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- News 26 June 2018 Global partners kick off Technology Needs Assessment Round 3 With new partners on board, UNEP DTU Partnership has launched its third round of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. To enhance the development, transfer, deployment and dissemination of technology UNEP DTU has assisted countries in preparing their TNAs since 2009. TNAs support developing countries to determine their own climate technology needs so it is possible to define how best to accelerate a low-emission, climate resilient and sustainable development path. Since 2009, UNEP DTU…
- Webinar & E-Learning 22 June 2018 Finance solutions for energy efficiency at the municipal level (Webinar) - 05.07.2018 This webinar offers an overview and help navigate in various funding sources for energy efficiency upgrades in the public infrastructure at the municipal level. The first part of the webinar covers the EU funding programmes, institutions and available technical assistance as well as potential national public sources. The second part focuses on the specific programme – the City Finance Lab - Europe’s first dedicated platform to help develop innovative finance solutions for green urban projects…
- News 18 June 2018 Waste-to-energy where it is needed the most Waste management and access to energy services are important development issues throughout the world. In humanitarian contexts however, they are often not sufficiently considered. Current solutions tend to address the immediate needs, but do not always consider the longer-term impacts and future needs. Insufficient supply of energy and unsafe waste disposal, including pollution of water resources make public health threats and environmental problems even worse for people who are already at risk…
- News 13 June 2018 UNEP DTU joins the people's meeting on Bornholm Each year Danish ngo's, politicians, media and a lot of major companies spend an extended weekend on the beautiful sunny island of Bornholm along with around 100.000 interested visitors. Since its debut in 2011, Folkemødet, or in English, peoples meeting, have become the main political happening of the year with more than 3000 events. Like previous years, UNEP DTU Partnership is participating in the peoples meeting to draw attention to the importance of climate action and development. This year…
- Tools 8 June 2018 The H2020 EmBuild project launches the Navigator, a practical guidance for the formulation and implementation of an effective renovation strategy for buildings The H2020 project EmBuild - standing for Empower public authorities to establish a long-term strategy for mobilizing investment in the energy efficient renovation of the building stock - worked directly with public authorities in towns and regions in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Germany, to generate new tools, better processes and enable higher capacity in local governments to design ambitious but realistic renovation strategies. Some of these efforts resulted in the…
- News 4 June 2018 Copenhagen Centre in Spotlight Interview with SEforALL As part of a series looking at Partners in the Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) network, SEforALL spoke with the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency about their partnership and the key role of energy efficiency in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – specifically SDG7. In an interview with Gabriela Prata Dias, Acting Head of the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, and Mark Lister, Senior Strategic Adviser at the Centre, they discuss the organization’s work to…
- News 4 June 2018 Transport Summit DTU: Where are the Indian EVs? Globally many countries are moving towards more electric vehicles (EVs) on the streets and worldwide the share of EVs has increased to more than 1%. In India, the government has also prioritised EVs in their nationally determined contribution (NDC). There is a favourable national climate when it comes to EVs, and the national government is pushing for electrification of transport. A lot of incentives are being provided to bring down the initial purchase costs. Usually this should translate into…
- News 24 May 2018 Highlights from EE Global - Day 2 Highlights from the second day of EE Global, which gathered hundreds of high-level energy efficiency leaders at the Odd Fellow Palace in Copenhagen for a day of learning, networking and inspiring conversations on energy efficiency. Day Two of EE Global started with a call to action from Alliance President Jason Hartke, conveying the message to the audience gathered at Copenhagen’s elegant Odd Fellow Palace that “energy efficiency is the answer and the opportunity” for addressing carbon…