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Building Capacity to Access Carbon Finance in
Albania |
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The
project will help the Government of Albania to
develop its public and private sector capacities
to access carbon finance in Albania by (i)
creating a legal and institutional framework for
carbon finance and (ii) building in-country
capacities for identification, implementation of
and resource mobilization for the greenhouse gas
reduction projects eligible for Clean Development
Mechanism and other carbon market mechanisms.
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Change and Albania |
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“Climate Change has
become a recent topic in Albanian newspapers,
magazines and has spurred debate on TV programmes.
It’s impressive when you see owners of private
businesses coming to our office and asking about
the possibilities of selling carbon credits in
exchange for carbon-free investments.”
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Hands-on
training on GHG abatement analysis under the
SNC project/Climate Change Program |
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December 2006 - Hands-on training on GHG abatement
analysis under the Second National Communication
Project was organized by Climate Change Program.
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Climate
Change issue & linkages to the poverty reduction
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- 18 October 2006 - UNDP/GEF Climate Change Programme/Unit
in collaboration with the Information Center of the
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration,
has organized two days awareness raising event on
“Climate Change issue & linkages to the
poverty reduction” with pupils of non public
high school, “Drita e Diturise” and pupils
of public high school, “Ismail Qemali”
of Tirana. (more....) |
| In
the City Without my Car
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22
September 2006 - In the frame of the day without car,
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration
in collaboration with UNDP CO through the Climate
Change Unit has organized several activities in two
main cities of the country, Tirana and Shkodra. (more.....) |
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Sun
rises over Albania |
In
Albania, rivers power the turbines that produce
95 per cent of the country’s electricity.
Subsidized by the government, relatively cheap electricity
has been a driver of economic growth, averaging
a buoyant 6 per cent in recent years. But now these
antiquated hydro plants are running beyond capacity,
causing electricity shortages and power outages.
To drive future economic growth, the country needs
another energy source. But what? (more....)
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| National
Workshop on Climate Change
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13 February 2006
- Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Water Administration of Albania and UNDP Albania
through the Climate Change Unit/Program held the
National workshop on Climate Change.
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A: Identification and implementation of adaptation
response measures in Drini - Mati Deltas
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GEF
through the UNDP together with cost sharing from
the Government of Albania have funded the project
preparatory phase PDF A: "Identification and
implementation of adaptation response measures in
Drini _ Mati Deltas" which aims to
build adaptive capacities in the Dini - Mati
River Delta areas in order to protect vulnerable
ecosystems and local livelihoods. (more...)
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B: Market transformation for solar thermal water heating
in Albania |
GEF
through UNDP
together with cost sharing from the Government of
Albania as well as from other donors and private
sector
have funded the
project preparatory phase PDF B:
"Market transformation for solar thermal water
heating in Albania" which aims
to
achieve the level of 50,000 m2 of installed
solar water heating capacity by the end of the project.
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Climate
Change Seminar of the Governmental Experts
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16-17 May
2005 - The Seminar
of Governmental Experts was organized
by the
UNFCCC Secretariat,
on 16 and 17 May
2005, in
Bonn, Germany.
A presentation on: "National Communication exercise
- a tool towards mainstreaming climate change into
national development agenda " was made by Mrs.
Ermira Fida, Climate Change Program Manager
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| Workshop
- "Development & improvement of emission
factors, strategies & documentation"
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20-22
April 2005 - The fourth workshop on "Development
& improvement of emission factors, strategies
& documentation" was held in Chisinau,
Moldova, under the regional project RER/01/G31.
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