Global Collaboration to Boost Clean Energy Deployment

Countries around the world are striving to implement policies and programs to transition to clean energy and reduce their carbon footprint. A new partnership between the Clean Energy Ministerial's Clean Energy Solutions Center and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), hosted by the United Nations Environmental Programme, will expand expert policy support to help developing countries advance clean energy deployment. This collaboration aims to strengthen technical assistance to developing countries, leveraging the expertise of the Solutions Center and CTCN to provide fast-response policy assistance and in-depth support on clean energy policy and technology.

Key Takeaways:

• The Clean Energy Solutions Center has responded to over 190 requests from more than 95 countries, providing assistance with developing renewable energy targets, feed-in tariff design, energy access, and appliance standards and labeling programs.
• The Solutions Center, co-led by Australia and the United States, will expand its network of global experts to include CTCN Consortium Partners and Network members, as well as experts from other technical institutions, to meet an expected increase in requests for policy assistance.
• The collaboration aims to strengthen technical assistance to developing countries, with the Solutions Center providing assistance on clean energy policy quick-response type requests to the CTCN, and the CTCN providing assistance on longer-term requests to the Solutions Center.
• The Solutions Center has partnered with over 11 institutions to provide technical assistance and capacity building to developing countries on climate change mitigation and adaptation sectors.
• The Solutions Center has experts from around the world, including Australia, the United States, and other countries, who provide authoritative leadership in clean energy policy and technology.
• The CTCN Director, Jukka Uosukainen, stated that the collaboration will strengthen the CTCN's technology assistance, from knowledge sharing to full-size technical assistance projects, to aid developing countries in implementing solutions to their climate technology challenges.
• The partnership aims to extend its collaboration to address other areas, including clean energy finance measures and investment mobilization, and share best practices across countries.

Statistics:

• The Clean Energy Solutions Center has responded to more than 190 requests from over 95 countries.
• The Solutions Center has experts from more than 100 countries and institutions around the world.
• The collaboration aims to expand the Solutions Center's current network of global experts to include CTCN Consortium Partners and Network members, as well as experts from other technical institutions.
• The CTCN has members and partners from over 80 countries worldwide.
• The Solutions Center has provided assistance to more than 50 developing countries in the past five years.

Sources:

• Clean Energy Ministerial Secretariat, CEMSecretariat@hq.doe.gov, +1 202-586-4131
• Climate Technology Centre and Network, CTCN@unep.org, +45 4533-5373
• Clean Energy Solutions Center, .
• Climate Technology Centre and Network, .