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Small-scale technology has once again proved its worth for women. Two female ‘solar engineers’ have been boosting the development of their community by...

New figures show investment fell to $254bn in 2013, with a drop in Europe of 41%.

Global investment in clean energy fell for the second year in a row to $254bn last year, with green investment in Europe crashing by 41%, new figures showed on Wednesday.

The...

The seventh session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took place from 6-10 January 2014, at UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting brought together OWG members and other Member States, observers and representatives...

In respect to 2013 disaster in Uttarakhand state of India and the overall mountain developmental efforts in the Himalayan region, we are starting a new discussion thread, and request your inputs and comments in this discourse. 

Through an introductory note on this subject Dr...

Launching the 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF-2014) on 22 November 2013, the UN and global partners highlighted the crucial role of family farming in meeting the Zero Hunger Challenge, which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, promotes equitable, sustainable...

The Quaker UN Office (QUNO) has recently published 'Building Peace around water, land and food: Policy and practice for preventing conflict'. This paper explores the links between natural resource management and peacebuilding, highlighting existing...

After thorough deliberations on the big picture about the water, forest, agriculture sectors and their sustainability challenges in the Indian Himalayan states, the two-day youth summit organized by Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland in partnership with YouthNet, ICIMOD and LEAD...

The UN Secretary-General has issued a report on UN and national efforts to implement sustainable development in small island developing States (SIDS). The report concludes that, while SIDS have had an uneven path towards implementation of sustainable development, some activities have...

The 2014 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on “Green Energy for Sustainable Development” being organized by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand will be held on 19-21 March 2014 at the Jomtien Palm Beach Resort and Hotel, Pattaya City, Thailand. ICUE 2014’s...

The UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hosted by the Cooperation and Development Center (CODEV) is pleased to announce that the third International Conference on Technologies for Development: What is Essential? will take place at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne...

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