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- 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…
- News 25 March 2020 Virtual thesis fair was a great success This week, students from DTU joined the UNEP DTU Partnership Master's Thesis Fair, in a successful event showcasing the possibilities for students to write their thesis in collaboration with UNEP DTU Partnership experts. It is the second time UNEP DTU Partnership has hosted a master's project fair for students interested in joining the partnership to write their thesis. The fair was originally scheduled to be held at DTU, but had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. However, a…
- News 19 March 2020 Latin American municipalities commit to increase regional cooperation on energy efficiency First regional workshop No less than sixty mayors and municipalities took part in last week’s Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Latin American Municipalities, jointly organised by UNEP DTU Partnership’s Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), the Red Argentina Municipios frente al Cambio Climatico (RAMCC), and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The three-day workshop was the first of its kind and specifically targets energy efficiency and financing for Latin American municipalities…
- News 10 March 2020 New MoU on datacentre sustainability A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNEP DTU Partnership and The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, furthers work on sustainable datacentres and energy efficiency in the Digital sector. The collaboration agreement was signed by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology – Cloud Computing & Big Data Research Institute and UNEP DTU Partnership – Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. The two organizations will now begin to explore…
- News 5 March 2020 The world has ten years to halve emissions Since 2010, the world's emissions of greenhouse gases have not fallen but increased, despite repeated scientific warnings and global pressure to escalate climate action. This means that a previous goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 is no longer enough. Ten years of insufficient political action in the field of climate change has put the world in a position where we now both face a greater challenge and have less time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to comply with the…
- News 5 March 2020 Historic bundling in Argentinian municipalities UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is starting to see the fruits of its collaboration agreement with the Argentinean Network of Municipalities Against Climate Change (RAMCC). Members of RAMCC have entered into a historical agreement to jointly purchase LED luminaires to replace conventional street lighting bulbs. Thirty-two municipalities have bundled their sustainability and climate action investments in, and created a trust fund that currently holds 12 million Argentinian Pesos,…
- News 5 March 2020 Historic bundling in Argentinian municipalities The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency is starting to see the fruits of its collaboration agreement with the Argentinean Network of Municipalities Against Climate Change (RAMCC). Members of RAMCC have entered into a historical agreement to jointly purchase LED luminaires to replace conventional street lighting bulbs. Thirty-two municipalities have bundled their sustainability and climate action investments in, and created a trust fund that currently holds 12 million…
- 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…