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» Energy Poverty at Rio+20
OneWorld coverage of the Rio+20 conference
Rio+20 agreement puts energy poverty on global agenda
June 23: In one of its few ambitious gestures, the agreement approved by world leaders at Friday’s conclusion of the Rio+20 conference commits their support to the goal that everyone should have access to modern energy.
Coal commitments shadow Sustainable Energy For All
June 22: As public and private sector commitments rained down on the UN initiative on Sustainable Energy For All yesterday, a short phrase about fossil fuels in the now-forgotten text of the Rio+20 agreement began to make its presence felt.
Lessons of safe sanitation for clean cookstoves
June 22: There are many similarities between the provision of safe sanitation and the upgrading of traditional cookstoves in developing countries. The role of women in both challenges is fundamental and has been recognised in the Rio+20 debates.
Sustainable Energy For All heads new world order
June 21: Leaders of the UN Secretary-General's Sustainable Energy For All initiative have held a press conference at Rio+20. Public-private partnerships are the model of the future, they say, and this is the biggest of all.
June 23: In one of its few ambitious gestures, the agreement approved by world leaders at Friday’s conclusion of the Rio+20 conference commits their support to the goal that everyone should have access to modern energy.
Coal commitments shadow Sustainable Energy For All
June 22: As public and private sector commitments rained down on the UN initiative on Sustainable Energy For All yesterday, a short phrase about fossil fuels in the now-forgotten text of the Rio+20 agreement began to make its presence felt.
Lessons of safe sanitation for clean cookstoves
June 22: There are many similarities between the provision of safe sanitation and the upgrading of traditional cookstoves in developing countries. The role of women in both challenges is fundamental and has been recognised in the Rio+20 debates.
Sustainable Energy For All heads new world order
June 21: Leaders of the UN Secretary-General's Sustainable Energy For All initiative have held a press conference at Rio+20. Public-private partnerships are the model of the future, they say, and this is the biggest of all.
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