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- News 9 December 2020 Green pandemic recovery essential to close climate action gap A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the 2020 UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds. The annual flagship report also finds that, despite a dip in 2020 carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a devastating temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century. The Emissions Gap Report is coordinated by UNEP…
- Event 7 December 2020 Webinar - Introducing to TNA Adaptation Taxonomy : Guidance for Identifying Adaptation Technology Needs UNEP DTU Partnership together with the Green Technology Center- Korea (GTC – K), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT Korea, have collaborated on the development of a classification system for adaptation technologies in the context of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. We invite you to attend our webinar on "TNA Adaptation Taxonomy : Guidance for Identifying Adaptation Technology Needs", co-hosted by the Green Technology Center (GTC) and UNEP…
- News 17 November 2020 New publication: Enhancing forest targets and measures in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Forests must play a crucial role if we are to keep average global temperature rise below 1.5°C. However, despite the urgency of the climate crisis, the potential of forests to mitigate and adapt to climate change is largely untapped in current country Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). As part of the ambition mechanism of the Paris Agreement, countries are now revising their NDCs as they strive to meet global temperature goals. Produced by WWF Forest and Climate, WWF International,…
- Project 1 October 2020 CONNECT4GREENTECH – a collaborative research and innovation project of the Nordic Green Growth Research and Innovation Program CONNECT4GREENTECH focuses on supporting conditions for upscaling green technologies and on moving further the innovation frontier of extracting high‐value chemicals from lignin forward. Lignin is an abundant side stream in pulp production, nowadays mostly burnt for energy. Yet, it has a broad application potential from biofuels to chemicals, medicine and food additives. A lot of R&D concerning different options has been conducted, but the roads ahead, possible value chains, actor networks…
- Event 22 September 2020 WEBINAR - Reporting adaptation through the Biennial Transparency Report Join us on the 7th of October, from 15:00PM to 16:30PM CET In this webinar, we will discuss what national reporting of adaptation will look like in the biennial transparency report (BTR) and how the introduction of this new UNFCCC report will change how countries report on adaptation going forwards. Specifically, we will discuss how the BTR fits into the UNFCCC's landscape of planning and reporting instruments, what its role in this landscape is, and what information related to adaptation…
- News 17 September 2020 Trinidad and Tobago: an integrated approach to NDCs and TNA Trinidad and Tobago has chosen an integrated approach to their Technology Needs Assessment (TNA), linking it strongly to international climate action commitments and the national development process. UNEP DTU Partnership recently asked the National TNA Coordinator for Trinidad and Tobago, Kishan Kumarsingh, about his country's approach to TNA. Mr Kumarsingh is Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit at the Ministry of Planning and Development. A strong foundation As a fossil fuel…
- News 16 September 2020 Assisting Kenya develop a national energy efficiency strategy Experts from UNEP DTU Partnership together with Kenyan and international stakeholders have developed the Kenya National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy (NEECS), launched today by the Ministry of Energy of Kenya. Improvements in energy efficiency from the new strategy will help reduce the demand for fossil fuels while enhancing the potential of renewable energy to meet a larger portion of the country’s energy needs. Furthermore, the strategy will contribute towards the achievement…
- News 11 September 2020 New Technology Needs Assessment reports from Afghanistan, Benin, Djibouti and Fiji are now online Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) activities are currently ongoing in the 22 countries participating in the TNA Phase III project. New TNA reports from Afghanistan, Benin, Djibouti and Fiji, prioritising key climate technologies for both mitigation and adaptation, are now online. Fig. Overview of key sectors and technologies prioritised by Afghanistan, Benin, Djibouti and Fiji. Source: TNA reports Reports' highlights As countries make progress in preparing their TNAs, more information becomes…