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Together with the Austrian Society for Environment and Technology (OGUT) Energy Changes is building up a crowdfunding platform for financing climate change mitigation projects with a geographical focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The pioneer project will define the legal and organizational structure of the platform and create a pipeline of projects to be financed by the platform. The project is supported by the Austrian Ministry for the Environment, Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management.

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or NAMAs are becoming increasingly important as a means to finance carbon mitigation activities in developing countries. Energy Changes has been an active player in this innovative field since the very beginning, and has become a leading consultant for NAMA development. Currently we are developing NAMAs for the governments of Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Laos, Morocco, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Vanuatu and Zambia.

Access to electricity in Vanuatu is amongst the lowest in the world, nearly all electricity produced is based on diesel. The design of a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) is aimed at setting a framework for both enhancing the access to energy in the rural areas as well as raising the share of renewable energy generation in the electricity sector.

Energy Changes , as a member of an international consortium lead by SWECO, supports the Swedish Energy Agency in the Global Sustainable Cities Network (GSCN) within the Clean Energy Ministerial Initiative. The GSCN aims to provide an open platform for groundbreaking sustainable city initiatives throughout the world to share knowledge.

Energy Changes, as a member of an international consortium lead by Cornland International AB, is carrying out due diligence services for the Swedisch Energy Agency (SEA)for a number of improved cook stove Programme of Activities (PoA) in Africa. In most of Africa, traditional cooking methods are very inefficient, leading to a high consumption of non-renewable biomass, having negative impacts on the environment, climate change, as well as health and household budget of users.

Energy Changes has been supporting the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in developing and registering 5 climate projetcs with the UNFCCC. In only 1.5 years,

Energy Changes is working on a new approach to calculate green house gas reductions in the building sector. Energy efficiency measures offer a great carbon mitigation potential. Standardized baselines facilitate project implementation and financing in diverse sectors with a large variety of measures. The Middle East shows an immense energy reduction potential in the building sector. With this innovative approach, Energy Changes will support Dubai in reducing a great share if its GHG emissions.

Energy Changes staff shall act as national energy experts for Slovakia in an extensive energy efficiency programme of the European Investment Bank (EIB). The consortium led by German company GFA Envest GmbH shall provide the EIB with expert consultancy services in support of EU Programmes on energy efficiency in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. The programme is envisaged to run for 4 years.

With the latest approval in June, Energy Changes has achieved 10 registered CDM/JI projects, Now, it stands at an emission reduction potential of 3.5 Mio. tons of CO2 equivalents per annum. The portfolio solely consists of renewable energy and energy efficiency activities.

Energy Changes has achieved successful registration of  Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Destruction Project  at The Climate Action Reserve (CAR), US-based voluntary carbon emission reductions scheme.

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Project with ID “CAR826”  is the first registered project destroying the ODS sourced from end-of-life appliances from so called Article 5 Country.