Press Releases
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UNIDO report offers global connectedness ranking, says knowledge networks can achieve development goals
Monday, 14 November 2011
VIENNA, 14 November 2011 – A report presented today by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) establishes a new Connectedness Index, the first attempt to measure knowledge networks for private sector...more
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UNIDO and QUINVITA join forces on novel bio-energy development
Thursday, 03 November 2011
VIENNA, 3 November 2011 – QUINVITA, a global industrial crop technology company that focuses on deploying new technologies in alternative energy crops like Jatropha curcas, and the United Nations Industrial Development...more
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Tuvalu becomes new member of UNIDO
Thursday, 27 October 2011
VIENNA, 27 October 2011 - Tuvalu, a Polynesian island nation in the Pacific Ocean, has become the 174th Member State of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). In a letter addressed to the Minister for...more
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UNIDO’s new Institute to focus on sustainable industrial development and negotiating environmental treaties
Monday, 24 October 2011
VIENNA, 24 October 2011 – A new Institute launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will offer training on key issues relating to sustainable industrial development and will serve as a catalyst...more
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Director-General Yumkella says UNIDO’s green industry concept will catalyse green growth
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
COPENHAGEN, 12 October 2011 – The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, said today that his organization’s Green Industry concept is proving to be a crucial...more
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New initiatives focus on delivering energy for all by 2030
Monday, 10 October 2011
OSLO, 10 October 2011 - The Norwegian Government today launched Energy+, a global initiative to finance access to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low carbon development in developing countries. Energy+ was launched at...more
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UNIDO and Japan to organize Tokyo Green Industry Conference in November
Monday, 03 October 2011
TOKYO/VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will hold the Tokyo Green Industry Conference from 16 to 18 November.The...more
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UNIDO and AUC join forces on Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa
Friday, 30 September 2011
VIENNA, 30 September 2011 – The implementation of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA) was the focus of a workshop that ended at the headquarters of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization...more
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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
