean that the Paris Agreement goal has been permanently missed, but it is evident that the climate crisis continues to define our world. From the UN Secretary-General calling for urgent action on extreme heat to the desperate need for climate action voiced by Island States and others at COP29, events this year have again illustrated…
- Webinar & E-Learning 19 December 2024 RETScreen Clean Energy Management Software – enabler for low-carbon planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting (Webinar) - 10.12.2024 ESCOs often face challenges in unleashing the immense potential for achieving global climate goals like limited access to finance, regulatory uncertainty, and a lack of capacity to assess and verify the feasibility and impact of projects. Overcoming these barriers is critical to unlocking the full potential of energy efficiency projects. In this webinar we explore solutions that help ESCOs and project developers address these challenges. Discover practical tools that enable low-carbon planning,…
- News 16 December 2024 Empowering Climate Action through Technology and Innovation at COP29 As the urgency of climate action grows, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre directed the spotlight on climate technologies as pivotal tools to achieve ambitious global climate targets at COP29 in Baku. Along with partners and countries, the Centre highlighted impacts and potential of technology-driven solutions for mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development. A series of events featured the potential of climate technologies and of Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and Technology Action…
- Publication 10 December 2024 Analysis of success stories from implemented Technology Action Plans (TAPs) Over time and through an iterative process, collective learnings and practical insights from the global- and country- level work on TNAs have informed and enriched the TNA methodology, including through growing guidance3 available to countries and implementation actors. Today, the TNA process has evolved into a step-by-step process that goes beyond technology needs and is geared towards enabling technology implementation and demonstrating technology viability, with a view to closing the gap…
- Publication 10 December 2024 A pre-payment model for Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes under article 6 of the Paris agreement Since the establishment of the first global agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions – the Kyoto Protocol – the idea of trading in emissions units, or emissions reduction, has been an essential part of the architecture, motivated by calculations showing that costs of emissions mitigation vary widely among countries. So why not exploit the more cost-efficient mitigation options first if the intended effect on the atmosphere is the same? With the idea of emissions trading under the Kyoto…
- News 6 December 2024 Interagency collaboration strengthening Pakistan's carbon markets and climate goals Pakistan is currently developing its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) 3.0 under the Paris Agreement. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is joining the efforts in advancing Pakistan’s climate commitments by supporting the development of the "Carbon Markets" section in the NDC. This effort is part of the broader UNDP-led Climate Promise II initiative, which supports Pakistan's Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC). High-integrity carbon markets UNEP…