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- News 22 May 2015 Danish Society of Engineers visit UNEP DTU Partnership On Thursday, 21 May, twenty five members of the Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) visited UN City to learn more about the UNEP DTU Partnership (UDP) and its work on energy and climate change. Members got an opportunity to learn about UNEP DTU Partnership’s work through a presentation made by Tim Farrell, who described in detail the work of UDP’s two Centres: the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency and the Centre on Energy Climate and Sustainable Development. Participants learnt about the…
- News 22 May 2015 Danish Society of Engineers visit UNEP DTU Partnership On Thursday, 21 May, twenty five members of the Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) visited UN City to learn more about the UNEP DTU Partnership (UDP) and its work on energy and climate change. Members got an opportunity to learn about UNEP DTU Partnership’s work through a presentation made by Tim Farrell, who described in detail the work of UDP’s two Centres: the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency and the Centre on Energy Climate and Sustainable Development. Participants learnt…
- News 27 April 2015 TNA project notes successful outcomes in Moldova When the first phase of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project drew to a close in April 2013, Moldova was one of the 36 participating countries that had benefited from the project to identify what kinds of technologies are best suited to their climate change needs. The GEF-funded program, which is implemented by UNEP with the collaboration of UNEP-DTU Partnership, helps countries assess their needs for new equipment, techniques, knowledge, and skills that will both mitigate greenhouse…
- News 17 April 2015 ACF 2015- Private and Public sectors join in quest for market and finance opportunities Marrakech, Morocco, 15 April 2015 – Ministers from governments across Africa have renewed their call for a strong and universal climate change agreement with increased flows of funds, including through market and finance opportunities, sufficient to fulfill Africa’s development aspirations. With countries set to approve a new climate change agreement under the UN in Paris in December, African ministers stressed the region’s readiness and requirement for accelerated private and public financing…
- News 16 March 2015 Modernizing District Energy Systems Could Reduce Primary Energy Consumption by up to 50% A transition to modern district energy systems could contribute to 60 per cent of required energy sector emissions reductions by 2050, and reduce primary energy consumption by up to 50 per cent, according to a new report launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and UN-Habitat. With cities accounting for 70 per cent of global energy use and for 40-50 per cent…
- News 6 March 2015 Adaptation Gap Report to be presented at Global Adaptation Network Forum, 2015 The first Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Forum is being held in Panama City on 6-7 March to bring together participants from various Adaptation Knowledge Networks, government officials and experts working in the field of Climate Change Adaptation. The Forum seeks to provide an opportunity for dialogue and learning between adaptation actors and networks inter-regionally and globally. On the first day of the event, Anne Olhoff from UNEP DTU Partnership will present UNEP’s Global Adaptation Gap…
- News 4 March 2015 New GNESD Publication on Energy Access in Urban Poor Communities released A new publication 'Energy access realities in urban poor communities of developing countries assessments and recommendations' has been released by the GNESD network as a result of its Urban Peri Urban Energy Access (UPEA) Phase III work. The study comes at a time when more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and while about 75% of the world’s consumption of commercial energy contributes to urban areas, many of those in direst need of access to modern energy systems are…
- News 27 February 2015 Modernizing District Energy Systems Could Reduce Primary Energy Consumption by up to 50% Nairobi, 25 February 2015 – A transition to modern district energy systems could contribute to 60 per cent of required energy sector emissions reductions by 2050, and reduce primary energy consumption by up to 50 per cent, according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and UN-Habitat. With cities accounting for 70 per cent of…