22 August 2017: This update on capacity building and technology focuses on news from the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) and the UNFCCC Secretariat. The CTCN organized a summer course on climate change mitigation and issued a call for proposals for technologies required under its ongoing technical assistance in Bangladesh. The UNFCCC Secretariat issued a report on its two regional workshops on the sustainable management of greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory systems in Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The CTCN and the European Union (EU) CARISMA project on innovation for climate change mitigation organized a course on climate change mitigation. Offered as part of the Radboud Summer School programme in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, the course took place from 14-18 August 2017. The CTCN is the implementation arm of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism, hosted by UN Environment (UNEP) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). [Radboud Summer School Course: Climate Change Mitigation] [CTCN Press Release] [CTCN Course Announcement] [CARISMA Project Website]
The CTCN technical assistance on saline water purification for households and low-cost durable housing technology for coastal areas of Bangladesh contributes to the implementation of SDGs 1 (no poverty), 5 (gender equality), 6 (clean water and sanitation), 10 (reduced inequalities) and 13 (climate action).
As part of its ongoing technical assistance on saline water purification for households and low-cost durable housing technology for coastal areas of Bangladesh, the CTCN, jointly with UNIDO, issued a call for proposals for the technologies. This technical assistance contributes to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals 1 (no poverty), 5 (gender equality), 6 (clean water and sanitation), 10 (reduced inequalities) and 13 (climate action). [Saline Water Purification for Households and Low-cost Durable Housing Technology for Coastal Areas of Bangladesh] [CTCN Press Release] [UNIDO Technical Assistance Terms of Reference] [UNIDO Request for Proposal] [Bidder Access Guide] [Active Technical Assistance Webpage]
The UNFCCC Secretariat published a report titled, ‘Regional training workshops on sustainable national greenhouse gas inventory management systems and the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.’ The report outlines the proceedings of, and summarizes the discussions held during, two regional workshops for Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean on the building of sustainable national GHG inventory management systems and the use of the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National GHG Inventories for non-Annex I Parties (developing countries). [Regional Training Workshops on Sustainable National GHG Inventory Management Systems and the Use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National GHG Inventories]