• News 19 September 2018 Building on lessons learned to help African NGOs establish social energy enterprises Turning on the lights by flicking a switch is a routine act for most people in the world. However, for many people in the developing world, electricity is still considered a luxury with more than 1.1 billion people currently living without daily access to modern energy sources. Building on the success of the African Rural Energy Enterprise Development (AREED) project, UNEP DTU Partnership is now part of distributing reflow funds to social enterprises working with clean and renewable energy…
• News 27 June 2018 UNEP DTU part of Global Plan of Action for humanitarian sustainable energy More than 130 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance due to conflict, natural disasters, and other complex global challenges around the world. For many of these people, access to energy sources is critical for survival, and how they access it impacts their health, livelihoods, safety, and well-being. Despite this, energy access for displaced people is not prioritized in the global humanitarian system. Current energy practices in situations of displacement are often inefficient,…
• 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…
• 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…
• News 7 March 2018 Sustainable Energy for All Forum 2018 More than 750 leaders from government, business, civil society and international organizations will gather 2-3 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal for the 2018 Sustainable Energy for All Forum. The 2018 Forum, “Leaving No One Behind”, will take place at a pivotal juncture for accelerating progress on global sustainable energy goals — under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 — and the Paris Climate Agreement. At stake are significant populations that are missing out on education, health, jobs and…
• News 14 February 2018 ADMIRE result: Colombia cuts taxes for green cook stoves A new tax incentive in Colombia means that more families will get the possibility to use cook stoves that are better for the environment and their health. Funded by DANIDA, Colombian organisation Fundación Natura has been working with UNEP DTU to promote the use of more efficient cook stoves in Colombia since early 2016. The effort to make the tax incentive a reality is part of a project to create a market for improved cook stoves that benefits the poor rural population. The changes in taxes on…
• News 30 January 2018 23 new countries will assess their technology needs with help from UNEP DTU Partnership Technology is key to achieving the goals set forth in the Paris Agreement: Lower the emission of CO2 and halting the rise on global temperatures that threatens the livelihood of people everywhere in the world. To enhance the development, transfer deployment and dissemination of technology UNEP DTU has assisted countries in their Technology Needs Assessments (TNA's) since 2009. TNA's support developing countries to determine their own climate technology needs so it is possible to define how best…
• News 25 January 2018 Sustainable energy for refugees: UNEP DTU Partnership part of global plan Energy use is a crisis issue in many refugee camps. The need for fuel is becoming a source of conflict between increasingly large refugee populations and local communities in many countries in the developing world. It is also a driver of deforestation and has well-documented impacts on women and children who are disproportionately exposed to indoor air pollution. A conference hosted by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit ) in Berlin in mid-January sought to develop an…

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