• Project 7 December 2018 Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Low Carbon Island Development Strategy The objective of this project is to ensure a low carbon economy development pathway for Mauritius by establishing the national capacity for formulating, prioritizing mitigation actions to implement Mauritius’ Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for all mitigation sectors and further develop the local capacity to design and implement mitigation actions relevant for the energy sector. The project is structured into three components, as follows: Component 1: Strengthen national capability to…
• News 23 November 2018 Accelerating climate change action through blockchain technology Newly evolving technologies, such as blockchain technology, have the potential to accelerate global action towards the Paris Agreement agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. This is the premise under which the UNEP DTU Partnership outlines a number of potential applications for blockchain technology in the climate space, and sets the stage for the partnerships future involvement in the research area. Download the UNEP DTU Partnership flyer on blockchain and climate here. Blockchain can…
• Project 19 November 2018 NAMA Development for Buildings in South East Asia The building sector is widely recognized as responsible for approximately one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions and in rapidly developing Asia, the risk of lock-in in high consumption building infrastructure is imminent. Here, energy efficiency measures, enactment of sustainable building policies, technologies, and innovative approaches to financing provide the potential for significant emission reductions. The NAMA Development for Buildings in South East Asia project assisted…
• Project 7 November 2018 MAAP tool assessment The Mitigation Action Assessment Protocol (MAAP) tool was developed by the World Bank to promote transparency in how mitigation actions are designed and how they compare in terms of quality of design. The MAAP tool is an assessment tool for identifying strengths and weaknesses in mitigation action design. It allows practitioners to improve the completeness of their Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), enhance transparency of the mitigation action, communicate benefits and…
• Project 7 November 2018 CBIT Transparency Support Team The CBIT Transparency Support Team is a collaborative effort that brings together a team of experts from UNEP DTU Partnership working with the Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT). In conjunction with countries around the world the team prepares projects to be presented under the CBIT Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund. The overall objective of collaborative effort is to strengthen the preparation of CBIT projects to be presented to the GEF, by sharing common practices…
• News 29 October 2018 Climate model adds transparency to National Reporting and NDC updates Calculating current and future greenhouse gas emissions, and the effects of climate actions is critical in the global struggle to limit the rise in temperatures. Not only are precise calculations a prerequisite for informed political decisions on which actions to take, they are also the foundation for transparent and credible global action. Using the UNEP DTU Partnership GACMO (Greenhouse gas Abatement Cost MOdel) Ghana has increased the transparency on the country's NDC mitigation action and…
• Project 26 October 2018 Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) aims to strengthen capacities in developing countries to assess the impacts of their climate policies and actions and to support greater transparency, effectiveness, ambition and trust in climate policies worldwide. The Initiative works with countries to build capacities on understanding and applying tools and approaches to measure, report and verify (MRV) greenhouse gas emissions reductions and adaptation action, as well as to strengthen…
• News 26 October 2018 Expert from UNEP DTU explains climate change consequences on CNN Chile This week CNN Chile featured a conversation about one of the most important issue facing the world. Climate Change. Senior advisor from UNEP DTU Partnership Dr Fernando Farias was invited to explain which consequences face not only Chile but the entire world because of the changing climate as well as to give his view on the last IPCC report. The message from Dr Farias, based on the latest climate and UNEP DTU Partnership research, was very clear. Global temperatures will rise, and they will…

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