• News 19 November 2024 Using carbon markets to drive equitable climate action: COP29 highlights The potential of Paris Agreement-aligned carbon markets to finance urgent climate action while ensuring equitable outcomes were in focus during a high-level side event at COP29. Discussions centered on Article 6’s transformative potential in mobilizing climate finance for ambitious climate commitments. Critical aspects of climate finance, such as accessibility, empowering country-driven solutions and strengthening platforms for collaboration were highlighted with the clear aim of enhancing…
• News 2 April 2024 Advancing Article 6 carbon market readiness in Peru, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC) recently completed successful inception missions in Peru, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka, marking the launch of the Integrated Assessment for Article 6 (IAA6) project funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) in the three countries.   During these visits, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre engaged with government agencies and stakeholders to lay the foundation for using Article 6 carbon markets…
• News 22 December 2023 New Carbon Market Partnerships International carbon markets could facilitate more ambitious climate action. However, to ensure that it works for planet and people, countries require technical capacities to create comprehensive strategies for implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The Integrated Assessment for Article 6 (IAA6) project collaborates with Peru, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. Launched at COP28, these partnerships, aim to enhance capacities and co-develop a carbon market toolbox, offering practical tools for…
• Project 10 July 2023 Integrated Assessment for Article 6 (IAA6) Carbon markets have the potential to facilitate more ambitious climate action through cost-savings and targeted channeling of financial resources. However, countries are lacking the technical capacities to easily assess how Article 6 can be aligned with a broad set of goals. This includes climate and development priorities as well as avoiding any environmental and social harm. To develop the required knowledge and capacity, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG…
• Project 4 October 2022 Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) is a collaborative project between the European Union and nine African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania ) that aims at providing energy access technologies and business models that are easily replicable and generate local opportunities for economic development and social cohesion in Africa. Through several local living labs, it is expected to facilitate the co-development of scalable…
• Project 20 February 2020 SOLUTIONSplus SOLUTIONSplus brings together highly committed cities, industry, research, implementing organisations and finance partners and establishes a global platform for shared, public and commercial e-mobility solutions to kick start the transition towards low-carbon urban mobility. Focus is on promoting electric vehicles within cities. The project encompasses city level demonstrations to test different types of innovative and integrated e-mobility solutions, complemented by a comprehensive toolbox,…
• News 29 January 2019 UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre contributes to new publication on cooking in displacement settings Providing adequate cooking fuel and clean-burning, fuel-efficient stoves in displacement settings has long been a major challenge for local authorities, humanitarian agencies, non-governmental organizations, local communities and refugees themselves. Refugees generally have limited access to modern cooking solutions. Most either depend on insufficient humanitarian agency handouts of ‘in-kind’ firewood or have to travel long distances to collect firewood. There is significant potential for…
• Project 18 December 2018 Capacity Development for CDM (CD4CDM) Project The CD4CDM created an enabling business and regulatory environment that was conducive for identification, preparation, approval, financing and implementation of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the target countries. To reach this goal, UNEP DTU Partnership and its in-country partners implemented the following broad activities: Provision of institutional strengthening and capacity development Support to the establishment & operationalization of Designated National Authorities …

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