GalleryAfrican elephants face ‘unacceptably high’ level of poaching
Many African elephants continued to face serious threats to their survival in 2015 from the illegal trade in ivory and unacceptably high levels of poaching.
2807, 2016
GalleryUN warns of more heatwave deaths as climate change pushes up temperatures
Warning of a possible rise in heatwave deaths due to climate change, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction called for measures to reduce mortality from this natural hazard.
2807, 2016
Case Study – China-Ghana-UNDP Trilateral Cooperation on Renewable Energy
Host location/regions: China and Ghana
Timeframe: 2014-2018
Scale: Global
Partners: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology Energy Commision (EC), UNDP, Ghanaian Counterparts
Cost and source of funding: USD 2.720.000, Donors – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Implementing Agency: National Development and Reform Commission of China, NDRC, through the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, IGSNRR, CAS
Project Management: UNDP
Sector: Renewable Energy
Type: Transfer of Renewable Energy Technology […]
2807, 2016
GalleryCase Study: China- Zambia-UNDP Trilateral Cooperation on Renewable Energy
Host location/regions: China and Zambia
Timeframe: 2014-2018
Scale: Global
Partners: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology Zambian Ministry of Mines Zambian Energy and Water Development
Cost and source of funding: USD 2,624,400, Donors – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Implementing Agency: National Development and Reform Commission of China, NDRC, through the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, IGSNRR, CAS
Project Management: UNDP
Sector: Renewable […]
2807, 2016
Case Study: Ecosystem-based Adaptation through South-South Cooperation (EbA South)
Host location/regions: China, Mauritania, Nepal and Seychelles / Asia-Pacific and Africa
Timeframe: 2013-2017
Scale: Global
Partners: Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Seychelles, the Ministry of Population and Environment of Nepal and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Mauritania
Cost and source of funding: GEF Special Climate Change Fund: US$ 5 Million + US$ 5 […]
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