• News 12 October 2020 Accelerating district energy investments in Chile Over the next three years, UNEP DTU Partnership will be working on a new project aimed at consolidating the district energy market in Chile. The project aims at scaling-up investment on district energy by developing an enabling framework and establishing mechanisms to support project developments and will contribute to reducing local pollution and emissions in cities, reduce primary energy consumption, as well as increase health and resilience for the country’s population. The 3-year project,…
• Event 7 October 2020 Webinar: GACMO as a tool for establishing mitigation scenarios 9. October 2020, 4 pm (CET) This webinar is part of the "ICAT webinar series: advancing climate action transparency in Latin America and the Caribbean", a cycle of presentations in Spanish of impacts, results, and methodologies from the ICAT (Initiative for Climate Action Transparency) project for specialists and the public in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this webinar, we will present the modelling tool GACMO (Greenhouse gas Abatement Cost MOdel) developed by the UNEP-DTU Partnership…
• News 21 September 2020 WEBINAR - Launch of the new Pocket Guide to NDCs - Nationally Determined Contributions: Experiences in updating and revision. UNEP DTU Partnership and the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) recently produced a Pocket Guide to NDCs. The Guide explains the provisions of the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015, and of the Katowice rulebook adopted in 2018. We will launch the Guide on a webinar planned on 6 October 2020. We propose that the topic of the webinar will be Nationally Determined Contributions: Experiences in updating and revision. Many countries are currently in the process of revising their intended…
• Event 21 September 2020 WEBINAR - Launch of the new Pocket Guide to NDCs - Nationally Determined Contributions: Experiences in updating and revision. 6 October 2020, 12:00 - 1:15 PM CET UNEP DTU Partnership and the European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) recently produced a Pocket Guide to NDCs. The Guide explains the provisions of the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015, and of the Katowice rulebook adopted in 2018. We will launch the Guide on a webinar planned on 6 October 2020. We propose that the topic of the webinar will be Nationally Determined Contributions: Experiences in updating and revision. Many countries are currently in the…
• News 17 September 2020 Trinidad and Tobago: an integrated approach to NDCs and TNA Trinidad and Tobago has chosen an integrated approach to their Technology Needs Assessment (TNA), linking it strongly to international climate action commitments and the national development process. UNEP DTU Partnership recently asked the National TNA Coordinator for Trinidad and Tobago, Kishan Kumarsingh, about his country's approach to TNA. Mr Kumarsingh is Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit at the Ministry of Planning and Development. A strong foundation As a fossil fuel…
• News 16 September 2020 Assisting Kenya develop a national energy efficiency strategy Experts from UNEP DTU Partnership together with Kenyan and international stakeholders have developed the Kenya National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy (NEECS), launched today by the Ministry of Energy of Kenya. Improvements in energy efficiency from the new strategy will help reduce the demand for fossil fuels while enhancing the potential of renewable energy to meet a larger portion of the country’s energy needs. Furthermore, the strategy will contribute towards the achievement…
• News 11 September 2020 New Technology Needs Assessment reports from Afghanistan, Benin, Djibouti and Fiji are now online Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) activities are currently ongoing in the 22 countries participating in the TNA Phase III project. New TNA reports from Afghanistan, Benin, Djibouti and Fiji, prioritising key climate technologies for both mitigation and adaptation, are now online. Fig. Overview of key sectors and technologies prioritised by Afghanistan, Benin, Djibouti and Fiji. Source: TNA reports Reports' highlights As countries make progress in preparing their TNAs, more information becomes…
• News 10 September 2020 United in Science report: Climate Change has not stopped for COVID-19 Climate change has not stopped for COVID19. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase, with emissions heading in the direction of pre-pandemic levels. The world is set to see its warmest five years on record – in a trend which is likely to continue - and is not on track to meet agreed targets to keep global temperature increase well below 2 °C or at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. These are some of the findings of United in Science 2020, a…

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