• Project 24 August 2023 Policy and partnerships for sustainability and climate action at the Last Mile Currently, more than 1.5% of the global population are forcibly displaced. Now at over 120 million people this is nearly double the number from a decade ago, with women and girls being the most affected. If current trends and drivers of displacement remain then this number is likely to increase, with up to 216 million people internally displaced by environmental crises alone by 2050. These figures from UNEP’s Foresights Report (2024) show how multiple crises of conflict,…
• Project 21 March 2023 Accelerating Climate Technology Transition (ACTT) UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is working with national stakeholders including technology solution providers, distributors, end-users, customers, policy makers and potential investors to generate market assessments, concepts, and financing models relevant for increasing uptake and investment into specific ‘ready to market’ climate technology solutions. Accelerating Climate Technology Transition (ACTT) aims to foster diffusion of nationally prioritized technologies for climate mitigation (such…
• News 7 September 2022 Promoting rainwater harvesting Access to water is a human right, but as temperatures continue to rise due to the climate crisis, so does water scarcity. Rooftop rainwater harvesting can play a key part of adaptation efforts to ensure safe and accessible water, and in Uganda UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre has worked with government and private sector to form the Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Alliance. As well as working closely with the alliance, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre has also published a market brief highlighting the…
• Publication 29 July 2022 Uganda Captive Solar PV Market – Insights Report UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, with support from Denmark’s development cooperation is implementing the 3-year Technology, Markets and Investment for Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Development (TEMARIN) project in Kenya and Uganda. The project aims to: 1) analyze successful case studies of market-led interventions and mechanisms in Kenya and identify key learnings; 2) support technology transfer partnerships in a select climate mitigation and adaptation technology in Uganda; and 3) understand…
• Publication 28 July 2022 Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting This market brief is an output of the Technology, Markets and Investment for Low-Carbon and Climate resilient Development (TEMARIN) project, that is carried out in two African countries, namely Kenya and Uganda. The project is funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is implemented by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre. It aims to support countries in accelerating the transfer, diffusion and uptake of specific climate technologies. The project focus is on strengthening domestic…
• Publication 3 March 2022 Unlocking support for local clean energy companies: insights from the solar PV industry in Uganda In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), electrification through decentralized renewables-based solutions (particularly solar PV) has advanced significantly over the past decade. Going forward, this transition to clean energy has a significant potential in addressing integrated challenges including access to energy, job creation, skills development and local economic development (IRENA, 2019, 2020). Maximizing local benefits from this clean energy transition is important for the host countries in order to…
• Project 27 August 2021 Build Back Better: Using Green and Digital Technologies to Reduce Food Waste at Consumer Level This project aims to Support countries in harnessing green and digital technologies to reduce food waste at consumer level; contribute to the attainment of the SDGs and climate goals; support countries in Building Back Better from the COVID-19 pandemic. Project report Downloads: Full report Full report - Spanish version Fact sheet Technology flyer Webinar presentation     Listen to the podcast "Preventing food waste with tech and policy"     Food waste exacerbates our…
• News 17 June 2021 Now available: Capacity building modules for transparency It just got easier to use the series of Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Policy Assessment Guides with four new capacity building modules – Introductory guide, Sustainable development, Transformational change and Stakeholder participation –  to introduce the guides and let users interact and explore cases and carry out exercises. The capacity building modules build on UNEP DTU Partnership’s expertise in developing and using the ICAT…

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