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- News 10 December 2013 Roundtable on Comprehensive Mobility Plans held in New Delhi New Delhi, 4 December 2013 - Under the Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India Project, UNEP and its Risø Centre are collaborating with the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) to revise the existing Comprehensive Mobility Plans (CMP) toolkit. A roundtable was organized in New Delhi to provide an introduction to the revised CMP toolkit and share implementation experiences from the three cities namely, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot and Udaipur, that are participating in the project by developing Low…
- News 24 October 2013 UN Secretary-General and UNEP Open New Energy Efficiency Centre in Copenhagen Copenhagen, 23 October, 2013 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) today opened a new global centre for Energy Efficiency in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new centre is part of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, a global multi-stakeholder partnership between governments, the private sector, and civil society. The initiative was launched by Mr. Ban in 2011, and has three ambitious interlinked…
- News 24 October 2013 UN Secretary-General and UNEP Open New Energy Efficiency Centre in Copenhagen Copenhagen, 23 October, 2013 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) today opened a new global centre for Energy Efficiency in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new centre is part of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative, a global multi-stakeholder partnership between governments, the private sector, and civil society. The initiative was launched by Mr. Ban in 2011, and has three ambitious interlinked…
- News 30 August 2013 NAMAcademy organises its first NAMA course in Denmark The NAMAcademy held it first summer course on conceptualising and development of NAMAs from 19 to 30 August 2013 at Kalundborg, Denmark. Bringing together facilities and personnel from the UNEP Risø Center and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the course was attended by 11 participants from Chile, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal. Established by the UNEP Risø Centre for Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) in November last year, the NAMAcademy course is…
- News 21 August 2013 Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India- New Publications Launched Three new publications from the 'Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India' project were launched this month. The first 'Low Carbon City: A Guidebook for City Planners and Practitioners' is prepared to link the outputs from the national Low Carbon Transport assessment with the process of developing Low-carbon Comprehensive Mobility Plans (LCMP) within the cities. The primary audience for this guidebook are the city planners, transport division executives and consultants working with the cities…
- News 23 May 2013 The Climate Technology Centre and Network to be located at UN City in Copenhagen The CTCN will be located at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark and will be operational by the end of the year. See the Press Release here (in Danish).
- News 5 September 2012 Designated National Authority created in Sao Tome and Principe The Government of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe officially created the Designated National Authority (DNA) for the Clean Development Mechanism, which was simultaneously recognized by the UNFCCC. In the run up to this, UNEP Risø Centre provided training to the DNA through the ACP MEAs CD4CDM project, which will serve as an important foundation for the well functioning of this new government body. Activities are being organized and project developers in the country…