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TNA project notes successful outcomes in Moldova
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Photo credit: Reto Fetz
When the first phase of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project drew to a close in April 2013, Moldova was one of the 36 participating countries that had benefited from the project to identify what kinds of technologies are best suited to their climate change needs. The GEF-funded program, which is implemented by UNEP with the collaboration of UNEP-DTU Partnership, helps countries assess their needs for new equipment, techniques, knowledge, and skills that will both mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and reduce their vulnerability to climate change.
Moldova is a good example of a successful TNA process, having developed two TAPs: one for mitigation and one for adaptation technologies. In each TAP, a thorough analysis was made of the barriers obstructing the introduction and use of the finalized technologies, as well as a detailed assessment of the actions necessary to overcome those barriers. Read more.
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ACAD takes a look back at five years of carbon finance
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Photo credit: CARE Denmark
After five fruitful years, the African Carbon Asset Development facility (ACAD) has wrapped up operations, and UNEP-DTU is evaluating the program’s achievements and lessons learned. ACAD’s goal was to catalyze the growth of the African carbon market, a goal that proved to be quite a challenge, given the collapse of the global carbon market just after the end of the programme’s first phase. Yet through targeted financial and technical support, ACAD succeeded in providing essential tools that can be used to tap into both carbon finance opportunities and market growth. Read more about the project's major outcomes here.
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Africa Carbon Forum 2015: African Ministers Call for strong Paris agreement, Climate Finance flows
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The 7th Africa Carbon forum concluded on April 15 in Morocco, Marrakesh. Organized by UNEP DTU Partnership, in partnership with its Nairobi Framework partner organizations, African Carbon Forum 2015 attracted more than 500 participants and focused, among others, on experiences with programmes seeking to unleash private sector finance, such as through the Clean Development Mechanism, and scale up other forms of climate finance to strengthen the sustainable and low carbon development of African countries.
With countries set to approve a new climate change agreement under the UN in Paris in December, African ministers stressed the region’s readiness and requirement for accelerated private and public financing of low-carbon development. Africa, with its vulnerable populations and vast potential, has perhaps the most to lose from climate change and the most to gain from an effective climate change agreement.
“The African Carbon Forum 2015 has clearly demonstrated the engagement and commitment by countries in the region to contribute to a balanced and fair outcome at the UN Climate Conference, the Conference of Parties (COP) in Paris. Countries are preparing their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), and presentations at the Forum indicate that these will have both ambition and at the same time send clear signals of the need to balance adaptation and mitigation aspects within a broader green economy development framework”, said John Christensen, Director, UNEP DTU Partnership. Click to read the High-level Ministerial dialogue at ACF 2015.
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C2E2 contributes to new publication on District Energy Systems
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A transition to modern district energy systems could contribute to 60 per cent of required energy sector emissions reductions by 2050, and reduce primary energy consumption by up to 50 per cent, according to a new report District Energy in Cities: Unlocking the Potential of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The publication was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and UN-Habitat. The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), which provides the institutional structure for the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Energy Efficiency Hub has helped to engage and survey over 45 cities globally that use district energy systems to meet the heating and cooling needs of buildings. Read more here.
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New publications released
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From theory to Practice: Understanding Transformational Change in NAMAs seeks to propose an operational definition of what transformational change means in the context of NAMAs and to give an overview of theoretical approaches to sustainability transitions and transformational change, exploring their possible applicability to NAMAs. Access the publication here.
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