IAEA at COP23 Bats for Nuclear Energy Based Mitigation
Bonn (ABC Live): Nuclear Energy Based Mitigation : The goal of limiting the global temperature increase to well below 2˚C requires new climate policies, investment incentives, and a massive adoption of...
View ArticleKnow WTO Agriculture Negotiations on Export Subsidies
New Delhi (ABC Live): WTO Agriculture Negotiations on Export Subsidies : Some countries were proposing the total elimination of all forms of export subsidies, in some cases with a deep reductions right...
View ArticleCDM Holds Key to Paris Climate Change Agreement
UN Climate Change News, Bonn (ABC Live): CDM : The value of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) seems clear — it is even inspiring innovative proposals for how it can help make green finance truly...
View ArticleChina All Set to Unveil Green Technology Bank at COP23
UN Climate Change, Bonn (ABC Live): :Green Technology Bank : On Saturday, experts at the annual UN Climate Conference will outline how the Green Technology Bank, a key initiative of China focused on...
View ArticleFAO Calls for Resources for Agriculture Sector at COP23
Bonn (ABC Live): FAO : Investing faster and further in agricultural climate action and to support the sustainable livelihoods of small-scale farmers will unlock much greater potential to curb...
View ArticleEnvironment Leaders Organize Energy Day at the COP23
Bonn, Germany (ABC Live): Energy Day : Leaders from a wide range of sectors came together on Friday at Energy Day at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn to announce a new set of initiatives to...
View ArticleUN Elects 4 New Judges for International Court of Justice
THE HAGUE (ABC Live): International Court of Justice : The General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations yesterday elected four Members of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for...
View ArticleWMO Signs Agreement with UNFCCC for Cooperation
Bonn (ABC Live): WMO : The World Meteorological Organization has signed an agreement with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) secretariat to boost cooperation in a number of important...
View ArticleCOP23 Discusses Funding Developing Countries for Mitigation
Bonn (ABC Live); COP23 : The urgent need to raise the finances to meet the funding goals of the Paris Agreement, especially to support action by developing countries, took center stage Monday at the...
View ArticleWorld Antibiotic Awareness Week Starts
New York (ABC Live): World Antibiotic Awareness Week : As World Antibiotic Awareness Week began on Monday, the United Nations, through its Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health...
View ArticleUN Proposes to Establish UN Road Safety Fund
New York (ABC Live):UN Road Safety Fund :Calling for greater efforts to reduce road traffic deaths worldwide, the United Nations envoy for road safety on Monday stressed that a proposed UN fund, along...
View ArticleUN Bats for Stern Actions Against Paradise Papers
New Delhi (ABC Live): Paradise Papers : Ratings agencies must downgrade businesses responsible for unethical practices such as tax evasion carried out through off-shore-registered companies, two...
View ArticleInternational Conference on CPPNM Begins in Vienna
Vienna (ABC Live): CPPNM : The International Conference on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities commenced at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna today, bringing together more...
View Article10 Science Must Knows Climate Change At COP23
Bonn (ABC Live);10 Science Must Knows Climate Change : As global temperatures climb higher, Earth is approaching tipping points that threaten human security, warn scientists in a new statement to...
View ArticleIIGCC Confirms New Programme on Disclosure of Climate Risk
Bonn (ABC Live): IIGCC : The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) confirmed today that it is building a new in-depth ‘Investor Practices’ programme to help asset owners and managers...
View ArticleUNSC Lifts Partial Somalia Arms Embargo
New York (ABC Live): Somalia Arms Embargo : The Security Council on Tuesday renewed until 15 November 2018 the partial lifting of the arms embargo on Somalia, authorization for maritime interdiction of...
View ArticleILO Confirms 152 Million Child Labour Force in World
Buenos Aires (ABC Live): Child Labour : An estimated 152 million children around the world work, a practice that the international community at a United Nations co-organized conference in Buenos Aires,...
View ArticleWorld Diabetes Day Bats for Essential Medicines for All
New Delhi (ABC Live): World Diabetes Day : On World Diabetes Day, the United Nations health agency has said that women – especially those in low-income countries – are particularly vulnerable to...
View ArticleClimate Change Serious Threat to SDG2 : FAO
Bonn (ABC Live): SDG2 : Global food security can only be achieved through a coordinated policy approach to hunger, poverty and climate change, world leaders and experts said today during the latest...
View ArticleUNFCCC Launches InsuResilience at COP23
Bonn (ABC Live): InsuResilience : On the heels of one of the worst – and most costly – Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, a global initiative was launched Tuesday at the United Nations Climate...
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