Focus on Private Investment, Carbon Pricing Instruments at ALP Forum Sessions on Climate Finance
The ALP Forum sessions on accelerating investments to support NDC implementation and on global carbon market instruments were held on the 7th of September 2021. The first session discussed translating climate change action into implementation with the help of innovative finance. The key messages that emerged were that private investment needs to be accelerated; bankable […]
ALP Forum’s Transport Sessions Highlight Electric Vehicles, Zero-Carbon Mobility
The ALP Forum’s transport sessions on strategies for recovery from the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic and on electric mobility in public transport were held on the 2nd of September 2021. The first session, moderated by Dr. Sanjini U. Nanayakkara, Staff Scientist, NREL, focused on how the pandemic had changed our travel behaviour and […]
ALP Forum: Green Growth, LT-LEDS are Essential for Achieving Paris Goals
The ALP Forum sessions, held on August 31, 2021, focused on green recovery and the aligning of NDCs and LT-LEDS. The first session of the day, moderated by Mr. Deo Gabinete, Regional Manager, NDC Partnership Support Unit, Regional Collaboration Centre Bangkok (RCC), Bangkok, emphasized that countries needed to focus on mainstreaming climate action hand-in-hand […]
ALP Forum: Fusing Subnational with National Climate Action is Central to Achieving Emission Goals
The ALP Forum sessions on August 26 focused on national government initiatives and fund mobilization to support subnational climate actions. The first session was moderated by Ms. Maryke van Staden, Director of ICLEI’s Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting (carbonn Climate Center), ICLEI World Secretariat. She said that the potential of subnational governments […]
Experts Urge More Focus on Localized Energy Solutions at ALP Forum 2021
The ALP Forum 2021, on 25th August, focused on support and services being provided to power system operators to fast-track adoption of approaches, tools and technologies to accelerate the transition to clean energy and the Role of System Operators in Clean Energy Transitions, and Distributed Energy Resources. In the first session focused on the role […]
ALP Forum 2021 Calls for Upscaling Climate Ambitions in Decisive Decade for Achieving Paris Goals
The Asia LEDS Partnership Forum 2021, held in August-September, concluded with a call for countries to become more ambitious with their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and to “do better forward” to prevent the world from ending up with more emissions by 2030, as compared to current levels. Fifteen virtual sessions covered critical issues in energy, […]
ALP Forum 2021 Commences with Deliberations on IPCC Report and Net-Zero Targets
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP) Forum 2021 commenced on August 23, 2021, with a virtual gathering of about 225 participants and an array of expert speakers. ICLEI South Asia Executive Director and Lead Director of the ALP Mr. Emani Kumar opened the session with a brief overview of the climate change situation in the Asia-Pacific […]
ALP Webinar: How Benchmarking Saves Energy in Buildings
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), hosted by ICLEI South Asia in partnership with other ICLEI regional offices in Asia, organised a webinar on ‘Energy Benchmarking to realise improved Energy Efficiency in Buildings’ in September. This was the fourth in a series of webinars organised under the Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) Community of Practice (CoP). Energy […]
ALP Webinar Puts Focus on Economic Recovery, Visioning for Power Sector
In response to the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, the ALP organized an online session on economic recovery and visioning for the power sector’s transformation. An expert from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory made a presentation on a framework to consider actions and investments in the power sector. See speaker slides and webinar recording for […]
ALP Webinar: How Benchmarking Saves Energy in Buildings
The Asia LEDS Partnership (ALP), hosted by ICLEI South Asia in partnership with other ICLEI regional offices in Asia, organised a webinar on ‘Energy Benchmarking to realise improved Energy Efficiency in Buildings’ in September. This was the fourth in a series of webinars organised under the Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) Community of Practice (CoP). Energy […]