Monday, April 30, 2012

[RED DEMOCRATICA] Environmental officials reach deals at Clean Energy Ministerial

 

Reading this on a mobile device? Try our optimized mobile version here: http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dDfbBYsTizCdeKenCidbdiBWcNaVmV


 
April 30, 2012 | News covering the UN and the worldSign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate

Environmental officials reach deals at Clean Energy Ministerial

A group of energy and environment ministers from 22 countries and the European Union reached many agreements on energy efficiency at the Clean Energy Ministerial meetings last week. Commitments included agreements to share technology, to finance a competition to develop low-energy televisions and to bring energy-efficient lighting to 2 million people in India by the end of 2015. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (4/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



Monday is #JazzDay -- From its roots in slavery, jazz has raised a passionate voice against all forms of oppression http://j.mp/IiQjGr"

@UN



"The fact that this crisis has produced hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced; their lack of access to food or medicine; and the dire living conditions of besieged populations is less frequently cited in commentary and blog posts than the outright human rights abuses that we hear about on a daily basis."

UN Dispatch


United Nation
 
  • UN's Ban praises Myanmar, urges end to sanctions
    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a historic address to Myanmar's fledgling parliament, praised the country's democratic reforms and asked Western powers to remove or suspend sanctions. Prior to Ban's speech Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her pro-democracy party ended a boycott of the legislative body over a clause in the oath of office, and President Thein Sein was pushing for a breakthrough in peace talks with ethnic rebel militias. Bloomberg Businessweek (4/30), BBC (4/30), Reuters (4/29) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
  • Other News
Health and Development
  • Kenyans push U.S. to free up unspent AIDS funds
    Some $500 million in U.S. funds intended to fight AIDS in Kenya are lingering, unspent, and activists want the money released to help treat the 1.5 million Kenyans infected with the virus with antiretroviral drugs. "It's a tragedy that money goes unused while Kenyans with HIV get sick and die because they don't receive treatment," said Jacque Wambui of the Kenyan branch of the Health Global Access Project. The Guardian (London) (4/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • Other News
Women and Girls
  • New Malawi president aims to empower women
    Malawi's new president, Joyce Banda, the first female head of state in southern Africa, discusses in an interview how her experience in an abusive marriage spurred her efforts to advance women's rights. "I feel that I'm carrying this heavy load on behalf of all women," she said. "If I fail, I will have failed all the women of the region. But for me to succeed, they all must rally around." The Guardian (London) (4/29) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
Climate and Energy
  • Secret Africa land grabs revealed in new database
    A database launched last week shows that nearly 5% of the agricultural land in Africa has been purchased or leased by outside investors over the past decade, confirming reports of so-called land grabs made possible by secretive deals among governments, investors and speculators targeting the developing world. The data published by the Land Matrix project marks the first time a comprehensive list of international land deals has been collected and made public. The Guardian (London) (4/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • Other News
Peacekeeping and Security
 
  • Other News
Hot Topics

Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week.

  • Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
 
Position TitleCompany NameLocation
Program OfficerOpen Society FoundationsNew York, NY
Program OfficerOpen Society FoundationsNew York , NY
Senior Partnership AdvisorInternational Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY
International Assignment Service OfficerRedR AustraliaMelbourne, Australia
Click here to view more job listings.


 Get more involved:
Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter

UN Resources
Key Sites
UN Radio News ServiceEleven million people to lose their jobs by the end of 2013
UN Radio
 

This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com
 
Subscriber Tools
     
Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy


Advertise With Us
Amy DiElsi
Director for UN Foundation Communications
United Nations Foundation
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(D) 202-419-3230
(C) 202-492-3078
(F) 202-887-9021
www.unfoundation.org
 
About UN WIRE
UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today.

Job Board:  Jackie Basso (202) 407-7871
 
 
 Recent UN Wire Issues:   Lead Editor:  James daSilva
Contributing Editor:  Bryon MacWilliams
   
Mailing Address:
SmartBrief, Inc.®, 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004
 
 
© 1999-2012 SmartBrief, Inc.® Legal Information
 
 

__._,_.___
Recent Activity:
Red Democratica 10 years "On line" (1998-2008)!
Http://reddemocratica.blogspot.com
Boletin Diario :
Http://reddemocratica01.blogspot.com
Foro Debate :
Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eleccion

Ahora en FACEBOOK : Red Democratica

Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1631/articulos/protesta.phtml
Http://www.caretas.com.pe/2000/1612/articulos/debate.phtml

Celebrando 10 anos "On Line"..2009

Keep the candle burning

I have a dream
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/interactiveFrame.htm

FORUM TPSIPOL: RED DEMOCRATICA (1998-1999).
Informacion : Http://tpsipol.home-page.org

Para enviar un message , enviar a: eleccion@yahoogroups.com
Para suscribirse al Forum , enviar un mensaje a : eleccion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Para salir del Forum, enviar un mensaje en blanco : eleccion-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
.

__,_._,___