Capacity Building
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- News 29 November 2019 Highlights from the second regional workshops The second set of regional capacity building workshops under the TNA III brought together countries from across the globe in Suriname, Fiji, South Africa and Senegal in October 2019. Organised by UNEP DTU Partnership and the respective Regional Centres, the workshops were an opportunity for the country teams to interact with the organisers as well as provide inputs and training on: Identifying barriers and inefficiencies by using market mapping and other tools Identifying activities aimed at…
- Event 27 November 2019 meetMED Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Appliances Under the auspices of the Union for the Mediterranean, this event will gather the national experts who are members of the UfM REEE Platform Working Group on energy efficiency (EE) in Appliances established in January 2019 (at the annual meeting of the UfM Energy platforms), and of the meetMED taskforce on EE in Appliances. The sessions will have a specific focus on regulatory and institutional aspects; monitoring and evaluation processes and structures; energy efficient air-conditioning systems…
- Event 26 November 2019 Data insights to foster the uptake of energy efficiency technologies in EU residential buildings (Webinar) The ambitious strategy of turning EU countries into low carbon economies assumes reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below the level from 1990. This target can’t be achieved without significant changes in building energy use and installed HVAC equipment. Currently 75% of buildings in EU are energy inefficient and the actual rate of renovation is not sufficient to achieve ambitious climate change mitigation targets. One of the barriers of higher and faster distribution of low carbon…
- Event 25 November 2019 TNAs and Gender During the Gender Day at COP, this event will focus on sharing country experiences and key recommendations for development and implementation of gender-responsive Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) with the aim of building the capacity of operating entities and stakeholders throughout the TNA process. The 2-hour workshop will also facilitate discussions on gender-just technology prioritization, support identification of needs, and build the capacity of stakeholders to systematically ensure…
- News 19 November 2019 Sector Dialogues Event - Workshop on governance and energy transition: challenges and opportunities The head of strategy "Business Models and Markets" at UNEP DTU Partnership and project manager of Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency Gabriela Dias, participated in the "Sector Dialogues Event" in Brazil. Her presentation was about the opportunities in the energy efficiency space. Find Out More
- News 19 November 2019 New reports on trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies The UNEP DTU Partnership has recently finalised a project entitled "Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies: Implications for Developing Countries", which was undertaken in cooperation with the UN Environment and Trade Hub. The project aimed at enhancing the understanding of the implications, capacity needs and enabling conditions for trade liberalization of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) in developing countries. Key outputs of the project include the preparation of two regional…
- News 25 October 2019 UNEP DTU expert discusses sustainable building design with architecture students UN City and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) hosted their annual conference on Friday 25 October at the UN City in Copenhagen. Students of the architecture school met to discuss how architects, designers and conservators can contribute to the 2030 agenda and implement the SDG’s within these industries. 130 students and staff from KADK participated in six different workshops moderated by KADK and UN representatives. Each session…
- Project 23 October 2019 Increased transparency and documentation of private sector contributions to NDCs In order to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of holding the increase in global mean temperature at well below 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 °C, every single effort resulting in GHG emission reduction or contribution to SDGs should be measured/monitored and reported. While a number of efforts will take place at national level, led mainly by the government, a number of emission reduction activities take place currently at micro or small scale…