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UNEP-UNDP partnership builds resilience to climate change in one of the world's most vulnerable countries...
43rd Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement honours Sir Partha Dasgupta's contribution to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Pope Francis 'encyclical on the environment...
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Minamata Convention to Protect Millions Worldwide from Health Threats of Mercury...
Delivered at "Sepsis. The Challenges of science, politics and society" - a joint symposium by the Jena University Hospital and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina....
While the Asia-Pacific region has shown remarkable progress in reducing poverty and hunger during the last 25 years, it can lead the world in the complete eradication of these scourges within the next 15 years, FAO’s Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific heard today.
Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food, due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to FAO's new edition of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation, released today. The figure has grown from 33 last December, after the addition of Swaziland.
Leaders of international organizations based in Rome today gathered to highlight the achievements and the real prospects for achieving gender equality. The speakers all agreed accelerating the empowerment of women everywhere is fundamental to achieving a zero hunger world and reaching the world's new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
US Ambassador to the United Nations agencies in Rome, David Lane, today formally presented FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva with the US' instrument of ratification of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.
Timely agricultural assistance for the upcoming rainy season is essential to help the drought-affected people of Ethiopia, as one of the strongest El Niño events on record continues to have devastating effects on the lives and livelihoods of farmers and herders.
A new 2015 agreement on climate change, that will harness action by all nations, took a further important step forward in Lima following two weeks of negotiations by over 190 countries.
A way to increase the visibility of the wealth of climate action by cities, regions, companies and investors was launched today by the government of Peru.
A new documentary released on 11 December 2014 highlights the growing recognition of the need for adaptation to climate change around the world, as recognized by governments at this week’s UN Climate Change Conference in Lima.
Delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, were treated to an evening of hope and optimism as the winners of the 2014 Momentum for Change Awards were feted tonight at a gala event.
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, a group of five countries has taken steps towards improved national and global forest action.
Melaka, 15 March 2016 – Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, has reiterated the “need for integrated and inclusive urban resilient strategies”, and stated “to build resilient cities, we must start with people.” He made the comments at the second Asia Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation which took place in Melaka, Malaysia earlier […]
Abuja 14 March 2016—At a side event during the Habitat III Regional meeting for Africa, held in Abuja, Nigeria last month senior government officials and non-state actors that included community based and civil society organisations called for African governments to harness the potential of people living in slums as well as increase support to transforming […]
Download PDF Version CONSULTANT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 11 March 2016 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Climate Change Planning Unit, Urban Planning and Design Branch, UN-Habitat DUTY STATION: Home based FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Evaluator: Promoting Low Emission Development Strategies In Emerging Economy Countries (Urban-LEDS) Project – Final Evaluation DURATION: 35-40 work days over a duration of three month (March-May) […]
Nay Pyi Taw, 11 March 2016 – The Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) and partners, led by Myanmar, conducted the ASEAN Forum on Improvement of Knowledge, Skills and Competence of Stakeholders in Climate Change Adaptation in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, from 7th to 9th March 2016. The Forum was organized in partnership with the Department […]
Cairo 10 March 2016—Together with its Egyptian partners, General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP), the New Urban Communities Authority and the technical consultant (Bearing Consultancy), UN-Habitat on Thursday launched the economic assessment of Al Alamein New City. The economic assessment aims to analyze financially the future revenues of planning Al Alamein New City. An analysis that […]
Happy International Women's Day! Gender equality is a crucial step towards zero hunger. Make a start and share these important facts today.
“It’s hard to be a woman here,” Dimanche, a World Food Programme (WFP) Field Monitoring Assistant, tells me. She has been counselling a group of women whose experiences bear witness to the horrific realities of the South Sudan conflict.
Kaisa Antikainen, Information and Communications Officer, shares her experience and insight as a JPO of Findland for WFP.
On the occasion of the 2016 International Women’s Day, we highlight how a food security project empowers women and challenges traditional gender roles – crucial steps for any country to attain gender equality by 2030 as agreed in SDG 5.
The School Meals Programme in Nepal launches Clean, Feed, Read, Learn campaign for better integration of literacy, health and nutrition
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Watch this animated video to find out how Europe can more than double the annual CO2 reduction rate from road transport.
Brussels, 15 March 2016 – Early next month, the world’s first cross-border initiative with smart trucks will take place in Europe.
Brussels, 10 March 2016 – The world’s leading manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and engines called for further progress in regulatory...
ADB and the Government of Lao PDR have signed an agreement for a $27 million loan to support road asset management and maintain over 300 km of national and local roads in the provinces of Attapu, Salavan and Xekong.
Three remote villages in Nepal’s Okhaldhunga and Khotang districts have just been switched on to round-the-clock power from nearby solar micro-grids.
The completion of work on a 105-km section of highway from Phisanulok to Lomsak to expand it from two lanes to four, supported by ADB, is expected to generate greater economic activity and increase local competitiveness
ADB President Takehiko Nakao today met India’s Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, and praised India’s strong economic performance in the face of weak global growth and turmoil in commodity and financial markets.
ADB has returned to the US dollar bond market with the pricing of a $3 billion 5-year global benchmark bond, proceeds of which will be part of ADB’s ordinary capital resources and used in its non-concessional operations.
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Depuis plusieurs années déjà, la commune de Silly en province de Hainaut, s’attache à améliorer l’efficacitéénergétique de ses bâtiments et à repenser l’espace public de manière à favoriser la convivialité, l’utilisation de modes de déplacement respectueux de l’environnement et l’accessibilité aux personnes à mobilité réduite. Une démarche qui cadre parfaitement avec les objectifs EU2020 de l’Union européenne et qui s’est récemment traduite par la concrétisation de deux nouveaux projets « in...
Last week a high level delegation from the European Parliament were briefed on the European Investment Bank’s current support for renewable energy, transport and water investment and backing for private sector investment in Kenya and the wider Eastern Africa region, and expected future engagement in the country. The European Investment Bank is the world’s largest international public bank and last December celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the Nairobi office. The visit to the Nairobi base...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and MicroBank have concluded a EUR 22.5 million agreement to provide loans to students on Master’s courses in European universities. EIB Vice-President Román Escolano and MicroBank’s CEO, Antoni Vila Bertrán, signed the finance contract. EIB Vice-President Román Escolano stressed that “ this agreement is a clear sign of the European Investment Bank’s firm commitment to supporting education in Europe, a vital element in securing the European Union’s future as...
Third EUR Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) increased to or above EUR 1.5bn EUR 13bn of Green Bonds issued by EIB to date via 59 CABs in 11 currencies Increasing role of Green Bonds in the context of COP21 Increasing role of stock exchanges in promoting transparency and comparability Today, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the development institution owned by the EU Member States, increased the 0.500% Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) 11/2026 to EUR 1.5bn, now the largest Green Bond in this part...
The European Investment Bank, Europe’s long-term lending institution, has agreed to provide GBP 250 million for investment over two years by Northern Powergrid to upgrade electricity distribution infrastructure and reinforce the electricity network to enable a smarter electricity network for 3.9 million homes and businesses in the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire. Tom Fielden, Northern Powergrid’s Finance Director, said: “We have an ambitious GBP 3 billion, eight-year investmen...
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Ahead of Habitat III Thematic Meeting on financing urban development, ICLEI – Local Governments for...
Local governments will be crucial in keeping the world on a global development pathway that limits...
Local Governments Commit to Resilience Partnerships in Melaka Call for Action On the final...
The Compact of Mayors just welcomed the Kolding Kommune, Denmark, which joins other 16 Danish...
A new report by the IDB and the OAS shows Latin America is unprepared to face a cybersecurity threat.
The Government of Belize and the IDB are launching the Sustainable Tourism Program II at a workshop March 8-10.
IDB Group supports Klabin S.A. in the construction of a pulp mill in Brazil
IDBs Caribbean Regional Governors meet in Washington to analyze 2016 economic outlook.
Colombia will expand the offer of renewable energy with a $9.3 million loan from the IDB.
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Water in China is a big issue. According to the United Nations, China is home to 21% of the world’s population but contains only 7% of global freshwater supplies. Faced with an imminent water supply challenge, China introduced province-level water use quotas for 2015, 2020 and 2030, targeting improvements in water use efficiency across sectors, … Continue reading China’s Water Crisis: Renewables Offer Water Stress Solution
Global leaders from more than 150 countries gathered in Abu Dhabi last month to set the global renewable energy agenda and make concrete steps to accelerate the ongoing global energy transition. While opinions varied on the exact trajectory of this course, delegates universally agreed that renewable energy is the solution: the solution to climate change; … Continue reading Renewable Energy as THE Solution
Op Ed by IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin (originally published in Gulf News) Less than two months ago, world leaders adopted a landmark climate agreement in Paris, securing decisive global action on climate change. The 32-page agreement has two goals, to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, … Continue reading From Negotiation to Action: Scaling-up Renewables Post COP21
“Renewable energy and cities” was the theme of high-level meetings held on the side lines of the World Future Energy Summit. These thematic meetings discussed priorities for a New Urban Agenda and developed policy recommendations in advance of the Third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). The event resulted in thematic … Continue reading Sustainable Energy and Cities at WFES
According to a report released today by IRENA, scaling up renewable energy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries would reap multiple benefits. Renewable Energy Market Analysis: The GCC Region, finds that GCC countries could save 11 trillion litres of water withdrawal (a 16 per cent decrease), save 400 million barrels of oil in power … Continue reading Scaling up Renewable Energy in the GCC
60 year old Chimidbaljir Nyamjav from Mongolia wears many hats. He has worked as a teacher mentoring young mining electrical technicians. He has also worked in the country’s transport industry for more than two decades. Apart from his working life,...
High-speed networks and services essential to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals Dubai, 14 March 2016 – The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s 13th full meeting, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday, reached consensus on the need for a new...
Policy Forum calls for better mobile learning policy environment Geneva, 11 March 2016 – A joint ITU/UNESCO Policy Forum on mobile learning brought together for the first time Ministers of Education and Ministers of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to...
Economic and policy requirements to play a greater role in informing ITU standardization Geneva, 9 March 2016 – The international community is looking to ITU’s unique public-private partnership of members for a neutral platform to strengthen the ties between technical innovation,...
Exhibition, networking and debates to explore collaboration in the digital ecosystem Geneva, 7 March 2016 –ITU Telecom World 2016, the leading UN global technology event, will take place this year in Bangkok, Thailand, from 14 to 17 November 2016. The...
WASHINGTON (March 15, 2016) – The Obama Administration this morning announced plans to exclude the waters off the Atlantic coast from oil and gas drilling.
WASHINGTON (March 10, 2016) – The Obama Administration today announced plans to limit methane emissions from existing industrial oil and gas facilities. The following is a statement from David Doniger, director of the climate and clean air program at the Natural Resources Defense Council:
WASHINGTON (March 10, 2016) -- The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on this morning's joint U.S.-Canada announcement on climate, energy and the Arctic.
LOS ANGELES— Community and conservation groups today sued the South Coast Air Quality Management District for allowing L.A.-area oil refineries and power plants to continue spewing massive amounts of smog-forming pollutants, threatening the health of millions of people already breathing the nation’s dirtiest air.
NEW DELHI (March 9, 2016) – Building on adaptation commitments made at the Paris climate talks in December, India is launching the first regional early warning systems and preparedness plans in South Asia this month to protect highly vulnerable communities from deadly heat waves intensified by climate change.
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South Africa’s newly released climate plan pledges to peak national emissions that cause climate change by 2025 and goes further than other countries on adaptation by quantifying what it will cost to adapt to climate change in light of several possible emissions scenarios.
National greenhouse gas emissions will peak between 2020 and 2025, plateau for approximately a decade, and decline in absolute terms thereafter under South Africa’s plan, known as an Intended National Determined...
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This week Brazil formally submitted its climate plan, also known as its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). The country’s INDC comes on the heels of joint climate change declarations it’s made in recent months with China, Germany and the United States, showing that the country is committed to a creating a successful international climate agreement in Paris later this year.
The INDC calls for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 37 percent below 2005 levels by 2025; 43...
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Even for those of us who work on climate change every day, last week was one of the most inspiring events in a long time. From the Pope’s messages to renewed business engagement to major countries throwing their support behind action, the sense of momentum was striking. With the Paris climate summit only two months away, leaders harnessed the opportunity to raise their voices and make it known that business, the public, governments, faith groups and civil society are taking climate action to...
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This December, negotiators from nearly 200 countries will convene in Paris with the aim of forging a legally-binding international climate agreement. The new pact will incorporate more ambitious national commitments to address climate change than ever before.
What is the proper yardstick for measuring success in Paris? Is it whether country leaders agree to a new global pact, or does success hinge on whether country commitments will limit global warming to under 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F)?...
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Nearly a year ago, the United States and China laid out their national climate action plans for the coming years. These were the first in what is now a substantial list of national climate action plans—plans that will form the basis of a new international climate agreement to be finalized in Paris later this year. Now, the world’s two biggest emitters have taken the next step by cementing their plans, jointly announcing key actions they’ll take to achieve their national goals, and clarifying...
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