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Doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency: UNEP’s contribution. Energy efficiency—getting more from energy resources through improved technologies and practices—contributes to more profitable business…

UNEP/GEF African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) Accessible, affordable and reliable energy resource is a driver for socio economic development. However, Africa continues to face challenges related to…

Climate change is an urgent challenge for small-scale farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean, who produce up to 60 per cent of food in some parts of the region. Many of these farmers live in poverty and have…

Achim Steiner: Will draft agreement come out of Lima, paving the way to 2015's critical COP 21 in Paris? (English begins at :35)  

"A facility like ACAD can help in de-risking the CDM process [and should] continue doing what it is doing, especially now that there is a lot of uncertainty with regard to the future of the carbon market." Mr.…

In Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan (Central Asian or CA countries) the genetic diversity of fruit species is threatened due to overgrazing, deforestation, logging and…

The Nile system is one of Africa’s most important ecosystems, since it hosts 40% of Africa’s population (about 238 million people).  The Nile system is one of Africa’s most important ecosystems, since it hosts 40…

Determining national contributions to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, setting conditions for pre-2020 reduction targets and devising a draft text for Paris 2015 are all on the agenda in Lima…

Capacity building of refrigeration technicians in good practices and safe handling of flammable refrigerants. Based on the potential energy savings, a group of refrigeration servicing technicians in Saint Kitts…

“The transition to energy efficient lighting is one of the most straightforward and cost-effective approaches to significantly reduce the threat of global climate change.” Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General…