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Effective development and transfer of climate technologies is more crucial than ever. Green technology is key to sustainable development while tackling the interlinked issues of the triple planetary crisis that humanity currently faces: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. But, how do we assess progress on climate technology? The new Climate Technology Progress Report 2022 aims to bring more clarity […]

Publisher: UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee (TEC)
Published Year: 2022

The aim of this publication is to broaden the understanding of climate risks and adaptation from the perspective of the private sector. Many businesses still tend to underestimate their exposure to climate risks, while business opportunities arising from the need to reduce vulnerability are too often overlooked or unrecognized. This publication provides an overview of the business risks and opportunities […]

Publisher: UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 40

UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, with support from Denmark’s development cooperation is implementing the 3-year Technology, Markets and Investment for Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Development (TEMARIN) project in Kenya and Uganda. The project aims to: 1) analyze successful case studies of market-led interventions and mechanisms in Kenya and identify key learnings; 2) support technology transfer partnerships in a select climate […]

Publisher: UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 30

Ghana is currently at the crossroads of planning and implementing sustainable mass transit solutions to deal with growing congestion, poor air quality, and global warming. As a fast-growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana’s transport sector contributes to 47.7% of energy-related emissions. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are projected to reach 74 MtCO2e by 2050 in the Business-As-Usual (BAU) scenario compared […]

Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 38

Transport is a significant emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollutants in most cities in Ghana. Road transport alone contributes 45.4% to total fuel combustion emissions and accounts for 13% of the overall national GHG emissions in 2016, showing a rising trend of 42% in the last ten years. Of the total road transport GHG emissions of 6,051.4 […]

Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 104

As the climate change agenda tightens, we can no longer afford to leave the immense emissions reduction opportunities in energy efficiency untouched. But it requires professionalism. The required expertise rests with the ESCOs, and activating the energy efficiency expertise should be a first choice for climate policy developers. Over the months of April to November 2021, the Global ESCO Network has conducted a series of interviews with representatives of partner ESCO associations […]

Publisher: UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre & The Global ESCO Network
Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 49

The National Electric Mobility Policy Roadmap serves as an action plan with a focus on the development pathways which will achieve wide-scale electric vehicle (EV) deployment in the context of Zimbabwe. For this, a set of policies were selected from the National Electric Mobility Policy and Market Readiness Framework (hereinafter referred to as Policy Framework) for implementation. Electric mobility roadmap […]

Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 48

As per IEA Global Energy Review 2021 Globally, carbon dioxide emissions via coal energy generation plants are on course to surge by 1.5 billion tones. To address this, Countries around the world have to move rapidly to start cutting emissions addressing climate change. One of the leading sectors contributing to carbon emissions is transport sector. To address emission issues pertaining […]

Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 96

In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), electrification through decentralized renewables-based solutions (particularly solar PV) has advanced significantly over the past decade. Going forward, this transition to clean energy has a significant potential in addressing integrated challenges including access to energy, job creation, skills development and local economic development (IRENA, 2019, 2020). Maximizing local benefits from this clean energy transition is important for […]

Publisher: UNEP DTU Partnership
Published Year: 2022
Status: Published
Number of Pages: 50

Ghana is one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, with the transport sector playing a key strategic role in its growth and development. Despite the steady economic growth over the last two decades, Ghanaian cities, in particular, seem not to have benefited from the full dividends that accrue to the urbanization process. This may be due to challenges associated with the current […]

ISBN: 978-87-93458-09-3
Publisher: University of Ghana
Published Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 90