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- News 18 May 2022 Mission Efficiency officially launched Today, the Mission Efficiency initiative was launched at the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. Mission Efficiency is a collective of commitments and actions from a coalition of governments, organizations and initiatives coming together to accelerate the transition towards energy efficient economies worldwide. The end-use sectors covered by Mission Efficiency collectively represent nearly all of global electricity consumption. At the launch event UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre…
- 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…
- News 27 April 2022 Copenhagen Climate Centre formally opens under collaboration of UNEP and UNOPS The UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC), a scientific advisory centre in Copenhagen, a collaboration between the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Office for Project Service (UNOPS), formally launched today by His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Denmark along with Denmark’s Minister for Environment Lea Wermelin, UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen, and UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo. As the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports…
- News 23 March 2022 Sustainable development successfully included in Article 6 rulebook With the Glasgow Climate Pact adopted at COP26, the Article 6 component of the Paris Agreement rulebook - a long-time outstanding hurdle - was finally finished. For the Sustainable Development Initiative (SDI) the sustainable development provisions in the Article 6 decisions marked the successful conclusion of six years' focus on the negotiations. SDI position papers and observer submissions to promote sustainable development found their way to the final rulebook, paving the way for…
- News 17 March 2022 How to attract climate finance for clean cooking Greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of woodfuels for cooking account for 2% of global emissions, equivalent to those from the international aviation sector. Further, 50% of black carbon emissions come from household energy use and 27-34% of global woodfuel harvesting is defined as unsustainable. In a recorded presentation entitled “Strategic ideas for Malawi to attract finance for clean cooking”, senior researcher Karen Olsen gave a recorded presentation in support of transformational…
- News 1 March 2022 UNEP establishes Copenhagen Climate Centre in collaboration with UNOPS Under a new agreement between UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre will be operationally supported by UNOPS. “The UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is a vital part of our mission to deliver compelling science in support of environmental decision making and climate action across the world. I would like to offer my sincere thanks to the Technical University of Denmark for hosting the centre and express my appreciation to UNOPS…
- News 22 December 2021 A look back at 2021 2021 is coming to an end, and on behalf of all my colleagues, I would like to thank our partners around the world for all your efforts and collaboration in the last year. Together we have worked hard throughout the year for a greener, more sustainable future, where countries prosper using low carbon energy sources in the most efficient way. Taking over as Director in April 2021, I was proud to join such a relevant and unique partnership benefitting societies across the world. It is our goal for…
- News 21 December 2021 Emissions scenarios for Brazilian climate action In February 2020, the now completed second phase of the Brazil Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project was initiated, focusing on the sub-national level. It applied technical work undertaken at the national level under phase 1 of the project to the state level. Work under this second phase adopted the ICAT guidance for assessing impacts of non-state and subnational actions. Phase 1 of ICAT in Brazil has since March 2018, supported the development of a methodology to calculate…