COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
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Nigeria: Ministry Begins Legislative Agenda On Climate Resilience
Under fresh moves to have legislative backing for the Nigeria's Intended National Determined Contributions (INDCs) and ensure National Assembly embrace the global fight against climate change, environmentalists
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Government moves to tackle e-waste pollution
Authorities impose stringent regulations on workshops whose activities damage the ecosystem, report Zheng Jinran in Beijing and Qiu Quanlin in Shantou, Guangdong province. Guiyu, a township in Guangdong
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Global warming set to cost the world economy £1.5 trillion by 2030 as it becomes too hot to work
Global warming will cost the world economy more than £1.5 trillion a year in lost productivity by 2030 as it becomes too hot to work in many jobs, according to a major new report. In just 14 years'
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State Action Plan of Climate Change launched in Uttarakhand
DEHRADUN : State Action Plan of Climate Change(SAPCC) which has been approved by the Government of India was formally launched in Uttarakhand on Monday with a workshop held among the stakeholders. The
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Nigeria: BoI Commissions N32 Million Solar Power in Kaduna
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has commissioned a N32 million solar power project in a community in Kaduna State. The 24KW micro-grid solar system located at Charwa/Chakun in Makarfi Local Government Area
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New Global Partnership for Preparedness launched
A major new partnership to better prepare countries and communities for disasters is being launched today atthe World Humanitarian Summitas a united response to a continuing rise in humanitarian emergencies.
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International Solar Alliance gathers steam, summit in New Delhi next year
The International Solar Alliance , led by France and India, is bringing together investors and financers in high-profile events in New Delhi, Kenya, Peru and Indonesia - countries with high solar potential
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Burning bright: UNDP and GEF in the tiger landscape
This publication highlights the unique contribution of ten GEF financed, UNDP supported projects in six tiger range countries (Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand), demonstrating how
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Egypt opens first fossil and climate change museum in Middle East
Egypt opened its rare fossils museum, The Fossils and Climate Change Museum, to allow visitors to go back in time to an ancient era, when using nature’s resources was the only way to survive. As the
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S wept under the carpet: Climate change remains little-known threat in K-P
Climate change is a subject that is not widely discussed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa even though spending in this regard has increased by 88% over the last four years from Rs13 billion to Rs24.4 billion.