VEF reception: Dr. Kandeh Yumkella praises REEEP’s strong network

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of UNIDO gave opening comments at the REEEP-hosted reception at the Vienna Energy Forum on 29 May 2013; a testament to the close links between the two organisations. In front of several hundred assembled guests in the Kleiner Redoutensaal of the Hofburg Palace, Yumkella warmly praised REEEP’s strong network of project implementers and the organisation’s strong partnership approach in service of providing sustainable energy for all.

GBPN and REEEP launch the “1 Billion m2” Initiative: an effort to promote residential positive energy buildings

1 billion m2 Intensive Learning Session EE Global 21 May 2013

The Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) and REEEP announced today at an EE Global Intensive Learning Session in Washington, D.C. the launch of a new collaboration aiming to encourage the construction of 1 billion m2 of positive energy and affordable social housing by 2023. The session is designed to gain stakeholder feedback on the initiative.

Research on a climate-friendly tariff-setting mechanism in China

RETScreen Expert: decision intelligence software platform

GIZ funding to expand scope of reegle.info thesaurus

The thesaurus on reegle.info is user-friendly and visually maps related terms.

REEEP has signed a contract with the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to expand the www.reegle.info thesaurus to include important aspects of climate adaptation in greater depth. This step will make it easier for knowledge brokers to take full advantage of the reegle Tagging API, a free tool that automatically tags electronic documents to make them more searchable – and findable.

EAC to establish Regional Centre for renewables and energy efficiency; calling for assistance in feasibility study

The East African Community (EAC), comprised of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda is establishing a new regional East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE).

Small and medium-sized enterprises should be a focus for CTC&N

Director General Martin Hiller writes from Doha where REEEP co-hosted a side event with CTI-PFAN on how the new Clean Technology Centre & Network could help galvanise private sector resources for technology transfer, particularly to support small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs.

Guide Book - Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Africa

At the Seventh African Development Forum (ADF VII) which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in October 2010, policy-makers recognizing the need to move with urgency in preparing for the impacts of climate change, as the international negotiations continue on the reduction of Green House Gases (GHG) emissions, agreed on the urgent need for Africa to act on Climate Change for Sustainable Development.

Interim Report of the Expert Group on Low Carbon Strategies for Inclusive Growth

The options considered in this paper suggest that, with Determined Efforts, we can bring down emission intensity of India’s GDP by 23 to 25 percent over the 2005 levels, and with Aggressive Efforts, we can bring it down by as much as 33 to 35 percent over the 2005 levels.

Corporate Clean Energy Investment Trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa EN

This report seeks to map the extent to which corporations in BASIC countries (Brazil, China, India and South Africa) are investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency, to identify the drivers for such investments and to evaluate the role of government policy. English version.

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