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- News 18 January 2023 Yemen and Somalia moving towards a climate technology win-win Yemen and Somalia are working to make climate action a win-win, tackling the impacts of both conflicts and climate crisis, while also addressing some of the underlying causes of both. Despite significant challenges, both countries are pushing for meaningful climate action addressing the most urgent vulnerabilities and some of the causes of unrest, while paving the way for more climate friendly development and growth. Yemen and Somalia are both considered some of the most vulnerable when it…
- Event 16 January 2023 RCREEE pavilion at COP27 : "Where are we at? Assessing Climate Technology Progress" Where are we at? Assessing Climate Technology Progress RCREEE COP27 Pavilion, Blue Zone, Area C, P75 10 November 2022, 15:00 – 16:30 EET Organizers: Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Center (UNEP-CCC) Description: To meet mitigation as well as adaptation objectives, along with building resilient and sustainable economies, climate technologies are key. This is particularly true for the developing countries, the most vulnerable to…
- News 21 December 2022 Yemen and Somalia moving towards a climate technology win-win Yemen and Somalia are working to make climate action a win-win, tackling the impacts of both conflicts and climate crisis, while also addressing some of the underlying causes of both. Despite significant challenges, both countries are pushing for meaningful climate action addressing the most urgent vulnerabilities and some of the causes of unrest, while paving the way for more climate friendly development and growth. Yemen and Somalia are both considered some of the most vulnerable when it…
- News 11 November 2022 Ghana’s e-mobility on the move Electric buses and the policies and reforms needed to get them running was on the agenda at the Ghana Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Participants from Government, financial institutions and the private sector, civil society and academia, as well as bilateral and multilateral development partners, joined the event titled Partnerships and strategies for investing in innovation low-carbon technologies: a focus on Ghana’s plans for urban electric buses. The audience got a detailed look into…
- News 31 October 2022 Preparation for Article 6 in Pakistan Last week experts from UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and consortium partners from the Supporting Preparedness for Article 6 Cooperation (SPAR6C) program met with close to 100 stakeholders and international agencies in Islamabad, Pakistan, introducing international carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the overall SPAR6C plan. The expert team from the SPAR6C project was also looking for stakeholder suggestions and new partnerships for cooperation, meeting with government…
- News 27 October 2022 Emissions Gap Report 2022: The closing window As intensifying climate impacts across the globe hammer home the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall rapidly, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place. However, the Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies finds that urgent sector and system-wide transformations – in the…
- Webinar & E-Learning 13 October 2022 Unlocking clean energy finance & investments for Green Hydrogen (Webinar) - 11.10.2022 During the webinar, our speaker from the OECD presents the main findings from their analysis of how Green Hydrogen can contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. They also present scenarios of global hydrogen demand in 2050 and the role of low-carbon hydrogen in cumulative emissions reduction. The OECD work primarily focuses on the role of green hydrogen for emerging and developing economies, to understand the enabling market conditions required to…
- News 6 October 2022 Renewable energy for refugees: How to make a difference More and more people are forced to flee their homes, as a result of persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations. As the number of forcibly displaced hits a new record of than 100 million, UNHCR and host countries are struggling to accommodate growing numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons, approx. 80% of whom reside in low or middle-income countries. A new Research Paper published today on “Scaling sustainable energy services for displaced people and their hosts:…