New opportunities for technology transfer and business cooperation with the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)
Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet, a large format publication, gathers together an international team of more than one hundred leading experts across a diverse range of disciplines to examine what the traditions of vernacular architecture and its regional craftspeople around the world can teach us about creating a more sustainable future.
Sixteen leading banks convened by the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and supported by climate risk advisory firm Acclimatise, have released new methodologies that aim to help the banking industry to understand and manage the physical risks and opportunities of climate change in their loan portfolios.
The ground-breaking methodologies, published in the report Navigating a new climate, support the implementation of the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
VIENNA. REEEP (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) has joined forces with the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the operational arm of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Technology Mechanism, to launch Climate Tagger. This new tool, which automatically scans, labels, sorts and catalogues data and document collections, will help knowledge-driven organizations in the climate and development arenas streamline their information resources, and connect them to the wider climate knowledge community.
This Electric School Bus Pilot in Antigua initiative will be one of the first public sector electric vehicle initiatives in the Caribbean region. The Department of Environment is looking for proposals of electric school buses and charging stations in Antigua and Barbuda.
Scope of Work:
1. Proposed cost of purchasing two electric school buses with 40-seater capacity and driving range greater than 60 miles;
