UNDP United Nations Development Programme [to 19 March 2016]
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Mar 10, 2016
Helen Clark: Keynote speech on Women’s Economic Empowerment for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
Mar 18, 2016 New York, USA
Helen Clark: Speech on Access to Climate Finance: Ensuring Ownership and Facilitating Access for Exposed Countries
Mar 17, 2016 Westin Grand Hotel – New York, USA
Global transport leaders sign historic declaration at Buckingham Palace in fight to shut down Illegal wildlife trafficking routes
Mar 15, 2016
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is proud to be a signatory to an historic declaration at Buckingham Palace committing leaders of the transportation industry globally to taking major steps to fight illicit wildlife trafficking, a move hailed by HRH The Duke of Cambridge as “a game changer in the race against extinction.”
Magdy Martínez-Solimán: UN70: Rethinking the humanitarian-development nexus: How can the UN achieve a better integration of long-term aid and humanitarian assistance?
Mar 15, 2016 Oslo, Norway
Helen Clark: Speech on Power of Parity: Why and How to Increase the Number of Women in Political Leadership
Mar 14, 2016 UN Commission on the Status of Women Side Event, UN Headquarters – New York, USA
Morocco is fighting climate change with Liquid Gold
Mar 14, 2016
While Argan forests still cover around 820,000 hectares in the mountains of Morocco, one-third of the original tree coverage has already been lost due to pressures from charcoal production and unsustainable agricultural practices in the immediate environment of the trees. The Moroccan government sees high demand for Argan oil on international markets as an opportunity to tie climate change targets to its sustainable development goals through the conservation and expansion of the Argan forest.