• Webinar & E-Learning 17 December 2021 How Super ESCOs can bypass regulatory restrictions for contracting private ESCOs (Webinar) – 14.12.2021 So-called Super ESCOs, which are initiated and generally financed by the public sector to serve other public-sector entities, are a growing phenomenon with particular advantages in dealing with other public entities, partly because by their very nature they may escape the restrictions that otherwise pertain to private entities and may be better placed to secure access to the public clients’ cash flows that are to finance the ESCO contracts. But even Super ESCOs may find that the private sector…
• News 10 December 2021 Climate smart agriculture puts food on the table in  Laos In Laos, the agricultural sector accounts for 29.9% of the country’s GDP, and approximately 70-80% of the population is dependent on the sector for its livelihoods. The importance of agriculture to both the people and the economy makes the sector a decisively vulnerable one. Flooding disasters in particular are responsible for yearly losses in agricultural production of hundreds of millions of USD. As climate change is gaining pace and disastrous natural events increase in frequency, putting…
• Event 29 November 2021 How Super ESCOs can bypass regulatory restrictions for contracting private ESCOs So-called Super ESCOs, which are initiated and generally financed by the public sector to serve other public-sector entities, are a growing phenomenon with particular advantages in dealing with other public entities, partly because by their very nature they may escape the restrictions that otherwise pertain to private entities and may be better placed to secure access to the public clients’ cash flows that are to finance the ESCO contracts. But even Super ESCOs may find that the private sector…
• News 17 November 2021 Loss and Damage at COP26 The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened on 31st October 2021 and closed on 13th November 2021.  Key agenda issues included emission-reduction commitments by Parties, finance for developing-country Parties, and carbon markets. In addition, delegates gathering in Glasgow negotiated a number of questions related to loss and damage, on which the previous Conference of the Parties could not reach agreement. …
• Event 12 November 2021 The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2021 - Key findings The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2021 Webinar features presentations and discussion of the key findings from the report. In view of the Global Stocktake coming up in 2023, the webinar will provide a snapshot of where the world stands in its collective efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change. It presents conclusions from the report's assessment of progress in three central elements of the adaptation process: planning, financing and implementation. The report also provides an overview of…
• News 11 November 2021 Building businesses’ climate resilience in Sri Lanka Floods are among the most common disasters in Sri Lanka and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are some of the most vulnerable businesses to these events. They were impacted with huge damages and losses due to recurring floods in recent years. SMEs are the backbone of the national economy. They drive economic growth, employment generation, and poverty reduction. The impacts of any natural disaster on the SME sector are directly linked to adverse effects on the national economy. The most…
• News 4 November 2021 Step up climate change adaptation efforts, or face huge disruption: UN report As nations gather for the latest round of climate talks in Glasgow, a new UN report called for urgent efforts to increase the financing and implementation of actions designed to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. The Adaptation Gap Report 2021: The Gathering Storm, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), found that while policies and planning are growing for climate change adaptation, financing and implementation are still far behind where they need to be. In addition…
• Event 2 November 2021 The converging agendas of climate change and Energy Service Companies Partners: SE4All, Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO) Energy Service Companies - ESCOs - deploy a business model directly responding to the global climate change challenge.  By directly using energy savings to pay for the cost of equipment and infrastructure that creates those savings, ESCOs challenge the mantra that emissions reduction comes at a cost that many, particularly in developing countries, are unable to carry.  In the business of climate change, ESCOs deliver some of…

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