News on JIN Activities

Currently, JIN works on the following issues:

• The new JIQ issue of April 2013 is here..

• JIN published a paper to the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee on  'Interlinkages between technology needs assessments and national and international climate policy making processes 

• The new JIQ issue of winter 2012-13 is here..

• The new JIQ issue of autumn 2012 is here..
• The Green Growth Best Practice Initiative (GGBP) setting the Global Partnership to champion green growth is launched..
• The first EU FP7 APRAISE project newsletter is out..
• The UNFCCC is launching the Joint Implementation Photo Contest. The competition is intended to help raise awareness of the benefits brought by the Kyoto Protocol’s Joint Implementation (JI) mechanism. More here
• The new JIQ issue of July 2012 is out..
• The EU FP7 APRAISE ( Assessment of Policy Interrelationships and Impacts on Sustainability in Europe) webpage is launched
• The new JIQ issue of April 2012 is out..
• The new JIQ issue of January 2012 is out..
• The new JIQ issue of October 2011 is out..
• The new JIQ issue of July 2011 is out..
• The booklet on Domestic Offset experiences from the NEON event is out..
• The second NEON newsletter is out..
• JIN with NEON network organized a two-day event on Domestic Offsetson the 23-24 November in Groningen, the Netherlands.The presentations can be found here

• The first NEON newsletter on domestic offsets is out..
• The new JIQ issue of April 2011 is out!
• The preparation of behalf of the Energy Charter Secretariat of a report on "Market based mechanisms for energy efficiency"
• A policy statement of the Network of Non-ETS Offset Project (NEON) members on the concept of 'Domestic Offsets' as mechanisms of carbon abatement.
• The preparation of a first round of the Climatetechwiki portal, which is still under development, and which will be an open source information database on adaptation and mitigation technologies for the developing and industrialized countries in the framework of climate change
• The preparation of the Handbook for Conducting Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change (together with Edinburgh University and Stockholm Environment Institute) for UNDP and UNFCCC
• The formulation of a network of interested parties in the EU on domestic offset projects and specific guidelines for such projects
• Participation in the International Energy Agency/ Demand Side Management Task XIX 'Micro demand response for energy saving' in the consortium of several countries.
• The study project on Non-ETS Offset projects for the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, together with Arcadis. This study has combined the technology and climate challenge which results from the EU climate energy targets for 2020 by suggesting project opportunities in sectors not covered by the EU emissions trading scheme which both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and support development of low-carbon technologies. link to the article)