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Environment & Energy

18 November 2009
Kenyans, Moroccan receive top awards for Africa photo contest

The winning photographs of a contest organized by UNDP feature environmentalists planting trees in a water catchment area in Kenya, Moroccan women turning plastic bags into handbags as part of a fair trade project, and a Kenyan couple planting a tree on their wedding day.
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18 November 2009
Hunger is the lack of rain

With funds from the UNDP-Spain MDG Achievement Fund, six UN agencies are helping a Mozambican district to adapt to climate change. 


17 November 2009
UNDP in Bangladesh

UNDP is supporting the Government of Bangladesh to sustain and build on the achievements of the last decade and to remain on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

10 November 2009
UNDP, Spain sign new multi-year strategic partnership

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Spain's Secretary of State for International Cooperation signed a multi-year Strategic Partnership Agreement for close to €400 million.
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04 November 2009
Solar panels at UNDP's Bratislava Regional Centre

The solar station is one of the first UN buildings to install solar panels on its roof.


03 November 2009
Religions take a bold step towards a low-carbon future

Nine of the world’s major religions today announced new, concrete actions to tackle climate change.


23 October 2009
Jewish Climate Change Campaign launched with vegetable oil-powered bus

UN Representatives gathered outside their headquarters in New York to send off a vegetable oil-powered bus on a cross-country tour.


23 October 2009
In Nigeria, CFCs will soon be a thing of the past

Refrigerators and air conditioners that use ozone-depleting substances are rapidly being phased out with support from UNDP. 
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19 October 2009
Climate change financing: New challenges for Latin America

Latin America needs enhanced capacities to face a new climate change regime, especially key financial mechanisms that make possible national efforts to reduce the impact of climate change, curb greenhouse gas emissions and enable the transfer of new green technologies.
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19 October 2009
UNDP helps to set up solar villages in Benin

For 308 residents in rural Benin, it is now easy to light their homes, charge their mobile telephones and even access educational community television.


16 October 2009
In Gabon, employment and environmental protection go hand in hand

A few years on, residents in disadvantaged areas of Libreville no longer look twice at the men and women wearing overalls, boots and protective masks as they push their wheelbarrows full of bin bags through the streets of the capital.
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12 October 2009
UNDP launches its "Water Governance Programme for Arab States"

The programme aims to support regional efforts to improve the effective management and use of scarce water resources in the Arab States.
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09 October 2009
Africa comes together in Burkina to talk about climate change

The Global Forum on Sustainable Development, to be held here from 9 to 11 October, will enable sub-Saharan Africa to continue to consolidate its views on climate change.
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02 October 2009
30 global leaders sign declaration before next climate agreement

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and United Nations officials joined 30 global leaders at the closing of the Governors’ Global Climate Summit 2 to sign a declaration committing to work on the next global climate agreement being negotiated in Copenhagen this December.
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30 September 2009
Schwarzenegger, UN open Governors' Global Climate Summit 2

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and United Nations officials welcomed more than 1,200 attendees from more than 70 states, provinces and countries to the largest gathering of regional leaders focused on climate solutions.
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