20 October 2016
David Nabarro, UNSG Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, speaks about what he calls the “toughest job” for any human being
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2030 Agenda, Ban Ki-moon, David Nabarro, SDGs, Secretary-General, Special Advisor, sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, UN, United Nations
23 July 2014
“The post-2015 development agenda won’t be achieved without a close partnership with the industries that promote growth and jobs”- Ban Ki-moon
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Ban Ki-moon, cleaner production, environmental sustainability, inclusive and sustainable industrial development, Lima Declaration, partnership with the industries, Post-2015 Development Agenda, resource efficiency, UNIDO General Conference, United Nations
24 February 2012
Corinne Schoch asks if militarizing climate change might harm those communities most affected by the problem
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged Africa, agricultural yields, Al Gore, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, climate change, Climate Change Group, Cold War, Corinne Schoch, Darfur crisis, development, economic downturn, economy, environment, global security community, green industry, HIV/AIDS, human security, humanitarian responsibility, IIED, Industrial Development Organization, institutions, International Institute for Environment and Development, international security, IPCC, issue 9, Making It, migration, militarizing climate change, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, our low-carbon future, policy, political instability, poor governance, population, productivity, resource efficiency, resources, social cohesion, sustainable industry, UN Security Council, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, water resources
4 June 2010
Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), reckons, “It is incumbent on every country and every organization, including the United Nations, to first measure, and then measure down, its environmental impact.”
And it seems that the rest of the UN is starting to get the message.
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Ban Ki-moon, eco-building, Greening the Blue, Montenegro, UN and climate change, UNEP, United Nations, World Environment Day
30 March 2010
According to Kandeh K. Yumkella and Leena Srivastava, energy access is the ‘missing’ MDG that will end the poverty trap.
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Ban Ki-moon, business, climate, climate change, demand-side policies, development, development programme, Director-General, financing, GHG mitigation, Global, IEA, India, Industrial Development Organization, International, international energy agency, IPCC, Issue 2, MDG, Millennium Development Goals, NGO, policy, poverty reduction, private sector, renewable energy, Srivastava, TERI, UN, UNDP, UNIDO, United Nations, Yumkella
7 December 2009
Interview with Hélène Pelosse, Interim Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Posted in All Posts, Features, Policy Brief | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Ban Ki-moon, Bangladesh, development, electricity, energy, financing, Grameen Shakti, Hélène Pelosse, India, IRENA, Morocco, production, renewable energy, UN, United Nations