Pollution and Health
Combating Poverty with Clean Energy
Posted on: 20 January 2011 - 3:00pmFighting poverty by promoting sustainable development and mitigating climate change is one of the priorities of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for 2011. With this is view, he is calling for a global revolution that would benefit some 1.6 billion people in developing countries still lacking access to electricity.
IFAD begins workshop for poverty reduction and knowledge sharing in Yemen
Posted on: 17 January 2011 - 5:05pmThe International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Yemen Office, organized a workshop, last week, under the patronage of his Excellency, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Mr. Abdul Alkarim Al-Arhabi, titled, “Sharing Knowledge and Best Practices Stories on Rural Poverty Reduction in Yemen”.
UN highlights challenge of balancing poverty eradication with sustainable development
Posted on: 11 January 2011 - 4:25pmEradicating global poverty while promoting sustainable development is the key challenge facing the world, as it becomes clear that economic progress based on the current pattern of production and consumption is increasingly harmful to the environment, according to a new United Nations report released today.
India's maverick environment minister puts green agenda at center of development debate
Posted on: 17 December 2010 - 1:49pmJust a year and a half into the job, Jairam Ramesh has turned a once-marginal Environment Ministry into a powerful gatekeeper on India's road to prosperity. He's been called an eco-crusader, a "Dr. No" of development and even a buffoon, angering so many investors and politicians that there are constant rumors of his impending dismissal.
Khaidarkan Mercury - Addressing primary mercury mining in Kyrgyzstan
Posted on: 25 November 2010 - 11:24amUNEP and UNITAR are pleased to present to you this overview document outlining the situation regarding the world’s last known exporting mercury mine – at Khaidar- kan in southern Kyrgyzstan. For the past two years, sig- nifcant efforts have been taking place at the international level to assist the Government of Kyrgyzstan and national and local stakeholders to consider options regarding the future of the mine and its associated infrastructure.
Pollution means
Posted on: 25 November 2010 - 11:11am“When the water is brown, we call it tea”
Polluted water and air cause ill- health and premature death and poor people are the main casualties.
Sick water? The central role of wastewater management in sustainable development
Posted on: 25 November 2010 - 10:33amWith global action and positive momentum towards improving access to safe water and sanitation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), and the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), in partnership with the members of UN Water have collaborated to bring together their collective experience and expertise to bear on the challenges posed by illegal and unregulated wastewater.
"Sick water? The central role of wastewater management in sustainable development" not only identifies the threats to human and ecological health and the consequences of inaction, but also presents opportunities, where appropriate policy and management responses over the short and longer term can trigger employment, support livelihoods, boost public and ecosystem health and contribute to more intelligent water management.
Urban poverty and environmental degradation: Vicious cycle
Posted on: 25 November 2010 - 10:03amGREEN' issues are spearheading discussions on resource management, biodiversity and global warming, while the environmental problems known as 'Brown Agenda' have been neglected for a long time. Challenges in addressing and meeting the brown agenda in the cities have acquired prominence among the planning and development professionals around the world.
Pollution and poverty in Kyrgyzstan
Posted on: 11 October 2010 - 1:06pmNigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta
Posted on: 11 October 2010 - 11:41amThe oil industry in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of the people in the oil-producing areas, according to a new Amnesty International report.
