• News 30 November 2020 Fourth round of Technology Needs Assessments is underway This fall, 17 countries have started their Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) in the fourth round of the global TNA project. Through the TNA project, the countries, consisting of Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries, will get a clearer understanding of what kind of technologies are best suited to their specific climate change situation. TNAs are a significant instrument in developing countries efforts to not only determine which technologies best suit their need for…
• News 26 November 2020 First LEDs arrive in historic bundling investment This month, LED street lights started to arrive in nine municipalities in Argentina, a result of a new bundling of investments in energy efficiency at local level throughout the country. The nine municipalities are part of the Argentinean Network of Municipalities Against Climate Change (RAMCC), which entered into a historical agreement to purchase LED luminaires to replace conventional street lighting bulbs through a trust fund in early 2020. The establishment of the trust fund and bundling of…
• Event 24 November 2020 Finance workshop Despite the large deployments of capital into the clean energy sector in Kenya, to date only a few local commercial banks in Kenya are involved in financing domestic solar PV companies. This workshop brings together representatives from local commercial banks, Kenyan solar PV companies as well as sector experts to advance the discussion of issues that hinder local companies in obtaining loans from commercial banks and to co-create new ideas on how domestic financing can be expanded and cater to…
• News 20 November 2020 Virtual thesis fair was a big success This week students from DTU joined UNEP DTU Partnership's Master's Thesis Fair, in a successful event showcasing the possibilities for students to write their thesis in collaboration with UNEP DTU Partnership experts. It is the third time UNEP DTU Partnership hosts a master's project fair for students interested in joining the partnership to write their thesis. The fair was originally scheduled to be held at DTU, but had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. However, a virtual event…
• Event 17 November 2020 Comprehensive solutions to Energy Poverty (Webinar) 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.
• News 12 November 2020 New guide: Upscaling Energy-efficiency in Municipalities Climate change is one of the greatest threats humanity faces today, and cities are instrumental in reaching the global climate goals and solving the crisis. Already, more than half of the world population lives in cities, and projections show, that by 2050 another 2.5 billion people will join them, thus increasing the rate to 68 per cent of the total global population. As of May 2020, the UNFCCC platform on climate change actions had registered climate change actions by over 10,000 cities…
• Webinar & E-Learning 6 November 2020 Business models for energy efficiency - Energy Performance Contracting (Webinar) – 06.11.2020 Many energy efficiency opportunities are profitable, and private investment plays a key role in energy efficiency implementation. It requires technical expertise to identify and assess energy efficiency opportunities and design actions and projects. Perceived risks and lack of access to finance is another barrier to energy efficiency investment. Energy performance contracting (EPC) is one of the tested business models for effectively addressing the financial and technical barriers to energy…
• Event 4 November 2020 Enhancing Energy Efficiency in East Africa (eTraining) The eTraining session will be contacted to the following 5 dates: Module 1: 16th of March, 09:30 CET Module 2 & Module 3.1-3.3: 18th of March, 09:30 CET Module 3.4-3.7: 22nd of March, 09:30 CET Module 4: 25th of March, 09:30 CET Module 5 & 6: 29th of March, 09:30 CEST If you decide to attend, our webinar system is adjusted in order to make only 1 registration. Then you will receive automatic email notifications 1 day and 1 hour before the eTraining broadcast date & time. Objective…

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