Capacity Building
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- Project 24 September 2018 Sustainable energy in situations of displacement By the end of 2019, 79.5m people had been forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order. This is more than 1% of the world’s population. UNHCR and host countries are struggling to accommodate growing numbers of refugees, 85% of whom are hosted by low or middle-income countries. While global data remains patchy and unstandardized, approximately 90% of refugees living in rural settlements have very limited…
- News 20 September 2018 "Our future in the market is promising and bright" In Tanzania UNEP DTU Partnership is part of improving access to cleaner energy while helping sustainable businesses and creating better conditions for some of the most vulnerable people in Africa. The Tanzania Traditional Energy Development Organisation (TaTEDO) has developed a business plan to supply locally produced improved cookstoves with funds administered by UNEP DTU Partnership. The improved cookstoves will help reduce the wasteful consumption of wood fuels for cooking and heating, bring…
- News 19 September 2018 Building on lessons learned to help African NGOs establish social energy enterprises Turning on the lights by flicking a switch is a routine act for most people in the world. However, for many people in the developing world, electricity is still considered a luxury with more than 1.1 billion people currently living without daily access to modern energy sources. Building on the success of the African Rural Energy Enterprise Development (AREED) project, UNEP DTU Partnership is now part of distributing reflow funds to social enterprises working with clean and renewable energy…
- News 14 September 2018 International meetings in Buenos Aires to enhance energy efficiency actions The Red Argentina de Municipios frente al Cambio Climatico (RAMCC) organised the International Workshop for Energy Efficiency at Local Level, together with UN Environment, the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (UNEP DTU Partnership), the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), the District Energy in Cities Initiative, United for Efficiency (U4E) and the Agency for Environmental Protection of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (APrA). On September 4th 2018, the Centro…
- News 10 September 2018 Surging momentum, shifting burden and missed opportunities in review of non state climate action Ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit a chapter from the UNEP DTU Partnership and UN Environment Emissions Gap Report on the crucial role of non-state actors in reducing emissions and reaching climate targets is pre-released today. Ranging from city, state and regional governments to companies, investors, higher education institutions and civil society organizations, non-state actors are increasingly committing to bold climate action. As most national governments continue to come up short…
- Webinar & E-Learning 23 August 2018 Energy Efficiency and the Cooling Imperative: Tapping the synergies with the HFC Refrigerant Phasedown under the Kigali Amendment (Webinar) - 05.09.2018 The IEA estimates that by 2050 energy demand from space cooling will triple. Entering into force in 2019, the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol seeks to reduce the global warming impacts of air conditioners and refrigerators through reducing the use of refrigerants with strong global warming effects. Such a shift in refrigerant offers a great opportunity for energy efficiency improvements during appliance re-engineering. In this webinar, the World Wide Fund for Nature, the …
- News 21 August 2018 The Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week - keeping Kofi Annan's legacy alive Today, the Latin American & Caribbean Climate Week kicked off with an opening ceremony that attracted a notable cast of local and global leaders, representatives from the private sector and environmental organisations and Uruguayan Minister of Housing, Land Planning and Environment of Uruguay, Eneida De Leon, who welcomed attending delegates in Montevideo. The event is organised by the Nairobi Framework Partnership, founded by Kofi Annan in 2006, as a means of bolstering the interlinkages…
- Tools 14 August 2018 Support Public Authorities for Implementing Energy Efficiency Policies (PUBLEnEf) PUBLEnEf project aims to assist European Union Member States in implementing effective and efficient sustainable energy policies (with the focus on energy efficiency) and empower them to make use of the best practices and policy processes implemented in other Member States at the national, regional and/or local level.PUBLEnEf addresses the topic Horizon 2020 EE7-2015 on “Enhancing the capacity of public authorities to plan and implement sustainable energy policies and measures”…