NDC & Net Zero
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- News 25 July 2022 Climate technology action in the Kyrgyz Republic: project launch During a 3-day mission to Bishkek, experts from UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC) have held bilateral meetings with local technical experts and Government officials, to discuss how best to position The Kyrgyz Republic's Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and build partnerships that will enable local-level ownership and ensure impact beyond the life of the project and its technical outputs. UNEP-CCC, in partnership with the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), is supporting the…
- News 22 July 2022 China strengthens its implementation of ETF Home to around 1.4 billion people and covering a vast expanse across Asia, China is a diverse country with a complex climate characterized by a monsoon zone in the East, an arid Northwest region and alpine-like weather along the Tibetan plateau. With these different climate conditions, come differing challenges: the concentrated rain of a monsoon can cause floods, storms and typhoons; the lack of surface water in a continental dry climate could lead to a fragile environment; and the frequent…
- News 15 July 2022 Zimbabwe on track to better climate action transparency Zimbabwe has finished the first phase of the country’s work with the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT), and is now on track to better collect data key to attaining national climate change goals. The data will be crucial in mobilizing resources for implementation of Zimbabwe’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, and for tracking and evaluating implementation, as well as assessing impacts of policies and actions. “The support received from ICAT…
- News 28 June 2022 The road to finance Colombia’s NDC The Government and private sector in Colombia now have a better idea of how the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement can be financed. A new roadmap, outlining ways to finance the urgently needed climate action was presented this month. It was developed with direct support from the NDC Action project, managed by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre. The roadmap was presented at a high-level event held in Bogota on 16 June, hosted by leading Colombian thinktank…
- News 9 June 2022 The Global ESCO Network sets the stage for energy efficiency action The Global ESCO Network has taken the stage promoting Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) ability to carry out profitable investments on energy efficiency delivering on the urgently needed emissions reductions to achievements Net Zero targets. With two events during the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 7th Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Sønderborg, Denmark this week, the network gathered ESCO’s and energy efficiency experts. The Global Conference on Energy Efficiency gathered high…
- News 7 June 2022 Mongolia and Bangladesh move towards NDC priorities To support climate action and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Mongolia and Bangladesh, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC) joined high-level and in-person meetings with Government and wider stakeholders to discuss and agree sector-specific investment opportunities. In both countries, UNEP-CCC joined the meetings and workshops through the NDC Action Project, a project supporting 10 partner countries across the world, to help translate NDCs into concrete sector…
- News 23 May 2022 Morocco starts first subnational monitoring, reporting and verification system Morocco’s Climate Change Policy of 2014 embedded a subnational approach in national climate action, encouraging implementation of the country’s National Plan to Combat Global Warming at the local level to better account for regional contexts. The Souss Massa region, placed centrally in the country’s long land profile, has since established itself as a frontrunner in the implementation of pilot climate action projects. “The National Plan to Combat Global Warming explicitly recommends that…
- News 12 May 2022 Kenya Unveils Ambitious Action Plan for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Key national and international stakeholders gathered this week to validate the Implementation Plan of Kenya’s ambitious Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy. The strategy was developed by a Technical Committee consisting of representatives of key stakeholders from government agencies and businesses under the guidance of the Ministry of Energy along with experts from UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC). As the Energy Efficiency Hub of SEforALL, UNEP-CCC has provided technical…