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Professor Peter Morici of the University of Maryland estimated economic damages from Sandy of $35-45 Business interruption from Katrina was estimated at $42 billion. Climate resilience is the ability to prepare for, recover from, or more successfully adapt to adverse With smart metering, utilities can learn which customers do and don’t have power more effectively than from When an extreme weather event prevents adequate power from reaching a given area, demand response can

throughout Asia and Latin America to develop opportunities for nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs America still lack renewable energy goals, others have adopted mandatory or voluntary targets that range from Overall, most countries in the region could still benefit from additional policy and financial support Financial incentives fit well into the NAMA construct where there is a clear role and rationale for international The idea is that these success stories could be adapted to local conditions and developed as a NAMA,

The event touched on the development of NAMAs as a UNFCCC concept, lessons learned from implementing Those in attendance included representatives from environmental ministries, the UNFCCC and international In the UNFCCC context, Ned highlighted the need for more support in international financing for NAMAs Further, the NAMA framework presents a win-win opportunity for developing countries, as NAMAs not only To watch a full interview with Ned where he discusses the need for NAMAs and how they differ from the

Rather than generating heat and buying electricity from the electrical grid, both electricity and heat energy that would otherwise be wasted when generating electricity, or generate electricity with heat from A recent executive order from the Obama Administration recognized the important role CHP can play in when it set a goal to add 40 gigawatts of domestic CHP implementation by 2020 – a 50 percent increase from The extra energy captured by CHP systems – be it electricity generated from industrial process heat or

exploring possible policy options and strategies within the nationally appropriate mitigation action (NAMA local officials and key stakeholders in participating countries to implement policies bolstered by the NAMA In Latin America, methane emissions from solid waste disposal are projected to increase about 18 percent the eight MAIN-Latin American countries that work with CCAP – Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica As CCAP continues to research applicable policy options and NAMA opportunities for developing countries

As nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) are proposed by developing countries to significantly from 1980 to 2007. NAMAs are becoming a viable option to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. These NAMAs are wide-ranging and can include measures to enhance travel efficiency, reduce fuel carbon from decreased fuel costs.