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UN Secretary-General launches high-level group to implement his new sustainable energy for all initiative
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
NEW YORK, 20 September 2011 – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched his new energy access initiative and a high-level group to implement it. The initiative seeks to achieve the goal of Sustainable Energy...more
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Carbon capture and storage has great potential in industrial applications, is a cost-effective option for reducing CO2 emissions, says IEA- UNIDO report
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
BEIJING, 20 September 2011 - A new technology roadmap on carbon capture and storage, or CCS, in Industrial applications, released today in Beijing, shows that CCS has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions from industrial...more
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Iraqi Government promotes development of industrial zones with support of UNIDO
Monday, 19 September 2011
BAGHDAD, 19 September 2011 – Conducting feasibility studies for establishing pilot industrial zones at two locations in Iraq, including the area of Al-Faw in the Governorate of Basra, developing a capacity-building programme in...more
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Climate change efforts and an energy revolution should walk hand in hand, says UNIDO Director-General
Friday, 16 September 2011
JOHANNESBURG, 16 September 2011 - The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, said today that meeting climate change goals requires nothing short of an energy...more
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Ecovan presented at international hydrogen technologies event in Scotland
Friday, 16 September 2011
GLASGOW, 16 September 2011 – An environmentally friendly van, developed by the International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET) in Turkey supported by UNIDO as part of its programmes on renewable technologies, was...more
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UNIDO and China’s Commerce Ministry hold China-Africa investment symposium
Sunday, 11 September 2011
XIAMEN, China, 11 September 2011 – Over 400 potential investors took part in a China-Africa Investment Symposium organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ministry of Commerce of the...more
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We are standing at a crossroads of global policy and governance, say contributors to Making It magazine
Wednesday, 07 September 2011
VIENNA, 7 September 2011 – Global challenges require a multi-polar response, according to authors writing in the latest issue of the magazine Making It: Industry for Development, published by UNIDO. Popular perceptions of...more
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With UNIDO assistance Iran phases out inhalers that harm ozone layer
Monday, 05 September 2011
TEHRAN, 5 September 2011 – Iran has become the first country of the Asia-Pacific region to successfully phase out metered dose inhalers based on chlorofluorocarbon, or CFC that contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer.A...more
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UNIDO and METRO Group extend their alliance for sustainable food supplies
Friday, 02 September 2011
DÜSSELDORF, 2 September 2011 – METRO Group and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will ramp up their joint commitment to more efficient supply chains and better food supplies. A new cooperation...more
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UNIDO and Germany to increase cooperation
Friday, 02 September 2011
BERLIN, 2 September 2011 – The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) agreed to strengthen their cooperation in a variety of fields during a mission by the...more
