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MARRAKECH: Ban hails 'new dawn of cooperation on climate change,' urges action on Paris accord
Ten days after the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on climate change, world leaders showed strong support for the implementation of this agreement at the opening of the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, (COP 22) today.
MARRAKECH: Cities are striving to play key role in implementing Paris climate accord
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP 22), put its spotlight today on cities, towns and regions around the world that are striving to play a key role in implementing the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on 4 November, including by reducing their carbon emissions.
MARRAKECH: UN conference spotlights water, the ‘first victim’ of climate change, as part of the solution
In a first for United Nations climate change conferences, a special day was devoted to action on water issues, providing stakeholders gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, for the so-called ‘COP 22’ an opportunity spotlight water as a way of providing solutions to help implement the Paris Agreement.
UN released two million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015 latest "Greening the Blue" report shows
In the latest edition of the United Nations report on the organization’s greenhouse gas emissions, the world body announced that it emitted two million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2015 and that a total of 28 UN system entities took systematic approaches to improve their environmental performance, all part of its commitment to become climate neutral by 2020.
MARRAKECH: "The eyes of the world are upon us", chair of UN conference says as new round of climate talks opens
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as ‘COP 22,’ opened today in Marrakech, Morocco, just days after the entry into force of the landmark Paris Agreement which has now been ratified by 100 countries. “This conference comes within a climate of hope and of legitimate aspirations for all of humanity,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco, Salaheddine Mezouar.
On historic day for climate action, Ban urges sustained momentum for better, safer future
As the Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for the same determination going forward to implement the Agreement as well as to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The X session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme finished in Moscow
The 10th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme for young specialists from developing countries and countries in transition has been successfully implemented from 3rd to 28th of October 2016 according to the strategy and objectives of the approved Terms of Reference 2016.
The young scientist’s innovation brings clean air and clean profit
On October 27th in the framework of “Open innovations” forum the winner of the second All-Russian competition of implemented innovative projects in the field of energy “The Energy of Breakthrough” Mikhail Chernetskiy will be awarded.
Mikhail is a senior research fellow at The Institute of Thermal Physics under the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences.
