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- News 1 June 2024 TNA stories: Sustainable livestock in Mongolia Mongolia has seen average temperatures going up by 2.1°C over the past 70 years, as a result of climate change. Average rainfall is declining, and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent creating challenges for livestock production and the country’s vast pasturelands. In response to this, Mongolia prioritized the agricultural sector in its Technology Needs Assessment, with special attention given to the husbandry and livestock production and sustainable pasture management. Building on…
- News 31 May 2024 TNA stories: Bus Rapid Transit in Karachi Pakistan has the highest rate of urbanization in South Asia often characterized by unplanned and unmanaged growth resulting in informal settlements, environmental degradation, and poverty. At the same time, Pakistan’s public transport is characterised by slow commutes in vehicles that are mostly old and poorly maintained, leading to high fuel consumption, increased emissions, and higher operating costs. In Pakistan’s Technology Needs Assessment, the transport sector, and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)…
- News 24 May 2024 REE-IEGM Joins the Global ESCO Network The mission of the REE-IGEM is to support the promotion of energy efficiency and gender integration in access to energy. The general objective of the REE-IGEM is to contribute to the improvement of political, strategic, regulatory and investment frameworks in favour of an increased and sustainable national market in terms of energy efficiency and gender integration in access. to energy. The specific objectives are: Promote energy efficiency in buildings, industry and residential on behalf of…
- Project 22 May 2024 Assessing and managing loss and damage: Local-level evidence to inform global-level action in developing countries The UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre supports India, Zambia, and Mauritius in assessing and managing climate-induced loss and damage (L&D). The project aims to increase awareness about the linkages between adaptation costs and disaster recovery costs, and the drivers of non-economic L&D, while enhancing understanding of policy options to manage L&D. The project aims to create a city-specific framework to assess climate change-induced loss and damage and develop tailored adaptation…
- News 17 May 2024 Innovative climate resilient housing pilot in Bangladesh Through a pilot project for climate-resilient housing in Bangladesh's coastal zone, the NDC Action Project and BRAC are showcasing a new way to tackle the challenges posed by the climate crisis in Mongla Upazila in the Western part of Bangladesh. Along with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who is the country focal point for the NDC Action Project, experts from UNEP, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and BRAC visited the site of the pilot housing project during a mission…
- Event 6 May 2024 Building Resilient Cities: The role of urban nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. *Closed for registrations* The future of the world’s population is urban. Urbanization rates are rapidly increasing worldwide, compounding climate risks and exacerbating vulnerabilities in cities. In the Global South, the fast urbanization only further pressure existing infrastructure and hinder local government’s capacity to plan for climate-change resilient development at landscape levels and in the long run. While being hit hard by the impacts of the climate crisis, cities are…
- Project 1 May 2024 Global Platform for Urban Climate neutrality (GPUC) Cities are an important engine for global economic growth and socio-economic development. By 2030, almost 5 billion people (about 60 percent of the global population) will live in cities, leading to massive requirements for energy to power growth and expand basic infrastructure. Energy efficiency can offer practical solutions to budget-constrained cities to meet their energy needs without sacrificing development or environmental priorities. In recent years, cities have increasingly been…
- Project 1 May 2024 Net Zero Strategies for Developing Countries Alongside Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), long-term strategies (LTS)—net zero strategies (NZS) form the backbone of the Paris Agreement and pave the ground for low-emission development pathways around the globe. The successful delivery of NDC and LTS-NZS targets requires their integration into the national planning and strategic decision-making processes happening at the national and sub-national levels. Many developing countries need more technical capacities to develop …