UNEP launches '30 Ways in 30 Days'
United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) which is one of the flagship programmes of UN related to environment have launched a new campaign '30 ways in 30 days' in connection with COP 16.
CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS and organisations working on the issues related to climate change are gearing up for the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP16/CMP6) to be held at Cancun in Mexico from 29th November to 10 December.
United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) which is one of the flagship programmes of UN related to environment have launched a new campaign “30 ways in 30 days” in connection with COP 16.
One of the case studies featured is "Solar Loans for Solar Homes" in India where more than 60 per cent of Indian households have no access to reliable electricity supplies and depend on kerosene for light and on burning dung and wood for heat.
UNEP will release online case studies to show that solutions to climate change are available and can be copied and scaled up around the world. The examples are just the tip of the iceberg and highlights in terms of existing successful climate initiatives and programmes.
UNEP's aim is to show that across the world, in myriad ways, from community-based programmes to entrepreneurial endeavours, solutions are available to help confront the challenges of climate change and to help countries, communities and businesses move towards low-emission climate-resilient growth.
UNEP's aim is to show that across the world, in myriad ways, from community-based programmes to entrepreneurial endeavours, solutions are available to help confront the challenges of climate change and to help countries, communities and businesses move towards low-emission climate-resilient growth.
More could be done if governments, corporations and communities scaled up this work. Every country and many institutions have their own 30 success stories to demonstrate that action is being taken across the globe, initiatives that with funding and technology support can be scaled up dramatically.
One of the case studies featured is "Solar Loans for Solar Homes" in India where more than 60 per cent of Indian households have no access to reliable electricity supplies and depend on kerosene for light and on burning dung and wood for heat.
UNEP's Solar Loan Programme, a partnership involving the UN Foundation, Shell Foundation and two of India's largest banking groups, helped turn on lights in homes that had previously not had them, accelerated market penetration of solar lights in the Indian countryside, and inspired several similar initiatives in India and elsewhere.
Other stories coming up are the Green Passports for sustainable tourism projects showing how you can be a green traveler, the greening of tea plantations in East Africa, carbon financing in Africa and its massive potential for sustainable development and successful reforestation in Panama giving new evidence of the many opportunities and benefits from sustainable forests.
Other stories coming up are the Green Passports for sustainable tourism projects showing how you can be a green traveler, the greening of tea plantations in East Africa, carbon financing in Africa and its massive potential for sustainable development and successful reforestation in Panama giving new evidence of the many opportunities and benefits from sustainable forests.
UNEP has been working since its creation in 1972 after the Stockholm conference on environment and development. A greener world is the way to look forward, lets hope we can find ways to build a better world, with means not as out of reach.
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