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- News 8 September 2020 Trinidad and Tobago - an integrated approach to NDCs and TNA UNEP DTU Partnership recently asked the National Technology Needs Assessment (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. "Given that climate change is mainly a development issue, the TNA process is not a standalone process. It should be viewed as an opportunity to identify, assess, adapt, adopt, synergise, and implement…
- News 25 June 2020 Mexico set to improve transparency in National Reporting and maximise impact on climate actions at subnational level Building transparency in subnational reporting The Paris Agreement and its transparency mechanism underscore the need for countries to track progress in the implementation of actions set forth in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One part of this implies linking the efforts made by subnational entities by properly accounting for their contribution to the NDC. As such, several countries are currently seeking methodologies to assess the climate…
- Project 19 June 2020 Methodologies for quantification of mitigation actions at subnational level in mexico Tracking the progress of implementation of mitigation actions included by countries in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is at the core of the Paris Agreement and its transparency mechanisms. At country level this might lead to more accurate and comprehensive planning, and developing policies to support actions that help achieve national targets or even go beyond them. Currently, several countries are seeking how to assess quantitatively climate mitigation undertaken by subnational…
- News 11 June 2020 New publication: Regional Technology Brief Asia Pacific TNA work in the Asia Pacific region Since 2009 close to a hundred developing countries have joined the project, thirty of which are in the Asia Pacific region. Technical assistance, capacity-building and guidance are provided by UNEP and UNEP DTU Partnership, with its Regional Centres for the TNA project, which in the Asia Pacific region are the Asian Institute of Technology located in Thailand and the University of the South Pacific located in Fiji. Climate change impacts in the Asia Pacific…
- News 13 May 2020 First Virtual workshop on NDC transparency The first virtual workshop hosted by UNEP DTU Partnership took place on the 23rd to 24th of April as part of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) technical training in Vietnam. Based on the reporting and transparency requirements in the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement, ICAT methodologies and the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Model (GACMO) was introduced by experts from UNEP DTU Partnership and ICAT partner The Italian Institute for Environmental…
- News 24 April 2020 In times of health, economic and climate crisis, energy efficiency is part of the answer The multiple benefits of adopting more efficient energy demand practices in buildings, industry, agriculture and transport, now renovated as part of the solution to unprecedented challenges, are well known. Energy efficiency can make a significant contribution to decarbonisation by reducing the use of fossil fuels, reducing contamination and consequently improving air quality. This effect alone has positive impacts on public health, making us more resilient to pathogenic activity. Energy…
- Webinar & E-Learning 5 March 2020 Zero Carbon Emissions in Digitalization (Webinar) - 03.03.2020 Today, nearly half of the global population has internet access through computers, tablets, and mobile phones. Digital technologies make our society more connected, reliable, efficient and intelligent. However while digitalization has opened up unbelievable opportunities for individuals and organizations, it also puts a heavy price on carbon emissions. How much carbon footprint does the information and communications technology (ICT) sector produce? Is consumer use a major cause of the carbon…
- News 21 February 2020 Clean cooking technology for refugees developed with DTU Skylab and UNHCR A new innovative clean cooking technology, creating heat from a salt-based thermochemical battery, charged by solar power, has been developed at DTU, and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is part of making sure it gets to those in greatest need. In 2019, ServedOnSalt approached UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre for inputs to their business idea of storing solar-generated heat in salt-based sustainable stoves. In collaboration, ServedOnSalt and UNEP DTU Partnership won a £26,000 grant from the UK…