Includes Commitment to Report on the Bank’s Environmental and Social Impacts. Today, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) launched a new framework to help the investor community better assess how the Bank is living up to its sustainability commitments. The Sustainable Development Bond Framework clearly outlines how AIIB is adhering to the principles set out […]
Solar energy powers COVID-19 treatment
In some of the poorest parts of the world, where there is no access to a reliable electricity grid, the UN is equipping hundreds of health facilities with solar technologies, allowing them to avoid power outages and save lives. Formerly dependent on costly and polluting diesel generators, which often do not provide sufficient electricity, over […]
Renewable energy access key to climate adaptation in Africa: UN chief
Support for climate adaptation in Africa is crucial, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in appealing for greater action to provide renewable energy to hundreds of millions who still lack access to reliable and affordable electricity. “As the continent that has contributed least to the climate crisis, Africa deserves the strongest possible support and […]
Italy signs Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance
New Delhi: Italy on Wednesday signed the Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday. The European country signed the ISA framework agreement after amendments to the agreement entered into force on January 8, 2021, opening its membership to all member states of the UN. Foreign Secretary […]
UN inaugurates solar energy plant in Cairo slum area
CAIRO: A new solar energy plant was inaugurated on Thursday at Tawasol Community School in the impoverished neighbourhood of Istabl Antar, located in the Cairo slum area of Ezbet Khairallah, according to a statement by the UN Media Center in Cairo. The inauguration was attended by Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program […]
Concerted global action needed for achieving affordable, clean energy for all: India at UN
Over 20 ministerial-level Global Champions’ from UN Member States issued messages Wednesday calling for urgent action to achieve affordable, clean energy for all by 2030 India has said the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving affordable and clean energy for all will require concerted global action, strong political commitment as well as innovative ways of expanding […]
Kerry, UN hail Modi govt’s energy policy, National Hydrogen Mission
New Delhi: US climate czar John Kerry has hailed the Narendra Modi government’s move to lead India to a hydrogen based economy. Hydrogen is a zero-carbon fuel, and is considered to be one of the key sources of clean energy for the future. This fuel can be produced from various sources like natural gas, nuclear […]
UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy
New York: Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will be the UN’s “central objective”, the world body’s top official told a conference on climate action on Monday. “All countries need credible mid-term goals and plans that are aligned with this objective”, Secretary-General António Guterres said, addressing the virtual COP26 Roundtable on Clean […]
S. Korea, UN launch $18 m solar project in remote parts of Indonesia, Timor-Leste
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has launched a US$18 million project to provide access to solar power and clean water in remote parts of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. The four year project, called ACCESS (Accelerating Clean Energy Access to Reduce Inequality), was funded by KOICA and will benefit about 20,000 people living in the targeted areas […]
UN ‘very appreciative” of India’s solar power donation
United Nations : The UN is “very appreciative” of India’s donation of the Gandhi Solar Park and is using the electricity it generates, according to Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “We are using solar panels. As you know, India had donated that, and we’re very appreciative for the donation,” he said […]