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Treaties, Goals and Action
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As delegates in Doha, Qatar, are considering how to advance the agreement reached last year in Durban, South Africa, a number of other events in the past fortnight have also considered the question of how to spur international cooperation for sustainable development. More. |
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D., Manager, Knowledge Management Projects, IISD Reporting Services |
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Momentum for Change: Recognizing Climate Action on the Ground
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Momentum for Change provides a platform to showcase activities from around the world that have been successful at either reducing greenhouse gas emissions or assisting communities to adapt to the consequences of climate change, while benefitting the urban poor. More. |
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Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
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Empowering Rural Areas: A Springboard to Sustainable Development
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There is a compelling argument for the need to think, and act, outside the traditional urban/rural box. We need to take a strategic step, and make sure that the rural economy is on the global agenda. In particular, it should be a focus of economic reconstruction, as one possible solution to the current jobs crisis. More. |
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Loretta De Luca, Coordinator, Rural Employment and Decent Work Programme, International Labour Organization (ILO) |
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Kenya and Morocco: Breaking a Trail to Step Up Affordable Green Power
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The African continent boasts abundant renewable energy potential in the form of water, wind, sun and biofuel stocks. Much of this potential remains largely untapped and the level of electrification and generation is inadequate. More. |
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Mafalda Duarte, CIF Coordinator and Chief Climate Change Specialist, African Development Bank (AfDB) |
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First Global Soil Week Will Urge Stakeholders To Take Actions For Soils: They Are Crucial For Life!
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Managing soils in a sustainable way is essential in the fight against hunger. This is particularly true with regard to the poorest people in the world, as their survival often hinges on the soils that are most severely degraded. But arable land is very limited. More. |
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Alexander Müller, Assistant Director-General, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO, Jes Weigelt, Project Leader, Global Soil Forum, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam |
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First Global Soil Week Discusses UNCSD's Call for Land Degradation Neutral World
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26 November 2012: The first Global Soil Week took place within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership, and served as a platform to initiate follow up on the land and soil-related decisions of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). More. Photo: Participants at the first Global Soil Week posed for a photo outside the Scandic Hotel. Photo credit: Agentur StandArt. |
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CFSSD 8 Calls for Elevating Africa-RIM to High-Level Regional Forum
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26 November 2012: The eighth Session of the UN Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD 8) concluded with the adoption of the Africa-RIM Outcome Document, which will serve as Africa's collective input to the 20th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 20). More. Photo: L-R: David R.L. Luke, Rapporteur, Malawi; Sami R.S. Sabry, First Vice-Chair, Egypt; Chair Lazare Makayat Safousse, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Marjon Mamara, Second Vice-Chair, Liberia |
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MOP 24 Adopts 19 Substantive Decisions, Fails to Reach Agreement on HFC Amendment
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16 November 2012: The 24th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 24) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted 19 substantive and 11 procedural decisions. Decisions addressed, inter alia: the review by the Scientific Assessment Panel of RC-316c; procedural issues related to the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel and its subsidiary bodies; budget; and data and compliance issues. More. |
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43rd GEF Council Approves Work Program
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15 November 2012: The 43rd Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council adopted a Work Program that amounts to US$174 million and aims to benefit 63 countries. More. |
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IISD RS is covering the following events during the Doha Climate Change Conference - November 2012: 
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