ECOWAS High level Forum and the First International Off-grid Renewable Energy ConferenceeventThe Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in cooperation with the Global Forum for Sustainable Energy (GSFE) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), are organizing a High Level Forum on the theme: “Paving the Way for Sustainable Energy for All in West Africa...
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Transitions to Low Carbon Energy Systems: Which Pathways to Energy Access for All?eventThis workshop is being organized by the Low Carbon Energy for Development Network and hosted by the University of Sussex, UK. It will reflect on the outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and consider how low-carbon development can simultaneously address energy access, poverty reduction, human...
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012eventThe Congress theme will be Nature+, a slogan that captures the fundamental importance of nature and its inherent link to every aspect of people's lives. The Congress will explore many of the most pressing environmental and development challenges from this perspective and how strong and resilient nature is intricately linked...
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Water scarcity in the tropical Andes: Population growth outweighs climate changenewsAs the Earth’s surface warms, climate models predict that the amount of fresh water for human consumption will likely decrease in parts of the globe. While that prospect looms for many cities around the world, a new study finds a more imminent threat to water supplies of cities in the...
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WMO Considers Draft Implementation Plan for Global Framework for Climate ServicesnewsAt its 64th session the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which took place from 25 June to 3 July 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, was adopted a draft implementation plan for the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). It aims to increase the availability, accuracy and relevance of...
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Mountain Voice for change that mattersnewsOver 200 delegates from Indian eleven mountain States at Gangtok in Sikkim deliberated on mountain issues related to water, livelihoods and Communities & forests of the Indian Himalayan region at the Indian Mountain Initiative summit II, held from 25 to 26 May 2012 at Gangtok, Sikkim in India. In his...
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