• 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 15 November 2017 Workshop on scaling up trade in environmentally sound technologies held in Malaysia In light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the international regulatory and political framework for trade and investment in environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) has been decisively reshaped. ESTs are a sub-set of environmental goods, which are defined as goods that directly contribute to environmental protection and climate change mitigation. Yet many developing countries still lack the knowledge and capacity to harness trade and…
• News 31 October 2017 Emissions Gap Report 2017 launch in Geneva today Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to a new UN assessment. The eighth edition of UN Environment’s Emissions Gap report, released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, finds that national pledges only bring a third of the reduction in emissions required by 2030 to meet climate targets, with private sector and sub-national action not increasing at a rate that would help close…
• News 27 October 2017 UNEP DTU supports resource-efficient farming in Jamaica In Jamaica, small and medium-scale farmers are the most vulnerable to current and future effects of climate change due to their lack of technology, knowledge and financing. These effects are threatening the agriculture sector, which provides employment to 18% of the country’s population.  New business models and technologies are needed to enable farmers to not only adapt but also thrive in this new context. UNEP DTU Partnership and INMED Partnerships for Children have addressed these…
• Tools 27 October 2017 [Thermal atlas] Major enhancements made to the Heat Roadmap Europe energy planning tool Heat Roadmap Europe (HRE) added major new features to its energy planning tool, the perfect basis for European governments, businesses, consultants, academics, and planners to make informed decisions about investments in energy efficiency measures and use of untapped alternative energy sources for heating and cooling. The tool will also support the implementation of European climate commitments, ensure wiser investment of public money, reduce costs for consumers, and cut carbon emissions and…

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