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2020 was intended to be a pivotal year for the global gender equality agenda and global climate change ambition. It was supposed to be a year to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action and to celebrate the start of the Paris Agreement. Yet, the unexpected and rapid spread of the highly infectious novel coronavirus has set in our paths a mammoth challenge. The ensuing economic slowdown and the postponement of the UN Climate Conference to 2021 threaten to stall the world’s commitments to climate action.

Incorporating fundable buildings sector Green House Gas (GHG) emission mitigation actions in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Towards a zero-emissions, efficient and resilient buildings and construction sector

This report will deliver a technical desk study with focus on the potential production of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) from MSW from unsorted waste in Maputo and Matola, the quality specifications, as well as the RDF production flow. Furthermore, this report will describe the technical requirements that need to be fulfilled by CdM, in order to be ready for using RDF as fuel for its processes.

Domestic refrigerating appliance and room air conditioner market and feasibility study assessment (2020).

Domestic refrigerating appliance and room air conditioner market and feasibility study assessment (2020).

The adoption of the Abu Dhabi Declaration at the eighteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in November was a highlight of 2019 and a milestone for the Organization. The Lima Declaration of 2013 renewed the mandate of UNIDO, defined inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID), and laid the foundation for Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG 9). The Abu Dhabi Declaration reiterates the clear mandate of the Organization and gives guidance for the way forward into the last decade of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

ISWA considers three overall priorities for waste management during the period of the pandemic of COVID-19: 

1. Countries, States/Provinces and Cities should ensure that waste management, recycling services, treatment and disposal facilities will not be disrupted and no extra risks for public health will be created by improper waste management. Waste management workers, especially those in waste collection, should take additional precautions and ensure health & safety procedures to be protected by any potential infection by the waste streams and/or the equipment.  

In its Five Year Progress Report, the CTCN announces that 137 technology solutions have been delivered or are under way in 79 countries. 2,500 people have been trained and over 10 million tonnes of CO₂eq are expected to be reduced per year with the completion of the mitigation-related projects.   

With an original investment of $40 million USD, the CTCN’s technical assistance has leveraged $670 million USD in anticipated funding for developing countries’ technology implementation.

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