• News 24 September 2018 Green Climate fund increases funding to developing countries based on Technology Needs Assessments The newly released annual report from The Green Climate Fund (GCF) shows an increased focus on supporting projects and country programmes based on developing countries' own climate technology priorities. GCF has specifically supported 13 TNA-based activities, four of those are full scale projects, that will directly reduce emissions by 4.4 million tons of CO2 throughout their life span. "More than 70 % of the developing countries having a TNA has already used it to inform their NDC. It’s…
• News 24 September 2018 Green Climate fund increases funding to developing countries based on Technology Needs Assessments The newly released annual report from The Green Climate Fund (GCF) shows an increased focus on supporting projects and country programmes based on developing countries’ own climate technology priorities. GCF has specifically supported 13 TNA-based activities, four of those are full scale projects, that will directly reduce emissions by 4.4 million tons of CO2 throughout their life span. “More than 70 % of the developing countries having a TNA has already used it to inform their…
• News 10 September 2018 Surging momentum, shifting burden and missed opportunities in review of non state climate action Ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit a chapter from the UNEP DTU Partnership and UN Environment Emissions Gap Report on the crucial role of non-state actors in reducing emissions and reaching climate targets is pre-released today. Ranging from city, state and regional governments to companies, investors, higher education institutions and civil society organizations, non-state actors are increasingly committing to bold climate action. As most national governments continue to come up short…
• News 21 August 2018 The Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week - keeping Kofi Annan's legacy alive Today, the Latin American & Caribbean Climate Week kicked off with an opening ceremony that attracted a notable cast of local and global leaders, representatives from the private sector and environmental organisations and Uruguayan Minister of Housing, Land Planning and Environment of Uruguay, Eneida De Leon, who welcomed attending delegates in Montevideo. The event is organised by the Nairobi Framework Partnership, founded by Kofi Annan in 2006, as a means of bolstering the interlinkages…
• News 2 July 2018 Energy Efficiency Investment at the Municipal Level - Time to Think Bigger By Mark Lister, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. Global targets for emissions reductions set forth in the Paris Climate Agreement have put energy efficiency high on the political, industrial and social agenda. Energy efficiency at a global level is an essential response to climate change and fundamental to achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. But energy efficiency is not only about saving our climate. Multiple benefits arise from energy efficiency actions, including…
• News 26 June 2018 Global partners kick off Technology Needs Assessment Round 3 With new partners on board, UNEP DTU Partnership has launched its third round of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. To enhance the development, transfer, deployment and dissemination of technology UNEP DTU has assisted countries in preparing their TNAs since 2009. TNAs support developing countries to determine their own climate technology needs so it is possible to define how best to accelerate a low-emission, climate resilient and sustainable development path. Since 2009, UNEP DTU…
• News 26 June 2018 Global partners kick off Technology Needs Assessment Round 3 With new partners on board, UNEP DTU Partnership has launched its third round of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project. To enhance the development, transfer, deployment and dissemination of technology UNEP DTU has assisted countries in preparing their TNAs since 2009. TNAs support developing countries to determine their own climate technology needs so it is possible to define how best to accelerate a low-emission, climate resilient and sustainable development path. Since 2009, UNEP DTU…
• News 11 June 2018 All you need to know about NDCs now fits in your pocket [EDIT] A new version of this pocket guide has been published here. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are key to saving our climate. As a crucial part of the global climate negotiations, they are also complicated documents caught in the crossfire between policy, science, finance and necessity. To make information on the NDCs and all their complicated processes and issues more accessible and easy to understand, UNEP DTU Partnership has produced a Pocket Guide to NDCs, under the European…

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