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{{Climate initiative
|Name of initiative=SEforAll: District Energy Initiative
|LPAA initiative=Yes
|NAZCA Initiative=Yes
|Website address=http://www.districtenergyinitiative.org/
|Starting year=2014
|Secretariat=Lily Riahi , Project Manager on District Energy, UN Environment Paris, e-mail: lily.riahi@un.org
|Geographical coverage=Global
|Name of lead organisation=UN Environment
|Type of lead organisation=Network/Consortium/Partnership
|Location/Nationality of lead organisation=Denmark
|LPAA Theme Transport=No
|LPAA Theme Agriculture=No
|LPAA Theme Forestry=No
|LPAA Theme Business=No
|LPAA Theme Financial institutions=No
|LPAA Theme Buildings=No
|LPAA Theme Industry=No
|LPAA Theme Waste=No
|LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments=Yes
|LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants=No
|LPAA Theme International maritime transport=No
|LPAA Theme Energy Supply=Yes
|LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases=No
|LPAA Theme Energy efficiency=No
|LPAA Theme Renewable energy=No
|LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions=No
|LPAA Theme Adaptation=No
|LPAA Theme Other=No
|LPAA Theme Resilience=No
|LPAA Theme Innovation=No
|LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency=No
|LPAA Theme Private Finance=No
|Description=The new Global Initiative on District Energy Systems aims to support cities and sub-national/national governments to develop, retrofit or scale up district energy systems, with support from international and financial partners, and the private sector.
|Goals=To develop and implement a low-carbon district energy policy, and planning and investment road maps.
Sustainable Energy for All, an initiative led by the UN Secretary-General and the President of the World Bank, has as one of its three objectives for 2030 a doubling of the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency. The Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform was established to help reach this objective.
|Activities=The District Energy Accelerator will engage city/country partners to develop an integrated policy and investment roadmap for deployment of district energy systems in multiple jurisdictions and initiate city partnerships ortwinnings. These partnerships and city twinnings will allow city governments to share their policies and experiences and assist each other in policy planning and DES strategy development; and engage in a collaborative process with public and private sector stakeholders.
|Participants companies number=7
|Participants companies names=Danfoss (Denmark), Grundfos (Denmark), Siemens (Germany), Veolia (France), Vattenfall (Sweden), Climespace (France), Empower (USA).
|Participants non-governmental organisations number=7
|Participants non-governmental organisations names=UN-Habitat (Kenya), Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (Denmark), Euro Heat and Power (Belgium), International District Energy Association (USA), World Bioenergy Association (Sweden), World Wind Energy Association (Germany), Energies2050 (France).
|Participants governmental actors number=1
|Participants governmental actors names=US Department of Energy (USA).
|Participants municipal actors number=19
|Participants municipal actors names=Anshan (China), Betim (Brazil), Bogota (Colombia),  Focsani (Romania), Helsinki (Finland), Jinan (China), London (United Kingdom), Milano  (Italy), Nairobi (Kenya), Paris (France), Quito (Ecuador), Recife (Brazil), San Jose (Costa Rica),  Santiago de Cali (Colombia), Seoul (South Korea), Sorocaba (Brazil), St. Paul (USA),  Vancouver (Canada), Vaxjo (Sweden).
|Participants intergovernmental organisations number=2
|Participants intergovernmental organisations names=UN Environment (Kenya), International Energy Agency (France).
|Number of members=
|Have only national states as participators=No
|Indicators information={{Indicators information
|Indicator=Technical dialogue;Knowledge dissemination and exchange;
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|Indicator=Political dialogue;Policy planning and recommendations;
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|Indicator=Implementation;Technical operational implementation (ex-post);
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|Participants  municipal actors number=19
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