Capacity Building
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- Event 9 April 2018 Training Course - Efficient Energy Management in Argentinian Municipalities The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, the Argentinian Network of Municipalities in the face of Climate Change (RAMCC) and the Secretariat of Science and Technology of the University of Buenos Aires have designed a training course on 'Efficient Energy Management in Municipalities'. The training course consists of 56 virtual hours, and another 6 hours of project tutoring for each participating municipality, in order to provide training that updates the skills of the…
- Webinar & E-Learning 22 March 2018 BEA Finance Work Group Webinar: Choosing the right financing solution for your energy efficiency project (Webinar) - 16.04.2018 This BEA webinar aims to help cities learn about the different existing financing mechanisms for new green buildings and building renovations, as well as select the best solution for their project or program. Topics to be covered include: A taxonomy of energy efficiency financing mechanisms Resources to learn about energy efficiency financing and guide your work Tools to develop bankable projects Approaches to building energy efficiency financing from the IFC Examples of…
- News 22 March 2018 New guide: Building capacity to implement NDC's In March 1994, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change entered into force, committing its parties to limit greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve this objective, developing country parties to the Convention have been offered support, mainly in the form of technology transfer, financing and capacity building. For the most part, this support has been channelled through, and put into practical use by, institutions in developing countries – from governmental and para-governmental…
- News 21 March 2018 Perspectives: Adaptation Metrics Addressing adaptation and resilience is becoming increasingly important in the fight against climate change. Large amounts of resources, both public and private, are being directed towards the purposes of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability. But how are we actually doing? Are we succeeding in making our societies and economies less vulnerable and more resilient to the impacts of climate change? And are we getting the most ‘adaptation’ or resilience…
- News 13 March 2018 Schneider Electric becomes new Delivery Partner of Sustainable Energy for All Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) has signed a new Delivery Partnership with Schneider Electric, a leading digital energy management and automation company to support SEforALL on achieving universal energy access. The four-year partnership was signed at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, by Rachel Kyte, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO at Schneider Electric. As…
- News 12 March 2018 First Round of Confirmed Speakers for EE Global Announced On May 21-22, EE Global will kick off Nordic Clean Energy Week (NCEW) with two days of unparalleled content, partnership building and networking aimed at advancing energy efficiency worldwide. Over the last decade, EE Global has established itself as the energy efficiency elite’s gathering place – the one event that draws together over 400 business executives, government leaders and advocates from across sectors and continents for actionable dialogue on energy efficiency’s most pressing issues…
- News 9 March 2018 GFEI impacting vehicle fuel economy policy around the world The Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) is continuing to drive policy change around the world towards cleaner, more efficient vehicles, including recent progress in Peru, South Africa and Ukraine. GFEI has rapidly expanded the number of countries it supports since the Paris Climate Change Conference in November 2015, in recognition of the urgent need to reduce CO2 emissions from transport (which contributes around a quarter of total emissions). GFEI combines in-depth analysis, policy…
- News 8 March 2018 African Climate Week to speed up solutions Africa is a continent with great potential in climate-friendly development, but also a continent, where many countries already feel the negative effects of climate change. Public and private organisations and companies are invited to develop and launch climate action in the first Africa Climate Week, which will take place on 9-13. April 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya. Africa Climate Week will be a recurring annual event and is held this year for the first time. An important part of the week will be to…