National meeting of the Low-Carbon Investment Network in Riga
On 5 March 2020, RTU organized a workshop entitled “Investing into energy and climate projects in Latvia”. Martins Zemitis from the European Commission Representation in Latvia introduced the EU Green Deal and the forthcoming EU legislation in the area of sustainable finance. Boriss Kņigins from the Latvian Ministry of Finance shared the challenges and opportunities […]
Finalization of “Investment need and gap analysis for Latvia”
In January 2020, the team of our partner RTU finalized the report assessing investment need and gaps to meet 2030 EU energy and climate targets. The report provides insights into modeling and investment valuation methods, as well as summarizes information on research conducted to date in Latvia and provides an overview of the amount of […]
Finalization of the “Investment need and gap analysis for Czechia”
In January 2020, the team of our partner CVUT finalized the report assessing investment need and gaps to meet 2030 EU energy and climate targets. The report focuses on the buildings sector as well as the renewable energy supply. In both buildings and renewable energy supply we find a substantial gap between the identified investment […]
Finalization of the map of “Investments in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects in Latvia in 2018”
By the end of 2019, the team of our partner RTU finalized the report assessing the status quo of climate and energy investment in Latvia for the year 2018. The report features a map illustrating the volume of climate and energy investment flows starting from the sources and intermediaries of investment, through financial instruments used, […]
Contribution to the webinar “Climate Investment & Sustainable Finance: What progress and insights for the CEE region?”
As a part of the CIC2030 project, Michaela Valentova, PhD and Agris Kamenders, PhD, contributed to the Webinar entitled “Climate Investment & Sustainable Finance: What progress and insights for the CEE region”. The webinar series is an activity of the EU Climate Investment and Finance Tracking Group. The group was launched in March 2019 by […]
COP25-Side-Event “Climate finance mapping and planning”
Monitoring past, present, and future public and private spending and investment patterns is essential to achieving climate mitigation and adaptation objectives. Such information helps measure progress, identify gaps, align flows and instruments for maximum impact and scale, and optimize the deployment of public resources in a way that can effectively and efficiently unlock private investment […]
Finalization of the “Climate and energy investment map for Czechia. Status Report 2017”
At the end of 2019, the team from our partner CVUT completed the report assessing the status quo of climate and energy investments in the Czech Republic for 2017. The report includes a map that illustrates the magnitude of climate and energy investment flows. The analysis includes all investment sources and intermediaries, as well as […]
Conference “Is it time for changes in the Latvian energy sector?”
In the energy sector in Latvia we have seen the implementation of new, innovative projects in recent years. One of the last is the initiative of “Salaspils Siltums” Ltd. for the use of solar energy in district heating. For the most part, however, the practice and thinking of 10-20 years is still being carried on […]
Webinar “Funding models for the energy transition”
As part of the CIC2030 project, Dr. Aleksandra Novikova contributed to the webinar entitled Exploring Different Funding Models for the Energy Transition: Insights from a comparative analysis of the Landscape of Climate Finance in France and Germany. The webinar series is an activity of the EU Climate Investment and Finance Tracking Group. The group was […]
Mapping climate finance: Lessons learned from Czechia and Germany
Dr Michaela Valentova of CVUT spoke at the 16th European Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) about the similarities and differences of the Czech and German approach towards financing the energy transition. Thereby, she focused on lessons learned from developing and analyzing German and Czech maps of climate and energy investment.