UNDP Rwanda/Alice Kayibanda

New energy security framework will help meet growing needs in East Africa, sustainably – UN economic wing

21 November 2018

Backed by the United Nations, countries in eastern Africa have launched a new energy security framework to help tackle growing challenges over energy access and availability in the region.

Innovative alternatives to hugely costly power stations are a potential game-changer for Least Developed Countries.

Jonathan Ernst/World Bank

Poorer states look to power ahead through innovation

22 November 2017

General News

Energy is key to global development but the world’s poorest nations fare up to six times worse than their more industrialised counterparts when it comes to accessing the vital resource, the UN warned on Wednesday.

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World Bank/Dana Smillie

UN chief Guterres highlights importance of sustainable energy in message to EXPO 2017

10 June 2017

Climate and Environment

Underlining the importance of energy, in particular for realizing the Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to ensure that everyone has access to clean, affordable and efficient energy so that they can rise to their full potential.

World Bank/Dana Smillie

UN report assesses ‘huge benefits’ and challenges of green energy revolution

12 May 2017

The latest United Nations report on energy-efficiency technologies shows that low-carbon technologies apparently aid clean air, save water and cut land use, and could reduce 25 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and 17 million tonnes of particulates a year.

UN News/Liz Scaffidi

Climate deal has world on pathway to a clean energy future

5 April 2017

General News

Countries worldwide are on an “unceasing march” towards a clean energy future, according to a senior official with the UN Foundation.

Peter Ogden is Vice President for Energy, Climate and the Environment at the Foundation, which works to broaden support for the UN.

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World Bank/Dana Smillie

Renewable energy sources could be cheaper than fossil fuels within 10 years – UN-backed report

3 April 2017

Climate and Environment

A new United Nations-backed report has revealed overwhelming consensus that renewable power will dominate in the future, with many experts saying that even large international corporations are increasingly choosing renewable energy products either from utilities or through direct investment in their own generating capacity.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s "Cash for Work" initiative partners with the Sant Triyaj Fatra Kafoufey recycling factory in Port-au-Prince to turn paper trash collected from the streets into briquettes. The paper briquettes can be used

FAO calls for “greener” charcoal production

21 March 2017

General News

Making charcoal manufacturing more efficient can help address climate change and improve rural livelihoods.

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UN Photo/Logan Abassi

Greener energy for a third of the world bodes well for all, says UN on International Forest Day

21 March 2017

Climate and Environment

Cautioning the impact of human activity such as practices use of woodfuel on world’s forests, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for better wood-energy conversions technologies and more sustainable management of forests so that everyone benefits.

UNFCCC

Political will “absolutely” exists to implement climate agreement

22 November 2016

General News

The political will to implement an international climate agreement “absolutely” exists, according to the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy.

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