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- News 19 September 2023 Kenya commences work for enhanced transparency for crops subsector A new project to strengthen Kenya’s transparency for climate action in the agricultural sector was launched in mid-September. The project will focus on the sub-sector of crops, identified as a national priority for climate action by the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture. The project was launched at a workshop held on 11-12 September 2023 in Nairobi bringing together stakeholders from Kenya’s agricultural sector to discuss current status, needs and gaps with regards to climate transparency. An in…
- News 8 September 2023 Solar powering displaced populations Around the world, and especially in low and middle income countries, displaced people are feeling the effects of climate change. With more than 100 million people forced to flee their homes, climate change is making an already bad situation worse. At the Africa Climate Week, held this week in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP brought attention to one of the ways to ensure a more sustainable future for displaced people. Focusing on clean cooking, an ‘Action Hub’ event on “Solar-Electric Cooking Partnerships:…
- News 30 August 2023 Framework for tracking mitigation targets in Cuba Strengthening the framework for tracking progress in implementing Cuba’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) was the focus of the recently completed first phase of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project in the country. Implemented by Cubaenergia – the centre under Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment in charge of technical support to Cuba’s climate action – with support of UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and ISPRA, the project set up a…
- News 30 August 2023 Enabling climate technology implementation St. Kitts and Nevis is becoming better equipped for the climate action needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change and deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement through climate technology implementation. The federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is participating in phase IV of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project, and recently completed the first stage, where a set of mitigation and adaptation technologies have been prioritized for further assessment and analysis under the project…
- News 30 August 2023 Enabling climate technology implementation St. Kitts and Nevis is becoming better equipped for the climate action needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change and deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement through climate technology implementation. The federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is participating in phase IV of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project, and recently completed the first stage, where a set of mitigation and adaptation technologies have been prioritized for further assessment and analysis under the project…
- Project 24 August 2023 Policy and partnerships for sustainability and climate action at the Last Mile Currently, more than 1.5% of the global population are forcibly displaced. Now at over 120 million people this is nearly double the number from a decade ago, with women and girls being the most affected. If current trends and drivers of displacement remain then this number is likely to increase, with up to 216 million people internally displaced by environmental crises alone by 2050. These figures from UNEP’s Foresights Report (2024) show how multiple crises of conflict,…
- Event 22 August 2023 Second National TNA Steering Committee Meeting Bishkek, 12 July 2023 The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic hosted the second National TNA Steering Committee Meeting, chaired by Dr. Azamat Temirkulov, Deputy Minister and director of the Climate Finance Centre. The meeting agenda was structured around the following items: 1. Re-cap of project goals, implementation process and timeline 2. Summary of TNA Progress Report 3. Presentation of the results of Technology Prioritization reports 4…
- News 15 August 2023 Argentina: Closing workshop focuses on transparency for mitigation and sustainable development A workshop was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 26 July 2023, to mark the closure of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project in the country. The project supported Argentina in advancing national transparency in climate action with the purpose of developing effective policies to reduce emissions and achieve sustainable development objectives. The event was organized by the National Directorate for Climate Change of the Argentinian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable…