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Top 250 firms emit third of CO2; few have strong goals to cut: study
The world’s 250 biggest listed companies account for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions yet few have strong goals to limit rising temperatures, a study showed on Tuesday. Coal India, Gazprom and Exxon Mobil topped the list when measuring carbon dioxide emitted by companies and by consumers using their products, it said.
The results of the first half of the 11th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme
During the second week of the UNESCO/ISEDC Сo-Sponsored Fellowships Programme fellows studied the course related to municipal and industrial energy management. ISEDC partners became the lecturers of the course in the framework of the Programme, namely leading experts of UNDP-GEF Project “Building energy efficiency in the North-West of Russia”, Mr. Vitaly Bekker and Mr. Andrey Dodonov.
Audrey Azoulay nominated by UNESCO Executive Board for the post of Director-General
The 58 members of UNESCO’s Executive Board on 13 October nominated Audrey Azoulay of France for the position of Director-General of the Organization, replacing outgoing Director-General Irina Bokova. The nomination will be submitted to the vote of the General Conference that brings together all 195 Member States of the Organization every two years on 10 November.
UN chief lauds Dominica's vision to become first climate-resilient nation after recent devastation
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Dominica on Sunday, taking stock of the immense damage caused by Hurricane Maria last month and the relief efforts underway, as well as paying tribute to its leaders for their vision to not only rebuild but to become the world's first climate-resilient nation.
UNESCO’s Executive Board to nominate a new Director-General for the Organization during its 202nd session
The 58 members of UNESCO’s Executive Board will hold their 202nd session from 4 to 18 October, presided by Michael Worbs (Germany), Chairperson of the Executive Board, at UNESCO’s Headquarters.
The topical issues of energy efficiency, energy management and sustainable energy development to be studied by international experts in the framework of the 11th session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme 2017
On October 2, 2017 the XI session of the UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme for specialists from developing countries and countries in transition officially started up at the premises of International Sustainable Energy Development Centre under the auspices of UNESCO.
World leaders commit to tackling global education crisis that is holding back millions of children and threatening progress and stability
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres; United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; heads of state of France, Norway, Malawi and Senegal; and other global education leaders today committed to tackling the global ‘education crisis’ holding back millions of children and threatening progress, at a high-level event in New York City.
Who will pay for the effects of climate change on small islands?
Climate scientists have long made it clear that higher temperatures, higher sea levels will weave together to super-charge storms. Our heartfelt sympathies, solidarity and prayers go to the people of Texas and Florida who were pummelled first by Hurricane Harvey and second by Hurricane Irma, in this Atlantic hurricane season with multiple Category-5 storms in a single week.
