• Project 30 September 2018 Coordination and Assessment of Research and Innovation in Support of climate Mitigation Actions (CARISMA) While decision-makers, both in the private and public sector, often have a good understanding of costs and potentials of options for climate change mitigation, especially when implemented as a stand-alone project or small-scale programme, the consequences of large-scale implementation of options, in longer time frames, in different social contexts, are often less clear. For example, costs of a technology when implemented as a technology project may be mainly related to investment and…
• Project 24 September 2018 Evaluability of large-scale grid-connected renewable power projects In early 2017, UDP led a small consortium with the Stockholm Environment Institute (Kenya) and Synergy Global Consulting (South Africa) to conduct an 'evaluability' of the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) Project in Kenya for the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO). The objectives of this evaluability assignment were: To assess the availability and quality of information, as a key determinant of the difficulty and time required to conduct an evaluation To provide the basis for…
• News 10 April 2018 UNEP DTU in Parliament hearing: We need to boost climate ambitions Denmark is not only home to the UNEP DTU offices, the Scandinavian country is also known for its green policies and technical expertise when it comes to climate solutions. But as successful as the country might be it cannot escape the global need to enhance climate ambitions. That was the message the Danish Energy, Utilities and Climate Committee of the Danish parliament got, when it invited UNEP DTU and other experts to a hearing on Denmark's climate efforts and the goals in the Paris…
• News 18 January 2018 Large scale renewable energy project to create jobs and develop local communities in South Africa Public procurement of renewable energy systems in South Africa has seen intense changes in recent years. One of the aims of these changes has been to make sure that production of solar and wind energy contributes to the development of local industry and local communities. "Prices for renewable energy has been dropping at a steady rate in South Africa, but we are still not sure how investors and local industry have reacted to the changing landscape of energy procurement, and what the impacts of…
• News 31 October 2017 Emissions Gap Report 2017 launch in Geneva today Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to a new UN assessment. The eighth edition of UN Environment’s Emissions Gap report, released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, finds that national pledges only bring a third of the reduction in emissions required by 2030 to meet climate targets, with private sector and sub-national action not increasing at a rate that would help close…
• News 9 January 2017 UNEP DTU part of new sustainable energy project in Kenya- An example of strong Public-Private Partnership UNEP DTU, along with both public and private partners, is embarking on a new project Supporting sustainable mini-grid development and production of wind turbines in Kenya, with the objective to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth in rural Kenya. The project is part of Danish goverment's new programme, Danida Market Development Partnerships, to stimulate efforts at developing public-private partnerships to support developing countries, and to reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG…
• News 20 September 2016 New CTCN project: Catalysing low cost green technologies for sustainable water service delivery in Kenya The CTCN Consortium partner, UNEP-DTU Partnership supports the Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF) in Kenya, through the provision of technical assistance to catalyse low cost green technologies for sustainable water service delivery in the country. The aim is to conduct feasibility studies of selected technologies for improved water services in underserviced arid and semi-arid areas and peri-urban areas in Kenya and to develop public private partnerships in the domain. Water services available…
• News 20 September 2016 UDP hosts Danida Fellowship Course on Green Energy and Low Carbon Development UNEP DTU Partnership hosted a two-week course on ‘Green Energy and Low Carbon Development’ from 5-16 September 2016, in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was attended by 20 participants from seven countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Palestine, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. The course, which has run since 2009, is targeted at managers and decision makers from the private and public sectors in these Danida-supported countries. The aim is develop knowledge and problem-solving skills with regard to…

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