• News 14 February 2018 ADMIRE result: Colombia cuts taxes for green cook stoves A new tax incentive in Colombia means that more families will get the possibility to use cook stoves that are better for the environment and their health. Funded by DANIDA, Colombian organisation Fundación Natura has been working with UNEP DTU to promote the use of more efficient cook stoves in Colombia since early 2016. The effort to make the tax incentive a reality is part of a project to create a market for improved cook stoves that benefits the poor rural population. The changes in taxes on…
• News 7 February 2018 Chilean schools get solar power through ADMIRE pilot project A public private partnership in Chile will supply schools with green energy while setting out to prove that there is a business case in investments in sustainable energy in public institutions. The 31st of January 2018 the Chilean initiative for local energy investments (Concurso de Implementación de Proyectos de Inversión Energética Local) announced that five local communities had been chosen to receive funding for energy efficiency projects. Among those is a project to install solar panels…
• News 31 January 2018 Overcoming Barriers to Investing in Energy Efficiency - New Study Brings Insights to Accelerate Climate Action Energy efficiency implementation at a global level is an essential dimension of climate action, and is considered fundamental to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. An overwhelming majority of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions to the agreement submitted by countries recognize energy efficiency as a primary delivery strategy. Improving energy efficiency comes with multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits. Improved health and well-being, cleaner air, improved…
• News 29 January 2018 Energy Efficiency Leaders to Gather for EE Global Forum in Copenhagen The Alliance to Save Energy will hold the 11th annual Energy Efficiency Global Forum (EE Global) – the premier international energy efficiency conference – in Copenhagen May 21-22, 2018. EE Global brings together several hundred energy efficiency leaders from the private, public and non-profit sectors across the world to drive the next generation of progress in improving energy productivity. This year’s event will have a specific focus on how to speed transfer of leading energy…
• News 29 January 2018 Energy Efficiency Leaders to Gather for EE Global Forum in Copenhagen The Alliance to Save Energy will hold the 11th annual Energy Efficiency Global Forum (EE Global) – the premier international energy efficiency conference – in Copenhagen May 21-22, 2018. EE Global brings together several hundred energy efficiency leaders from the private, public and non-profit sectors across the world to drive the next generation of progress in improving energy productivity. This year’s event will have a specific focus on how to speed transfer of leading energy efficiency…
• News 18 January 2018 Large scale renewable energy project to create jobs and develop local communities in South Africa Public procurement of renewable energy systems in South Africa has seen intense changes in recent years. One of the aims of these changes has been to make sure that production of solar and wind energy contributes to the development of local industry and local communities. "Prices for renewable energy has been dropping at a steady rate in South Africa, but we are still not sure how investors and local industry have reacted to the changing landscape of energy procurement, and what the impacts of…
• News 27 December 2017 Unlocking India's potential for electrification of transport There is a favourable national climate when it comes to electric vehicles in India, and the national government is pushing for electrification of transport. Usually this should translate into lots of electric cars on the streets, but in India that is not the case. UNEP DTU undertook a survey in Hyderabad, a major Indian city, to understand this phenomenon. The analysis reveals that the key barriers faced by electric vehicles in India are a lack of awareness of national policies and programmes…
• News 20 December 2017 UDP and IKEM to collaborate to promote energy conservation and efficiency The executive representatives of the Institute for Climate Protection Energy and Mobility (IKEM) and the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency at the UNEP DTU Partnership have agreed upon co-operation on research and capacity building activities promoting energy conservation and energy efficiency and through a new Memorandum of Understanding. The MoU will become the basis for the two research institutes aiming at performing joint research activities, creation of knowledge products, and…

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