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International Congress REENCON-XXI “Renewable Energy XXI century: energy and economic efficiency”
International Congress REENCON-XXI «Renewable Energy XXI century: energy and economic efficiency” will be held on 13-14 October 2016 in Moscow.
The Congress is an initiative of the Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research University “Higher School of Economics” and the International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO.
As 71st General Assembly opens, new President pledges to ‘turn the wheels’ on implementing 17 Global Goals
The United Nations General Assembly today opened its 71st session, with an emphasis on ensuring that implementation of the new global development goals, adopted by its 193 Member States last year, is well underway.
“The 70th Session launched the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals], and for integrity’s sake the 71st must be the year we witness the wheels turning on the implementation of all 17 SDGs,” the President of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson, said as he took an oath of office before proceeding to open the new session.
Applications are now being accepted for the international competition for best project in the field of energy conservation and energy efficiency
The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, jointly with the UNDP-GEF Project "Building energy efficiency in the North-West of Russia,” organizes the 2nd international competition for the best project in the field of energy conservation and energy efficiency among students and postgraduates of higher education institutions in the Russian Federation (RF), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and the countries of the European Union (EU).
2016 on pace to be hottest year ever as climate change trends reach ‘new climax’– UN
Global temperatures for the first six months of this year reached new highs, setting 2016 on track to be the hottest-ever on record, the United Nations weather agency said today.
“Another month, another record. And another. And another. Decades-long trends of climate change are reaching new climaxes, fuelled by the strong 2015/2016 El Niño,” said World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Petteri Taalas in a press release.
UN chief invites leaders to fast-track ratification of Paris climate deal
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and speed up the process to restrict greenhouse gas emissions.
The Secretary-General invited world leaders to a special event on 21 September to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
UN chief launches first report to track Sustainable Development Goals
Launching the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals report on the new global development agenda adopted last year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the 15-year undertaking is “off to a good start” but will require all parts of the UN family and its partners to work together.
“We have embarked on a monumental and historic journey,” the Secretary-General told the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which opened on 11 July and ends on 20 July, at the UN Headquarters in New York.
New five-year strategy will drive action for SDG7 and Paris Agreement
Sustainable Energy for All – the global, multi-stakeholder platform that played a core role in putting universal access to modern energy services at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris climate agreement – is shifting gear with a new five-year strategy that will drive action and deliver on those promises.
The Strategic Framework for Results 2016-21, titled ‘Going Further, Faster’, was strongly welcomed today by Sustainable Energy for All’s Advisory Board of high-level figures from the public and private sectors and civil society, co-chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.
ISEDC took part at First UNESCO Science Centres Coordination Meeting in Beijing, China
First UNESCO Science Centres Coordination Meeting took place in the Beijing Conference Centre in China from 16 to 18 May 2016.
ISEDC Executive Director Yury Posysaev attended the meeting co-hosted by UNESCO, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
