Capacity Building
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- Webinar & E-Learning 9 July 2020 EU Taxonomy & Green Finance Initiatives for Residential projects (Webinar) – 25.06.2020 Our SMARTER discussion features Sean Kidney, the co-founder and CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO working to mobilise debt capital markets for climate solutions. Sean focuses on promoting investment priorities for climate and green bonds, how governments can take advantage of the green bonds market and the development of international collaborations. He also acts as chair of the Climate Bond Standards Board (members represent $34 trillion of assets under…
- Webinar & E-Learning 8 July 2020 Beyond Energy Efficiency - Life Cycle Based Data Centre Sustainability (Webinar) – 02.07.2020 Digital Climate Emergency Series - EP.2 As the role of data centre keeps increasing, so will concerns over its huge energy use, increased energy cost, associated impacts on climate change and more corporate social responsibility pressures. In recent years, the data center industry has made excellent progress in enhancing energy efficiency and adopting renewable energy sources. However, a sole focus on energy efficiency may cause burden shifting and overlook other relevant environmental problems…
- News 7 July 2020 New series of regional climate technology briefs and webinars With over 1 300 registrations, the series of Technology Needs Assessments (TNA) webinars "Climate technologies and Technology Needs Assessments" have generated great interest from governments, academia, businesses and NGOs worldwide and have created a momentum for the uptake of climate technologies, towards the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals. Over the past three months and together with its regional TNA partners and country representatives, UDP and UNEP have, in close collaboration…
- News 30 June 2020 UNEP DTU signs MoU with Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) for energy efficiency initiatives On 29th of May, UNEP DTU signed an MoU with the Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) to together implement energy efficiency initiatives. The two organizations will now begin to explore possible collaborations in the areas of capacity building and project implementation. Specifically on projects for training and development of energy initiatives in some selected areas and sectors in Mozambique.
- News 29 June 2020 New publication: Regional Technology Brief Latin America & the Caribbean TNA work in the Latin America & Caribbean region Since 2009, close to a hundred developing countries have joined the project, of which 22 are in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical assistance, capacity-building and guidance are being provided by UNEP and UNEP DTU Partnership through their Regional Centres for the TNA project, which in Latin America and the Caribbean include Fundación Bariloche (Argentina), Libélula (Peru) and currently the University of the West Indies, located in…
- Event 23 June 2020 Digital Climate Emergency Series - Beyond Energy Efficiency - Life Cycle Based Data Centre Sustainability EP.2 (Webinar) July 2, 2020, 11 AM - 12:45 PM CEST As the role of data centre keeps increasing, so will concerns over its huge energy use, increased energy cost, associated impacts on climate change and more corporate social responsibility pressures. In recent years, the data center industry has made excellent progress in enhancing energy efficiency and adopting renewable energy sources. However, a sole focus on energy efficiency may cause burden shifting and overlook other relevant environmental problems…
- Project 19 June 2020 Methodologies for quantification of mitigation actions at subnational level in mexico Tracking the progress of implementation of mitigation actions included by countries in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is at the core of the Paris Agreement and its transparency mechanisms. At country level this might lead to more accurate and comprehensive planning, and developing policies to support actions that help achieve national targets or even go beyond them. Currently, several countries are seeking how to assess quantitatively climate mitigation undertaken by subnational…
- Event 16 June 2020 WEBINAR - Climate Technologies and Technology Needs Assessments activities in Latin America & Caribbean Join us on the 30th of June, for our webinar on "Climate Technologies and Technology Needs Assessments activities in Latin America & Caribbean". During this webinar, we will explore the sectors and technologies prioritisedby LAC countries participating in the TNA project, in relation to climate change adaptation and mitigation. We will discuss financial and capacity-building needs, and highlight how the TNAs can contribute to NDC implementation. 30th of June, 16-17:30PM CET The webinar’s…