Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP and UN Women from the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker. The tracker, which includes over 2,500 …
Authorities impose stringent regulations on workshops whose activities damage the ecosystem, report Zheng Jinran in Beijing and Qiu Quanlin in Shantou, Guangdong province. Guiyu, a township in Guangdong province, has developed a cleaner, healthier atmosphere since strict restrictions on the disposal of electronic waste－including televisions, air conditioners, washing machines, cellphones …
Global warming will cost the world economy more than £1.5 trillion a year in lost productivity by 2030 as it becomes too hot to work in many jobs, according to a major new report. In just 14 years' time in India, where some jobs are already shared by two people …
DEHRADUN : State Action Plan of Climate Change(SAPCC) which has been approved by the Government of India was formally launched in Uttarakhand on Monday with a workshop held among the stakeholders. The plans which would require Rs 8,800 crore will be implemented in two phases , three years each. Out …
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has commissioned a N32 million solar power project in a community in Kaduna State. The 24KW micro-grid solar system located at Charwa/Chakun in Makarfi Local Government Area was initiated to develop the community which has been off the national grid. The solar electrification project developed …
A major new partnership to better prepare countries and communities for disasters is being launched today atthe World Humanitarian Summitas a united response to a continuing rise in humanitarian emergencies. The new global partnership for preparedness (GPP) is led by the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Ministers of Finance of …
The International Solar Alliance , led by France and India, is bringing together investors and financers in high-profile events in New Delhi, Kenya, Peru and Indonesia - countries with high solar potential in three different continents. The next investment summit is scheduled for February 2017 in New Delhi, after which …
This publication highlights the unique contribution of ten GEF financed, UNDP supported projects in six tiger range countries (Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand), demonstrating how conservation activities in tiger habitat can accomplish more than the preservation of one iconic wildlife species. The comprehensive approach our projects employ, based …
Egypt opened its rare fossils museum, The Fossils and Climate Change Museum, to allow visitors to go back in time to an ancient era, when using nature’s resources was the only way to survive. As the first of its kind, not only in Egypt but also in Middle East, the …
Climate change is a subject that is not widely discussed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa even though spending in this regard has increased by 88% over the last four years from Rs13 billion to Rs24.4 billion. While this matter is brushed under the carpet, weather anomalies under the El Nino effect have drastically …
More than 900 tonnes of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in 12 contaminated sites have been destroyed over five years via a POP elimination project funded by the UNDP. The project "Building Capacity to Eliminate POP Pesticide Stockpiles in Viet Nam" was launched in 2010 by the Ministry of Natural Resources …
Paris — Cross River known for its support for forest conservation wants the review of the REDD scheme to meet community aspirations. The state also plans to establish green police to grow new trees and safeguard existing forest. BOTHERED that the implementation of the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation …
Myanmar has launched the country's first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve -- Inle Lake in Shan state, opening a new chapter in its commitment to bio-diversity and eco-system conservation, official media reported Friday. Inle Lake was designated as Myanmar's first biosphere reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Bioshpere (MAB) program in Paris …
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released new guidelines on Tuesday to assist countries in better conserving and sustainably using genetic resources for food and agriculture in times of climate change. "Genetic resources for food and agriculture encompass the diversity of plants, animals, forests, aquatic resources, micro-organisms and invertebrates that …
An indigenous community in East Kalimantan has won a prestigious environmental award from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for its persistent efforts to protect its forest from being turned into coal mines and oil palm plantations. The Dayak Benuaq tribe from Muara Tae village in West Kutai, East Kalimantan, …
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has published a report that showcases the experiences and knowledge generated through the various UNDP initiatives on adaptation, and how countries have been working on national initiatives to transition to green, inclusive, climate-resilient development paths. The report, titled 'Empowering the Poor: Experience from UNDP supported …
Wildlife poaching in Africa has become an issue of major concern with increasing numbers of animals being hunted and killed, even in wildlife conservation areas. Various animals, such as elephants and rhinos are being hunted and killed for their ivory mostly. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reports, …
DEHRADUN: Two years after the devastating floods in Uttarakhand, with three months to go before the UN-led climate conference in Paris, a workshop on 'Stocktaking for Sub-National Adaptation Planning' was held on Wednesday at the Wildlife Institute of India. The Uttarakhand Action Plan on Climate Change (UAPCC), submitted to the …
The Environmental Foundation for Africa (EFA), with technical help from the Environmental Resource Management (ERM) Foundation, yesterday launched a report on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and forest fragmentation in Africa. The ceremony took place at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office on Wilkinson Road in Freetown. Chairperson at …
In the eastern highlands of Manicaland province, crudely built wood, mud, and thatch hovels cling perilously to the mountainsides. The illegal homes, the government says, belong to migrants who have fled drought-prone areas of the province in search of fertile soil and good rains. And they are growing in number …
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that no new Ebola cases were reported during the most recent reporting period in Sierra Leone for the first time since the beginning of the outbreak in West Africa, thanks to strong community involvement and the thorough work of rapid response …
