May 22, 2012
- The Training of Trainers Workshop, organized jointly by UNITAR, UNDP and the South African Government, equipped selected participants from the African region with the necessary skills and knowledge necessary to negotiate effectively on climate change related issues, including green finance, adaptation, international mitigation agreements, and technology transfer, and to in turn, equip others with these skills through effective training.
May 17, 2012
- [Biz-Community] Meeting in Bonn, the 195 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) started to negotiate a new global pact - to be enacted by 2015 - that, for the first time, will place rich and poor under a common legal regime to tackle climate change, Times Live reports.
CDKN’s Country Project Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, Patricia León, attended the Resilient Cities Congress in Bonn. Here, she gives her impressions of the key debates and how they relate to CDKN’s experience supporting climate compatible development at both local and national level.
CDKN is proud to be an endorsing partner of the third Resilient Cities Congress. Resilient Cities is...
May 16, 2012
- [Greenpeace] It was announced yesterday that Eskom's funding plan to 2017 had been approved. The utility company will spend R201.6 billion over the coming period, with R65 billlion budgeted for this year.
May 15, 2012
- The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program's (ESMAP) annual report highlights key achievements in 2011, including: informing World Bank lending to facilitate scaling up concentrated solar power in the Middle East and North Africa; production of low carbon growth studies for South Africa, India and Poland; and delivery of country-specific ‘market transformation’ strategies to help plan for large-scale integration of renewable energy for India, Mexico, and Peru.
May 14, 2012
- This workshop is convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). It aims to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs), and will include one day of training on the application of EBSA criteria, as well as a four-day workshop. The workshop will include CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points in the Southern Indian Ocean region:...
May 11, 2012
El último lote de madera aserrada proveniente de los bosques de turbera en Indragiri Hulu,...
May 10, 2012
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A group of leading companies and non-governmental organizations have embarked on a new partnership in Brazil today to incorporate ecosystem services into business strategies. The Parceria Empresarial pelos Serviços Ecossistêmicos...
May 9, 2012
- South Africa confiscates assets worth nearly $7m (£4m) from three suspected rhino poachers - two of whom are vets, police say.
The last batch of sawnwood from the peat forest in Indragiri Hulu, Riau Province....