NDC & Net Zero
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- News 5 November 2019 UNEP DTU Partnership expert joins adaptation board Promoting climate adaptation action and help local communities adapt to the devastating impacts of climate change, the African Development Bank has appointed a group of renowned experts, among them UNEP DTU Partnership senior advisor Fatima-Zahra Taibi, to the executive board of the Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (ABM). The ABM board is being assisted by an interim secretariat, which is placed in the Bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth department, headed by the director Dr. Anthony Nyong. “We…
- News 1 November 2019 High Tech Summit: The future of green energy and data This week, UNEP DTU Partnership joined the DTU High Tech Summit highlighting the needs and possibilities for green solutions within the energy and datacentre sectors. The DTU High Tech Summit is part conference and part exhibition with a vision to create the largest research-based meeting place in Denmark within the field of digitization. The summit aims to create the perfect environment for companies, start-ups, organisations and universities to meet and present their latest technological…
- News 1 November 2019 High Tech Summit: The future of green energy and data This week, UNEP DTU Partnership joined the DTU High Tech Summit highlighting the needs and possibilities for green solutions within the energy and datacentre sectors. The DTU High Tech Summit is part conference and part exhibition with a vision to create the largest research-based meeting place in Denmark within the field of digitization. The summit aims to create the perfect environment for companies, start-ups, organisations and universities to meet and present their latest technological…
- News 25 October 2019 UNEP DTU expert discusses sustainable building design with architecture students UN City and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) hosted their annual conference on Friday 25 October at the UN City in Copenhagen. Students of the architecture school met to discuss how architects, designers and conservators can contribute to the 2030 agenda and implement the SDG’s within these industries. 130 students and staff from KADK participated in six different workshops moderated by KADK and UN representatives. Each session…
- Project 23 October 2019 Increased transparency and documentation of private sector contributions to NDCs In order to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of holding the increase in global mean temperature at well below 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 °C, every single effort resulting in GHG emission reduction or contribution to SDGs should be measured/monitored and reported. While a number of efforts will take place at national level, led mainly by the government, a number of emission reduction activities take place currently at micro or small scale…
- Podcast 17 October 2019 Battle for the thermostat: energy efficiency and gender Problem: There is a significant difference in perception of indoor thermal comfort between men and women, with men demonstrating a strong preference lower temperatures than women, sometimes referred to as the ‘battle of the thermostat’. Research discussed in this episode shows that there is also a notable impact on productivity and cognitive performance, with women performing better at high temperatures than at low temperatures. At the same time in most modern office space, the settings for the…
- Event 15 October 2019 WEBINAR: Reporting requirements under the Enhanced Transparency Framework Article 13 of the Paris Agreement established an Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) to provide a clear understanding of climate change actions and on the support provided and received, thus promoting the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. At the COP24 in Katowice in December 2018, the Parties to the Paris Agreement adopted the "Katowice Climate Package", which provides, among other things, the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) for the ETF. After two years of…
- News 23 September 2019 New global effort on climate change targets 3% increase in energy efficiency per year A new coalition of countries, businesses and international organizations today committed to driving a three percent global increase in energy efficiency each year – a move that can help limit climate change and increase global prosperity. Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, the Three Percent Club builds on International Energy Agency (IEA) research showing that the right efficiency policies could deliver over 40 per cent of the emissions cuts needed to reach the goals of the…