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2014-08-07 | UNEP, Japan Launch Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership
The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Japanese Ministry of Environment have launched 'the Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership,' aimed at bringing together existing regional initiatives to provide...
2014-08-07 | UNAI, CFR Host Discussion on Hydraulic Fracturing
A discussion on the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing was hosted by the UN Academic Impact (UNAI) and the US Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The event examined the potential extent and consequences of the US hydraulic fracturing boom...
2014-08-06 | Event: 75th Session of the UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management
The seventy-fifth session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Housing and Land Management (CHLM) will review the current and past activities of the Committee and its Working Parties. The range of topics to be discussed...
2014-08-06 | Event: 10th WTO Ministerial Conference
The 10th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference is expected to meet in December 2015. The Ministerial Conference is the topmost decision-making body of the WTO. It usually meets every two years, and brings together all members of the...
2014-08-05 | Event: Expo 2017: Future Energy
The international Expo 2017 will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, and will aim to promote the most appropriate and viable sustainability-driven action plans to address the possibilities of future energy. The Expo, organized under the theme 'Future...
2014-08-05 | July 2014 Climate Finance Update
During July 2014, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have reported on climate investments. Both the African Development Bank (AfDB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced...
2014-08-05 | July 2014 Sustainable Energy Finance Update
During the month of July, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Inter-American Development Bank (...
2014-08-05 | Event: B4E Climate Summit 2014
The 2014 Business For the Environment (B4E) Climate Summit will be held under the theme 'Moving towards a Restorative Economy'. The day-long event will feature cross-sector working groups on energy, water and forestry, which will help delegates form...
2014-08-05 | Event: Caribbean Regional Workshop on Sustainable Energy Project Development
The Organization of America States' (OAS) Department of Sustainable Development, as the executing agency for the Sustainable Energy Capacity Building Initiative (SECBI) under the framework of the Energy and Climate of the Americas (ECPA), is hosting...
2014-08-05 | SE4ALL Outlines Costs and Path to Universal Energy Access
The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) has published a white paper titled ‘Power for All – The Energy Access Imperative,' which describes an initiative by d.light, a for-profit social enterprise that designs, manufactures and distributes solar...