Green Energy
- “energy For All”: Un Includes Access To Energy In New Sustainable Development Goals
Credit: United Nations Sustainable Development Summit. For more information, visit http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/. On Friday, the UN adopted an ambitious set of Sustainable Development Goals. These goals replace the Millennium Development...
- Africa's Future Lies In A Green Energy Grid
By Stephen Leahy* UXBRIDGE, Canada, Dec 14, 2010 (IPS) - Development in Africa could falter as climate change grips the continent, increasing the length and severity of droughts and floods by altering precipitation patterns, among other impacts. The...
- Unbelievably Funny - Greenies Must Oppose Immigration
Migration ‘harmful’ to Earth THE growing number of people who migrated from developing countries to over-populated Western states in search of a better life was damaging the planet and could be avoided, a think-tank said today. Governments and aid...
- Green Economy
What is Green Economy? Green Economy is the economy wherein sustainable society exists with zero carbon emissions and a one-planet footprint. Here, naturally restored renewable resources are utilized to acquire energy. A green economy is applicable...
- Dewa To Issue Tenders For 800 Mw Solar Pv Plant In Dubai
Article originally published in solar.energy-business-review.com/, on April 20th, 2015 The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is planning to issue tenders for the 800MW third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, in the third...
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UN forum launched to boost sustainable development
A UN sustainable development forum has been set up to provide “political leadership grounded in solid science”, secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said during an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday.
The high-level political forum (HLPF) has replaced the UN’s Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), which was launched after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, with the aim of promoting sustainable growth and a responsible use of the planet’s finite resources.
Speaking at the launch of the forum, Ban said, “This forum can be the catalyst for a strengthened global partnership for sustainable development, providing political leadership grounded in solid science.”
He added that to strengthen the efforts made towards a more sustainable future, a scientific Advisory board, which includes experts from various fields, has been created by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
UN general assembly president John Ashe said, “We have created this HLPF for the express purpose of delivering more effectively on our aspirations and agendas at a time when we realize that the practice of sustainability provides the only real bridge from our past to our present and our future, and from our planet to our peoples and our prosperity.”
Together with the French government, the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) recently organised a conference that looked into the role tourism can play in the sustainable development of small islands.
Tourism – particularly ecotourism – was in fact one of the six areas that the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) identified as crucial to sustainable growth for emerging economies.
Further reading:
Conference calls for sustainable tourism as key factor for island development
The six industries that are crucial to sustainable economic development
PRI study: ESG factors influence countries’ economic development and sovereign debt
Kenya prepares to host major ecotourism event
http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2013/09/26/un-forum-launched-to-boost-sustainable-development/
- “energy For All”: Un Includes Access To Energy In New Sustainable Development Goals
Credit: United Nations Sustainable Development Summit. For more information, visit http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/. On Friday, the UN adopted an ambitious set of Sustainable Development Goals. These goals replace the Millennium Development...
- Africa's Future Lies In A Green Energy Grid
By Stephen Leahy* UXBRIDGE, Canada, Dec 14, 2010 (IPS) - Development in Africa could falter as climate change grips the continent, increasing the length and severity of droughts and floods by altering precipitation patterns, among other impacts. The...
- Unbelievably Funny - Greenies Must Oppose Immigration
Migration ‘harmful’ to Earth THE growing number of people who migrated from developing countries to over-populated Western states in search of a better life was damaging the planet and could be avoided, a think-tank said today. Governments and aid...
- Green Economy
What is Green Economy? Green Economy is the economy wherein sustainable society exists with zero carbon emissions and a one-planet footprint. Here, naturally restored renewable resources are utilized to acquire energy. A green economy is applicable...
- Dewa To Issue Tenders For 800 Mw Solar Pv Plant In Dubai
Article originally published in solar.energy-business-review.com/, on April 20th, 2015 The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is planning to issue tenders for the 800MW third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, in the third...