Monthly Archives: August, 2017

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World Water Week: GCF launches climate gender manual

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) appears to be helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch on Tuesday, August 29,...

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Water & Sanitation

World Water Week: Sanitation goals need major push, says Thomson

Encouraging global action to support clean water and sanitation, United Nations General Assembly President, Peter Thomson, on Monday, August 28, 2017 underscored that when...

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Climate Change

Norwegian town becomes climate neutral

The Norwegian municipality of Arendal has pledged to become climate neutral, as the first municipality in the world to join the United Nations Climate Neutral Now initiative. This...

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Climate Change

Sourcing climate finance for sustainable development

Financing climate change is a major concern for Nigeria in its quest for sustainable development and transitioning to a green economy. Delivering on the...

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News

Eid-el-Kabir: FRSC deploys personnel, patrol vehicles, ambulances, motorbikes, towtrucks

As part of activities lined up to improve vehicular movement and to mitigate against crashes during the Eid-El-Kabir celebration, the Corps Marshal of the...

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Renewable Energy

NAMA: Sri Lanka gets $1.79m GEF support for energy generation

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has received $1,790,411 as financial support from Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund in order to develop...

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Marine

GEF, investors launch fund to promote sustainable fisheries

The Meloy Fund, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership, has been launched with a first close of $10...

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