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Nairobi, 13 March 2015 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched the 24th edition of the annual children's painting contest under the theme "We have the power" to highlight renewable energy and…
13 March 2015 - Data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicate that global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt…
Abu Dhabi, March 9, 2015 - Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, of Solar Impulse, today launched the first-ever attempted flight around the world using only solar power as they simultaneously embark on a new…
Cairo, 6 March 2015 - President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday met UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner on…
Cairo, 5 March 2015 - A shift to a green economy pathway could lead Egypt to achieve annual savings of over US$1.3 billion in the agriculture sector, and US$1.1 billion in the water sector, as well as a 13 per cent…
Cairo, Egypt, 5 March 2015 - Increasing Kenya's GDP by 12 per cent, raising Senegal's life expectancy rate by 1.3 years, and reducing Burkina Faso's rural urban divide by 8 per cent - are all above and beyond what…
New York, 4 March 2015 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warned that "growing global inequality, increasing exposure to natural hazards, rapid urbanization and the overconsumption of energy and natural…
Nairobi, 25 February 2015 - A transition to modern district energy systems could contribute to 60 per cent of required energy sector emissions reductions by 2050, and reduce primary energy consumption by up to 50…
A symposium on the UN Sustainable Energy for all (SE4ALL) Initiative, held at the 15th Annual National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment, attracted around 1,200 scientists,…
New York, 23 September 2014 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a new initiative to accelerate the transition to more efficient appliances and equipment to reduce global energy demand…
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