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- Event 15 September 2021 Webinar - Captive solar PV segment in Uganda 8th september 2021, 10-11:30 EAT In this webinar UNEP DTU Partnership and Finding XY present findings from our recent market study of the captive solar PV segment in Uganda and facilitate a discussion of how to address challenges and capitalize on opportunities in this market. Discussions will also bring into play insights and lessons learnt from the solar PV captive sector in Kenya and prepare to develop partnerships necessary for the growth of the sector. Link to webinar …
- Event 14 September 2021 The Building Blocks of Residential Green Finance (Webinar) 30 September, 2021 02:00 PM CEST The Building Blocks of Residential Green Finance - the rationale, methodology, and initial results of implementing a successful, international residential green finance program to benefit our citizens, the planet, and a climate-ready banking sector. What key trends are driving the substantial growth in the green finance market? How do homes in a bank portfolio contribute to both ambitious environmental performance and substantial financial risk reduction? What…
- Event 13 September 2021 Unshackling ESCO Potential: Public Financial Mechanisms that Enhance the Viability of ESCO Projects In order to reduce the annual growth in global energy demand through 2040 from 1.0% to 0.3%, an estimated USD 24.5 trillion in energy efficiency (EE) investments will be needed. Across developed energy service markets around the world, the public sector can potentially mobilize the bulk of that capital by creating a demand for ESCO services and introduce financial mechanisms that will enhance project viability. Such initiatives could include the use of energy performance contracting in public…
- News 10 September 2021 Cambodia uses transparency to create policies for national demands and international standards To help aid the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and tracking of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), UNEP DTU Partnership, through the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT), has been supporting the government of Cambodia to enhance its transparency framework. Building on the success of the first project phase, which helped develop a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system in the renewable energy sector, UNEP DTU Partnership and ICAT are supporting…
- Event 9 September 2021 Scaling up Super ESCOs and ESCOs in Africa The African Development Bank is hosting a workshop on September 14th on aspects of ESCO development on the African continent. Both the chairman of the Global ESCO Network, Søren E. Lütken, and the co-chair, Mr. Pierre Langlois, president of Econoler, will be speaking at the event, which will highlight the prospects for both ESCOs and Super ESCOs for the achievement of energy efficiency and climate goals.
- Webinar & E-Learning 8 September 2021 Building trust in ESCOs in a developing country context: the case of Kenya (Webinar) – 24.08.2021 To achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), developing countries need to enhance their efforts and skills to make improvements in energy efficiency that require relatively less investment. Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) are recognized as potentially important contributors to such improvements, but the ESCO markets are not yet well developed in developing countries. Kenya has a relatively blank sheet of paper for developing the right frameworks for ESCOs to address the…
- News 8 September 2021 Climate Finance training - transparency and reporting workshop Last week 30 participants from Panama including the Minister of Energy, national bank representatives and technical teams from the Panamanian ministry of environment as well as NDC counterparts in other ministries, joined the climate finance training of The Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP), facilitated by UNEP DTU Partnership experts. Through a webinar followed by two workshops, the training covered introductions, discussions, and group work on concepts such as reporting methodologies,…
- Project 1 September 2021 The Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) UNEP DTU is an implementing partner of the project “Climate Enhancement Package (CAEP) financed by the NDC Partnership.CAEP assists developing countries, members of the NDC Partnership, in achieving two overarching objectives: Objective 1. Enhance NDCs, including by raising ambition, as part of the Paris Agreement’s NDC update process; Objective 2. Fast-track implementation of NDCs, including by providing in-country technical expertise and capacity building. The CAEP intends to catalyze…