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Promoting Investments in Small to Medium Scale Renewable Energy Technologies in the Electricity Sector of Guinea Bissau
The GEF-UNIDO project addresses the existing energy challenges of Guinea Bissau by promoting renewable energy investments in the electricity sector. The combined and integrated interventions in the areas of technology demonstration, policy support and capacity...
Renewable Energy for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development: The Case of Biomass Gasification
Biomass is an essential renewable energy source for a low carbon energy future on a global scale. Biomass resource potentials are large enough to deliver about a quarter (i.e. 200-300 EJ) of the world’s future energy supply.
With Austrian funding, UNIDO to help establish Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 19 December 2014 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of Austrian Development Cooperation, today signed a 1.3 million Euro funding agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE).
The Daily Show – SIDS at the UN Climate Summit
The Warm Ultimatum Aired: 09/29/14 The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive Source: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/fypzwc/the-warm-ultimatum
Renewable Energy Projects in Developing World Offered Attractive Funding Options
Abu Dhabi: A UAE decision to ease its loan terms for renewable energy projects in developing countries will help many rural communities across the globe get easier access to energy solutions and take up anti-deforestation projects. Six clean energy projects funded by...
Call for Expressions of Interest: Consultancy on Forest resource assessment for the ECOWAS Region
Post Title: Comprehensive assessment of forest and associated resources in the ECOWAS region Type of Contract: International Consultant Duration: 120 working days Duty Station: Home based/ Occasional travels in the region Expected Start date: As...
Small islands crown Sylvia Earle “First Lady of the Oceans”
9 September 2014, Apia, Samoa: Sylvia Earle, explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, has been called the “Sturgeon General,” the “Joan of Arc of the Oceans,” “Hero for the Planet,” and “Her Deepness.” In Samoa, she was crowned the “First Lady of the...
Of Land- and Sea-Lockedness, and the Pursuit of Happiness
FROM THE ASTANA (KAZAKHSTAN) TIMES - BY ERLAN IDRISSOV in OPINIONS on 11 SEPTEMBER In 1997, Jared Diamond wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book called “Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.” The book explained in easily understandable yet well-argued...