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- Event 29 January 2021 Business Models in District Energy Systems (Webinar) This webinar is part of the training modules offered by the District Energy in Cities Initiative. It provides key insights of business models to ensure the viability of district energy projects for both heating and cooling systems. Among other aspects, the webinar covers projects that require leveraging state funding, financing models with a price cap, business models structuring when there are substitutes for district energy, the impact of legal regimes on business models, tariff…
- Tools 27 January 2021 Street Lighting Energy Efficiency Calculator The Online Assessment Tool can support estimation and analysis of the potential energy and CO2 savings, as well as providing a straightforward cost-benefit overview for any locality, city or country based on their current street lighting technologies. The tool quantifies the energy, financial and climate-saving potentials for moving away from existing inefficient street lighting technologies to intelligently controlled and efficient LED systems. It aims to provide local government decision…
- News 27 January 2021 Policy brief - Action needed to level the playing field for domestic solar PV companies Kenya has long been a frontrunner in the diffusion and uptake of solar PV technologies. This has created a mature and vibrant market, with large investments coming into the sector, worth USD 467 million in 2018. This growth in the solar PV market presents opportunities for the Kenyan economy going beyond clean energy and access to electricity in rural areas to include benefits like industrial development, private-sector development and job creation. The market is largely driven by international…
- News 20 January 2021 Adaptation Gap Report 2020 Webinar The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 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 snap shot 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. It also provides an overview of…
- Event 20 January 2021 Adaptation Gap Report 2020 Webinar The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 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 snap shot 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. It also provides an overview of…
- News 14 January 2021 Step up climate change adaptation or face serious human and economic damage As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses, the 2020 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report finds. The report shows that while nations have advanced in planning, huge gaps remain in finance for developing countries and bringing adaptation projects to the stage where they bring real protection against climate impacts such as droughts, floods and sea…
- Webinar & E-Learning 16 December 2020 Mainstreaming Energy Service Companies in Nationally Determined Contributions - Book Launch (Webinar) – 16.12.2020 Despite the high benefits and low cost of energy efficiency as a major solution for mitigating climate change, a large number of energy efficiency opportunities remain untapped due to multiple barriers. ESCOs, which combine technical expertise and financing, are businesses that can play an important role in boosting private investments in energy efficiency implementation and thus also climate change mitigation. However, ESCO are absent in the Nationally Determined Contributions …
- Webinar & E-Learning 13 December 2020 Comprehensive solutions to Energy Poverty (Webinar) – 27.11.2020 A sustainable solution in Energy Poverty now and the future is quality housing coupled with green financing. This SMARTER webinar features different expert viewpoints from sustainable architecture, banking and social inclusion, focusing on SMARTER initiative’s actions in hybrid funding, setting up a municipal platform, financial products and case studies.