UNite to Combat Climate Change: 30 Ways in 30 Days
Geschreven op 2-11-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Klimaat
From creating mass markets for solar water heaters, improving vehicle efficiency, using waste for energy or installing energy-efficient cooking stoves or planting trees and protecting forests, UNEP’s 30 case studies prove that solutions to combat Climate Change are available, accessible and replicable.
Across the globe, in myriad ways, from community-based programmes to large entrepreneurial endeavors, the solutions have much in common. These projects do not represent the status quo, they embody innovation and creativity; they harness benefits for the people they serve as well as help us to take the actions needed to reduce global emissions.
The stories have been arranged according to UNEP’s Climate Change priorities, areas of work that support countries in their accelerated and effective response to a warming world and its unpredictable consequences. Source: UNEP
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20 november 2010 om 11:38 | Permalink
Billions of trees, cleaner stoves and the power of sugar: 30 Ways in 30 Days to meet Climate Change Challenge
The power of building blocks to counter erosion, the effect of a more efficient cooking stove on fragile gorilla habitat, and the inspiring campaign that has registered 10 billion trees planted in four years, all featured in week three of the “30 Ways in 30 Days” initiative.
Mid-way through the initiative and heading into week four, stories include how sugar sweetens the deal for renewable energy, the power of the web for climate pioneers and how eco-communities are good for both people and the planet.
Governments meet in Mexico in just over a week’s time to discuss the urgent challenge of climate change, and to try to chart the way forward to assist countries, communities and businesses to move towards low carbon, climate-resilient growth.
30 Ways in 30 Days launched at the beginning of November by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), showcases a wide variety of practical solutions to the complex issue of climate change, demonstrating that it is often the small scale initiatives that can make the biggest impact.