Archive for November 21st, 2008

UNEP Welcomes Obama’s Speech on Climate Change

Posted on 21 November 2008. Filed under: Environment, Governance, MDGs |

Nairobi/Kenya, 20 November 2008 - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s latest speech on climate change has been welcomed as “very meaningful” by Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
In a video message to an international conference on climate change hosted by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on 18 November, Mr. Obama [...]

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Balancing Environmental Protection and the Community’s Socio-Economic Needs

Posted on 21 November 2008. Filed under: Agriculture, Environment, Governance |

During a discussion with environmental law enforcement agency officials in Khartoum and Juba, Sudan, recently, the head of the department dealing with national cooperation on forestry raised an important question about balancing environmental protective objectives and human needs. The official pointed out that in Sudan about 70 percent of the country’s energy requirements comes from [...]

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