Access to energy is essential if the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the WSSD Plan of Implementation are to be achieved, and the proportion of the world’s people in poverty is to be halved by 2015.

The battles to eradicate poverty and deliver the Millennium Development Goals will be won or lost by whether we can manage the urban environment effectively and creatively. If we can – as the examples of Dar es Salaam and ...

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OzoNews Special Issue on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September 2024 - The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for the Preservation ...

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Parties to the Montreal Protocol Meet in the Home of the Protocol to Discuss Ozone Layer and Climate Protection 3. Global effort produces first-ever decline ...

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Cooling the Heat: Enhancing Energy Efficiency of the Refrigeration and Cooling Sector 3. Rise in nitrous oxide emissions endangers pathway to 1.5°C, the ozone ...

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. World Ozone Day 2024 - Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action 3. Guidance on Sustainable Cooling Approaches for Enhanced nationally determined contributions ...

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Summary of the Combined Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Thirty-sixth ...

In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. World Ozone Day 2024 - Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action 3. Opportunities for Alternative Cooling Technologies in the HFC Transition 4. UNEP OzonAction ...

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