Filed under: Central Asia Climate change Environment
Air pollution is a serious problem in Almaty. Because it sits at the foot of mountains, and prevailing wind directions, pollutants are trapped in the city. Since Almaty does not have a high concentration of industry, it is estimated that 85 percent of air pollutants or 160,000 tons per year are from motor vehicle emissions…. Read more »
Filed under: Central Asia Climate change Disaster response Environment Health Poverty
Many of us realize the interconnectedness of the environment with the economy and the overall well being of communities. But how do environmental disasters affect the most vulnerable groups? For people living near the disappearing Aral Sea, where the environmental crisis has led to the devastation of major sectors of the local economy, women are… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Environment
Sergii Varga, UNDP in Ukraine Imagine – you can illuminate the entire main street of your village using the same amount of electricity as produced by three incandescent bulbs and pay the same amount of money. This is what I told to residents in Sadzhava village in the Ivano-Frankivsk region during the International Folklore and… Read more »
Filed under: Central Asia Climate change Environment
Elyor Abbosov, UNDP in Uzbekistan “I am very happy that our school will always be warm and light in the winter, and cool in the summer, because it has been constructed with new technologies that will save money and conserve energy with greater efficiency and less pollution.” Omadoy Arabboyeva, 8th grade student in Andijan Uzbekistan’s… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Development 2.0 Disaster response Peace and security Social innovation
Sandra Ismanovski, UNDP in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (This post was originally published on the national UNDP website) “I guess I’m a bit of an information freak!” says Vasko Popovski, UNDP’s Project Manager for Disaster and Climate Risks, when asked how he came up with the idea for a nifty new app that’s set… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Disaster response Environment Peace and security
Herman Bergsma, UNDP in Georgia This Saturday 13 October, the world marks the international day for disaster risk reduction. In Georgia, disasters, particularly floods and droughts, continue to cause ever greater human and physical damage and loss. Georgia spends millions of dollars on emergency response and short-term recovery, while disaster risks remain. Floods in 2007… Read more »
Filed under: Central Asia Climate change Disaster response Health Peace and security Poverty
Zakiya Abdurazakova, United Nations Aral Sea Programme, @UNAralSea Human security isn’t just about the absence of violence. It is far more than that. Human security means the protection of people’s fundamental freedoms and encompasses governance, effective health care and education, all of which improve people’s lives. Often, human security is under serious threat in communities where… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Environment Social inclusion
Marko Capek, UNDP in Croatia What is the best way to reach 45,000 young people and communicate the benefits of solar power (especially when you have a limited budget)? Instead of making a traditional and stuffy presentation on renewable energy in a classroom, we wanted to promote green, renewable energy in a way that is fun for… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Environment
Sevil Acar, Stamatios Christopoulos and Katalin Zaim Open publication – Free publishing – More 2011 Fossil fuel subsidies are public transfers or any form of income or price support (pdf) given to fossil fuel producers or consumers. A 2011 report on Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Western Balkans finds that fossil fuel subsidies impede progress towards sustainable development. Currently, subsidies… Read more »
Filed under: Climate change Environment
Essi Ulander, UNDP in Armenia It is obvious that we need to protect our natural ecosystems for their intrinsic value. When we talk about the forest’s adaptation to climate change, however, we ultimately mean human adaptation to climate change. We could also call it ecosystem−based adaptation, which in the case of Armenia’s forests, means protecting… Read more »
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