• News 20 February 2020 High-Level Climate Champions to Drive Action at Africa Climate Week in Kampala Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Muñoz - High-Level Champions for Climate Action of the COP26 and COP25 Presidencies respectively - are joining Africa Climate Week April 20-24 in Kampala, Uganda. At the first of four Regional Climate Weeks to take place in 2020, the Climate Champions will support participants in forging the partnerships necessary to accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement on the ground. Nigel Topping, who was recently appointed by the UK Government for the upcoming conference…
• Project 20 February 2020 SOLUTIONSplus SOLUTIONSplus brings together highly committed cities, industry, research, implementing organisations and finance partners and establishes a global platform for shared, public and commercial e-mobility solutions to kick start the transition towards low-carbon urban mobility. Focus is on promoting electric vehicles within cities. The project encompasses city level demonstrations to test different types of innovative and integrated e-mobility solutions, complemented by a comprehensive toolbox,…
• Podcast 6 February 2020 Embodied carbon in construction materials - the new concern for architects Problem: Production of the currently preferred construction materials for the building industry is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions globally Key message: As buildings become increasingly energy efficient in most parts of the world, the production of the construction materials mostly used - concrete, steel and glass - become the buildings' most severe climate impact. To reduce this climate impact a rethink of the materials that go into construction is necessary.
• Project 23 January 2020 Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) is financed by the EU programme Interreg-ØKS, that supports cross-regional collaboration in Europe. Climate challenges such as global warming, air pollution and pressure on natural resources has resulted in a number of political objectives at local /regional, national, European and global level. One of the major climate objectives is to substitute fossil fuels with sustainable and renewable energy. This requires interdisciplinary development of methods and…
• Project 23 January 2020 Flexibility for Smart Urban Energy Systems (FlexSUS) The FlexSUS project develops a decision-making tool to support smart urban energy systems based on digital solutions which enable municipalities and city planners to optimize their energy systems while implementing climate change mitigation efforts. The project builds on optimization of existing and planned energy systems and develops bridges across them in the form of data management system and visualization tool to be used by system planners that adapt to the specific needs and energy…
• Event 22 January 2020 Building and operating climate positive data centers The event will be held virtually. 2019 has been a pivotal year for climate change awareness, where corporate organizations are now racing not only to join the fight against climate change, but also to avoid shrinking profits or funding restrictions as consumers and investors alike demand green-friendly sustainable businesses. “The SDG goals represent a call for action by all countries to preserve sustainability of the planet.  With the data center industry on the road to consume a…
• News 21 January 2020 Ambition, dedication and TNA results in Suriname's revised NDC Being part of the ongoing Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project, currently in Phase III, Suriname has wasted no time in using the results of the first step (identifying and prioritising sector and technologies) to contribute to the development of their recently submitted NDC. Being only the second country to have submitted a revised version of their NDC in 2020, Suriname shows ambition and dedication in their outlined contributions. Click here to read Suriname's NDC Various avenues for…
• News 21 January 2020 Suriname shows ambition and dedication in their NDC contributions Being part of the ongoing TNA project, currently in Phase III, Suriname has wasted no time in using the results of the first step (identifying and prioritising sector and technologies) to contribute to the development of their recently submitted NDC. Being only the second country to have submitted a revised version of their NDC in 2020, Suriname shows ambition and dedication in their outlined contributions. Click here to read Suriname's NDC Various avenues for technology transfer, in the…

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