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Panama climate talks mean governments can push ahead strongly in Durban
with concrete help for developing world to deal with climate change
7 October 2011 -– A week of formal climate negotiations in Panama ended on Friday with progress on drafting those decision texts that will allow governments to push ahead strongly in Durban with concrete help for the developing world to deal with climate change. "Panama made good progress on preparing the decisions that will help developing countries adapt to climate change and get access to the technologies they need to create their own clean energy futures,” said Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
20 September 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders to step up the international effort to find solutions to climate change, saying that governments needed to show greater commitment to achieving success at global negotiations on limiting emissions of greenhouse gases and strengthening adaptation measures.
Later this year, the global population will reach 7 billion. That's more than double the number of people living just 50 years ago. As more and more people join those of us already here, addressing existing resource, health and environmental challenges is becoming increasingly urgent. That's way, on this World Population Day (11 July), UNFPA and partners are launching a campaign called 7 Billion Actions. It aims to engage people, spur commitment and spark actions related to the opportunities and challenges presented by a world of 7 billion people.
Global investment in green energy rose by 32 per cent last year, driven largely by wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe, the United Nations Environment Programme said in a new report on renewable energy trends. Investors put a record $211 billion into renewable energy projects last year, about a third more than the $160 billion invested in 2009, and a 540 per cent rise since 2004, according to the report, “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2011.”
Africa is an increasingly attractive destination for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, according to UN experts. With 190 CDM projects underway on the continent, up from just 53 in 2007, the opportunities in Africa are increasing. "The increased appreciation of and interest in the CDM here is starting to transform access to markets,” said Neeraj Prasad, manager for the Climate Change Practice at the World Bank Institute.The CDM allows emission-reduction projects in developing countries to earn credits, which can be sold and used by industrialized countries to a meet a part of their emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on United States mayors to help in the worldwide fight against climate change and other energy challenges. Speaking to a meeting of the US Conference of Mayors in Baltimore, Mr. Ban said, "the world needs the mayors of the United States to do their part to address our energy and climate change challenges." Cities consume more than two-thirds of the world’s energy and account for roughly the same percentage of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Panama climate talks mean governments can push ahead strongly in Durban
with concrete help for developing world to deal with climate change
7 October 2011 -– A week of formal climate negotiations in Panama ended on Friday with progress on drafting those decision texts that will allow governments to push ahead strongly in Durban with concrete help for the developing world to deal with climate change. "Panama made good progress on preparing the decisions that will help developing countries adapt to climate change and get access to the technologies they need to create their own clean energy futures,” said Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).Ban urges leaders to show greater commitment to agreement on climate change
20 September 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders to step up the international effort to find solutions to climate change, saying that governments needed to show greater commitment to achieving success at global negotiations on limiting emissions of greenhouse gases and strengthening adaptation measures. 7 Billion People -- 7 Billion Actions
Later this year, the global population will reach 7 billion. That's more than double the number of people living just 50 years ago. As more and more people join those of us already here, addressing existing resource, health and environmental challenges is becoming increasingly urgent. That's way, on this World Population Day (11 July), UNFPA and partners are launching a campaign called 7 Billion Actions. It aims to engage people, spur commitment and spark actions related to the opportunities and challenges presented by a world of 7 billion people. Global investments in green energy on the rise
Global investment in green energy rose by 32 per cent last year, driven largely by wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe, the United Nations Environment Programme said in a new report on renewable energy trends. Investors put a record $211 billion into renewable energy projects last year, about a third more than the $160 billion invested in 2009, and a 540 per cent rise since 2004, according to the report, “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2011.” Growing opportunities for carbon offset projects in Africa
Africa is an increasingly attractive destination for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, according to UN experts. With 190 CDM projects underway on the continent, up from just 53 in 2007, the opportunities in Africa are increasing. "The increased appreciation of and interest in the CDM here is starting to transform access to markets,” said Neeraj Prasad, manager for the Climate Change Practice at the World Bank Institute.The CDM allows emission-reduction projects in developing countries to earn credits, which can be sold and used by industrialized countries to a meet a part of their emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol.Cities are key to global energy and climate challenges
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on United States mayors to help in the worldwide fight against climate change and other energy challenges. Speaking to a meeting of the US Conference of Mayors in Baltimore, Mr. Ban said, "the world needs the mayors of the United States to do their part to address our energy and climate change challenges." Cities consume more than two-thirds of the world’s energy and account for roughly the same percentage of global carbon dioxide emissions.
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