RECENTLY, The New Times published an article on sustainable urbanisation written by Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, the Under-Secretary-General of the UN (Rapid urbanisation: Is it a threat to global development?), who pointed out […]

Ethiopia is an economic success story with impressive growth over the last decade. However, changes in climate put some of these hard-won gains at risk. Further, floods, droughts and soil […]

Unfortunately, it is a truth that the climate process has been floundering for a lot of its 22-year history, and almost ground to a complete halt following the Copenhagen negotiations […]

Efforts to tackle climate change must urgently focus on implementing low carbon technologies such as wind and solar power rather than discussions of the science and quarrels over policy, the former United Nations […]

By Chung Suh-Yong, nonstate acting member of the GGGI Council At first glance, international agencies the Green Climate Fund and the Global Green Growth Institute, both of which are based in […]

Economic growth can – and must – be achieved without damage to the environment, a United Nations official said in Dubai on Tuesday. Achim Steiner, UN under secretary general and executive […]

Minister for Forests and Climate Change Patrick Pruaitch has pledged Government’s support to the Global Green Growth Institute after the recent appointment of its new director-general. Pruaitch congratulated Yvo de […]

DUBAI // Economic growth can – and must – be achieved without damage to the environment, a United Nations official said in Dubai on Tuesday. Achim Steiner, UN under secretary […]