News headlines for “Energy Security”, page 77
Kenyan Pastoralists Fighting Climate Change Through Food Forests
- Inter Press Service
U.N.’s Post-2015 Development Agenda Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29 (IPS) - The U.N.'s highly ambitious post-2015 development agenda, which is expected to be finalised shortly, has come fire even before it could get off the ground.
Central America Fails to Take Advantage of Energy from Sun, Wind and Earth
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Jul 29 (IPS) - Central America, a place of abundant wind and sunshine, is still chained to thermal power and large-scale hydroelectricity and has failed to include local communities in clean, environmentally-friendly and less invasive projects.
UAE Described as Pioneer in the Field of Renewable Energy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 (IPS) - When the government of Kenya hosted a U.N. Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy in Nairobi back in 1981, one of the conclusions at that meeting was a proposal for the creation of an international agency dedicated to renewable energy.
One Tune, Different Hymns – Tackling Climate Change in South Africa
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Jul 28 (IPS) - Anti-nuclear energy activists are up in arms, and have taken to vigils outside South Africa's parliament in Cape Town to protest against President Jacob Zuma's push for nuclear development.
Kenya’s Climate Change Bill Aims to Promote Low Carbon Growth
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 27 (IPS) - Alexander Muyekhi, a construction worker from Ebubayi village in the heart of Vihiga County in Western Kenya, and his school-going children can now enjoy a tiny solar kit supplied by the British-based Azuri Technologies to light their house and play their small FM radio.
Faith Leaders Issue Global “Call to Conscience” on Climate
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 24 (IPS) - "We received a garden as our home, and we must not turn it into a wilderness for our children."
Opinion: Addis Outcome Will Impact Heavily on Post-2015 Agenda - Part 2
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jul 23 (IPS) - The United Nations is the only universal forum that connects systemic issues to the global partnership for development. The latter recognises North-South cooperation based on historical responsibility and varying levels of development and capacity among member states of the U.N.
Calls Mount for "Bold" Climate Deal in Paris
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 21 (IPS) - A diverse coalition of 24 leading British scientific institutions has issued a communique urging strong and immediate government action at the U.N. climate change conference set for Paris in December.
Caribbean Seeks Funding for Renewable Energy Mix
- Inter Press Service
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, Jul 21 (IPS) - A leading geothermal expert warns that the small island states in the Caribbean face "a ticking time bomb" due to the effects of global warming and suggests a shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is the only way to defuse it.
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