UNIDO
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), at its 63rd session on 24 November 2008, approved by consensus a draft resolution calling for urgent global action to address climate change.
In the draft resolution, the UNGA would, inter alia, stress the seriousness of climate change, call for full implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and recognize the need to provide financial and technical resources.
The Second Committee...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 June 2009: The International Energy Conference 2009, held in Vienna, Austria, from 22-24 June 2009, concluded with a call for a shift to low-carbon green industries, as well as increased energy investment.
The Conference was organized around the theme “Towards an Integrated Energy Agenda Beyond 2020: Securing Sustainable Policies and Investments,” and was co-organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, the Global...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 July 2010: A new regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) opened in Praia, Cape Verde, on 6 July. The Centre is supported by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Governments of Austria, Cape Verde and Spain, as well as through a special partnership between Brazil and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
ECREEE, a specialized agency of ECOWAS, will help develop renewable energy and energy efficiency markets in West Africa. It...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
November 2010: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has published the fourth issue of its magazine, “Making It: Industry for Development,” with the theme “On track to prosperity?” The issue focuses on the challenge facing the world’s 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly the importance of strengthening productive capacity, and it attempts to define the issues faced by these countries and to identify the solutions. The magazine includes articles on: helping LDCs,...
