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Environmental Dimension of the Sustainable Development Agenda: Within the COVID-19 Pandemic, Can We Still Accelerate Action to Achieve SDG12 in the Arab Region? The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the UN Environment Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP-ROWA) organize the “Virtual Regional Consultation on... |
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Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19: Policy Briefs E/ESCWA/2020/INF.1 A decade marked for accelerated action and delivery towards sustainable development has... |
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Institutional frameworks for managing selected energy subsectors in Arab countries: Fact Sheet This fact sheet addresses the institutional structure of selected energy subsectors, namely electricity, energy efficiency and renewable energy, the related policy and governance measures, and... |
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UN Celebrates World Environment Day Investing an additional USD 40 billion a year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation rates by 2030, increase tree planting by around 140 percent by 2050, and catalyze the creation of... |
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Executive Secretary Visits Oman, Participates in G77 Water Forum UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa considered today that the Regional Commission region suffers from a variety of pressures that endanger the sustainability of its water resources.... |
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In Copenhagen Climate Conference, Executive Secretary Lays out Solutions for Region United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Bader Omar AlDafa, today articulated expected challenges and... |
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United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region: recovery is an opportunity to build back better United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region:
recovery is an opportunity to build back better ... |
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Intergovernmental Consultative Meeting on the Draft Legal Framework for Shared Water Resources in the Arab Region
Management of shared water resources among different riparians emerges as an important concern in the context of the Arab region, where water scarcity is becoming an overwhelming... |
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ESCWA Participates in Rio +20 On 20-22 June 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) took place in Rio de Janeiro, capturing global attention and participation. Some 12,000 government and civil... |
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ESCWA Marks World Water Day As is customary since 1993, the United Nations celebrated World Water Day on 22 March. In Lebanon, ESCWA marked the day through a seminar held at the UN House in Beirut under the theme: “Water for... |
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ESCWA Marks World Day to Combat Desertification 2016 On the occasion of the 2016 World Day to Combat Desertification, regional and international experts gathered on 20 June in a web conference organized by ESCWA to highlight the importance of... |
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ESCWA Marks Arab Water Day ESCWA held a press conference on Tuesday 2 March to officially mark Arab Water Day for the first time this year under the theme "For Joint Arab Water Security".
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ESCWA Marks World Environment Day in the Presence of a Host of Arab and Foreign Diplomats ESCWA celebrated on 5 June the World Environment Day with an event held at the UN House, Beirut, and attended by foreign and Arab diplomats and a host of representatives from the local, regional... |
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ESCWA Supports Kuwait for New Groundwater Research Project Within the framework of advisory services provided by ESCWA to member countries, the Commission contributed with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) in the preparation and... |
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ESCWA Hosts 18th RCM Meeting in Beirut Engaging in regional and global processes, enhancing policy coherence, and promoting coordination on priority issues were the focus areas of the 18th meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism... |
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ESCWA Highlights Regional Implementation of 2030 Agenda on Climate Action On 15 November 2016, ESCWA took part in a joint United Nations regional commissions roundtable held on the sidelines of the twenty-second session of the annual Conference of the Parties (COP 22... |
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ESCWA Participates in UNFCCC/COP 18 In line with ESCWA mandate to follow-up on progress of international conventions and provide support to Member Countries in implementing and meeting their commitments to international goals and... |
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ESCWA Launches Arab Decade of Sustainable Energy for All from Amman On 23 March 2015 the Jordanian capital, Amman, hosted the Arab launch of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024... |
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ESCWA Launches Arab Decade of Sustainable Energy for All from Amman On 23 March 2015 the Jordanian capital, Amman, hosted the Arab launch of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024), as... |
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ESCWA Holds Arab Region Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Conference Cairo, 16 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) - The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today opened the Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United... |
