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STANDFORD PRECOURT INSTITUTIONS FOR ENERGY : Welcome and
Introduction, panel discussions, Global energy: a perspective for India,
Energy Supply system, the importance of energy end-use in a sustainable
energy transformation, Renewable energy, Carbon capture and storage,
Energy pathway for Sustainable Development, Energy access for
development, Policies for the Energy Technology Innovation System
(ETIS), Policies for energy System Transformations : Objectives and
Instruments, Energy supply systems, Energy and Economy,
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Understanding carbon capture and storage
----- The climate change challenge -----
Research has shown that the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into
the atmosphere has increased significantly since the beginning of the
industrial era. Unless we do something to reduce the amount of CO2
entering the atmosphere, the world will continue to experience the
effects of climate change.
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Long term measures to increase energy security center on reducing dependence on any one source of imported energy, increasing the
number of suppliers, exploiting native fossil fuel or renewable energy
resources, and reducing overall demand through energy conservation
measures. It can also involve entering into international agreements to
underpin international energy trading relationships, such as the Energy
Charter Treaty in Europe. -
Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013 examines progress in
the development and deployment of key clean energy technologies. Each
technology and sector is tracked against interim 2020 targets in the IEA
2012 Energy Technology Perspectives 2°C scenario, which lays out
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Governments have decided collectively that the world needs to limit the average global temperature increase to no more than 2°C and
international negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting
agreement will not emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not
begin before 2020. Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new
actions, the world is drifting further and further from the track it
needs to follow.
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▶ Key Facts on Energy; Taxation; Key Facts on Urban, Rural
and Regional development; Key Facts on Science and Technology; Trade
Social Issues; Migration and Health; Environment; Agriculture and
Food; Governance; Industry and Services;Finance and Investment;
Employment; Development; Education; Economics; Industry and
Services; Finance and Investment; Employment; Development ; Education
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International Widows Day is a global day of action that
aims to raise public awareness of the plight of widows and their
children around the world.The year 2013 marks the third anniversary
since the 23rd June date was officially endorsed by the United Nations. -
A new multi-agency study, led by the World Bank and the
International Energy Agency, was presented at the Vienna Energy Forum
2013. The Global Tracking Framework report charts the course to achieve
universal energy access, double the use of renewable energy and improve
energy efficiency.
SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework. -
"Recognizing the contribution of statistics to society Worldwide " The International Year of Statistics -
14 June is a day of celebration and thanks for the millions
of people who donate blood throughout the world. Every year millions of
lives are saved through the transfusion of blood and blood products.
Every single donation has the potential to save three lives so 'Give the gift of life: donate blood'. -
Refugees are often in the headlines yet the reality of
their lives is frequently misunderstood. Tens of millions of people have
been uprooted from their homes because of violence or persecution. People who apply for refugee status normally need to
establish individually that their fear of persecution is well-founded. -
Gallipoli Campaign :
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the
Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale, took place on the
Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9
January 1916, during World War I. -
One of the most dangerous things about mental health is
that many people suffer in silence, unsure or unwilling to take the
first step.
Seeking help by talking to a friend, family member, or health
professional is the first step to improving any situation.
Talk to your GP or medical officer.
The Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service provides
counselling to Australian veterans, peacekeepers and their families. It
is a specialised, free and confidential Australia-wide service available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you, or one of your mates is feeling down, stressed, anxious or just
not right, please reach out and call the VVCS on -- 1800 011 046 -
On 29 May, UN offices, alongside Member States and
non-governmental organizations, hold solemn events to honour fallen peacekeepers.
At the UN Headquarters in New York, the Secretary-General presides over a
wreath-laying ceremony in honour of all peacekeepers who lost their
lives while serving under the UN flag. In addition, the Dag Hammarskjöld
Medal is awarded posthumously to the peacekeepers who have fallen while
serving in the cause of peace, during the preceding year.
UN Peacekeeping operations use the Day to strengthen bonds with the
local populations that they have been deployed to serve. -
"INVEST TODAY IN A MORE RESILIENT PLANET"
Official Statements from the 2013 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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The WSIS Forum 2013 hosted by ITU is taking place at the
ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from 13 to 17 May 2013. It is
providing structured opportunities to network, learn and to participate
in multi-stakeholder discussions and consultations on WSIS
implementation. This event builds upon the tradition of annual WSIS May
meetings, and its new format is the result of open consultations with
all WSIS Stakeholders. -
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a
unique occasion to remind everybody that desertification can be
effectively tackled, that solutions are possible, and that key tools to
this aim lay in strengthened community participation and co-operation at
all levels. -
The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2013 campaign team is
excited to announce the release of the campaign trailer! The Trailer is
inspired by this year's World Migratory Bird Day theme "Networking for migratory birds". -
The higher density of water relative to air (water is about 800 times
the density of air) means that a single generator can provide
significant power at low tidal flow velocities compared with similar
wind speed. Given that power varies with the density of medium and the
cube of velocity, water speeds of nearly one-tenth the speed of wind
provide the same power for the same size of turbine system; however this
limits the application in practice to places where the tide moves at
speeds of at least 2 knots (1 m/s) even close to neap tides.
Furthermore, at higher speeds in a flow between 2 to 3 metres per second
in seawater a tidal turbine can typically access four times as much
energy per rotor swept area as a similarly rated power wind turbine. -
Throughout the world, May 3rd now serves as an occasion to inform the public of violations of the right to freedom of expression and as a
reminder that many journalists brave death or jail to bring people their
daily news. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which coordinates activities each year
on May 3rd, World Press Freedom Day is:
· a day of action to encourage and develop initiatives in favor of the
freedom of the press;
· a day to assess the state of press freedom worldwide;
· a day to remind governments to respect their commitments to press
freedom;
· a day to alert the public and to increase awareness of the importance
of freedom of the press;
· a day of reflection to encourage debate among media professionals on
the issues of press freedom and professional ethics;
· a day of remembrance for journalists who have lost their lives in the
exercise of their profession; and
· a day of support for media which fall victim to any measures which
restrain, or seek to abolish, freedom of the press. -
April 30th, is destined to raise awareness in the international community regarding jazz's virtues as an educational tool,
as a vehicle for peace, unity, dialogue, and for enhanced cooperation
between peoples.
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The congress will be organized by the Calligraphy Center in Bibliotheca Alexandria under the auspices of the International Association of
Egyptologists and the Ministry of State for Antiquities, Egypt.
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Approximately half of the world's population is at risk of
malaria, particularly those living in lower-income countries. It infects
more than 500 million people per year and kills more than 1 million.
The burden of malaria is heaviest in sub-Saharan Africa but the disease
also afflicts Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and even parts of
Europe.
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ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2013 estimates that
regional economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will pick up to 6.6%
in 2013 and reach 6.7% in 2014. This is a distinct improvement on 2012,
when growth stood at just over 6%. Consumer prices are expected to rise
by 4.0% in 2013 and 4.2% in 2014, up from 3.7% last year. -
The 13th edition was held from January 31 to February 2,
2013 under the theme 'The Global Challenge of Resource-Efficient Growth and Development'. -
The Dubai Global Energy Forum 2013 is held under the
patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and will take
place over three days between 15-17 April 2013 in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.The Forum objective is to provide a platform for energy leaders and
experts to exchange views on emerging regional and global issues related
to energy policies, programs, technologies and investment
opportunities. -
With the world's economies so closely connected, having an
organization to help countries prevent crises and resolve them when they
occur is more important than ever. -
The International Day of Human Space Flight (12 April) was
declared to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning
of the space era for humankind, reaffirming the important contribution
of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development
goals and increasing the well-being of States and peoples, as well as
ensuring the realization of their aspiration to maintain outer space for
peaceful purposes. -
Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development.
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The Global MDG Conference (GMC) was held in Bogota,
Colombia on 27 to 28 February 2013, with close to 200 participants from
about 40 countries. The GMC brought together partners who have played a
crucial role in turning the global MDG agenda into a force for human
development at national and sub-national levels. The main objective of
the conference was to maintain the momentum for accelerating progress to 2015, while taking stock of lessons learned from efforts to achieve the
MDGs so as to help inform the development agenda beyond 2015. -
A healthy city is an urban area which maintains and
improves the social and natural environment and enables people to
support each other through developing their potential to promote health.
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Global status report on road safety 2013 serves as a
baseline for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, declared by
the UN General Assembly. The report presents information on road safety
from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world's
population. It indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic
deaths remains unacceptably high at 1.24 million per year. Made
possible through funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, this is the
second in a series of Global status reports. -
http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/en/
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The global nature of clean tech, and shares examples of
countries that are embracing clean energy to promote lower-carbon
economies and sustainable growth. -
The strategy is to be implemented over the next 10 years as
described in The Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006--2015. The Global Plan is
a comprehensive assessment of the action and resources needed to
implement the Stop TB Strategy and to achieve the following targets:
• Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, Target 8: Halt and begin to
reverse the incidence of TB by 2015
• Targets linked to the MDGs and endorsed by the Stop TB Partnership:
• by 2005: detect at least 70% of new sputum smear-positive TB cases and
cure at least 85% of these cases
• by 2015: reduce TB prevalence and death rates by 50% relative to 1990
• by 2050: eliminate TB as a public health problem (1 case per million
population) -
International Nowruz Day was proclaimed by the United
Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/64/253 of 2010, at the
initiative of several countries that share this holiday (Afghanistan,
Albania, Azerbaijan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, India,
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey
and Turkmenistan. -
"Autism is not limited to a single region or a country; it
is a worldwide challenge that requires global action." Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon -
Every year 27 March is celebrated as World Theatre Day. It was established in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute. -
St. Petersburg International Legal Forum is the largest platform for dialogue between politicians, lawyers, economists and academics representing all major economic and legal systems.
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The World Banana Forum (WBF) promotes the worldwide
adoption of best practices for sustainable banana production and trade.
It is a permanent space of assembly where the different stakeholders of
the banana supply-chain seek solutions to their common challenges
through enhanced dialogue and sector collaboration. The WBF has three
specialized working groups which address the most urgent environmental,
social and economic challenges. -
Launched on March 14th, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico, by
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, report author Khalid Malik, and hosted
by Mexican President Enrique Nieto, the Human Development Report 2013
focuses on the unprecedented rise of the developing countries of the
Global South.
The 2013 Human Development Report -- "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" -- examines the profound shift in global
dynamics driven by the fast-rising new powers of the developing world
and its long-term implications for human development. -
Asia Water Week 2013 has for its overarching theme
"Securing Water for All". The conference covered crosscutting topics
such as climate change, water-food-energy nexus, and disaster management
as well as sub-sector specific discussions, including water supply and
sanitation, water resources and environment, and agriculture and
irrigation. -
Protecting Endangered Species,Wildife and Domestic Animals around the world. -
The Harvard Clean Energy Project (CEP) is a theory-driven
search for the next generation of organic solar cell materials. CEP has
established an automated, high-throughput, in silico framework to study
potential candidate structures for organic photovoltaics. At this phase,
we are concerned with the characterization of millions of molecular
motifs using first-principles quantum chemistry (as implemented in the
Q-Chem software package). -
Full Lists of Nobel Prizes
All Nobel Prizes
Between 1901 and 2012, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic
Sciences were awarded 553 times to 863 people and organizations. With
some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 835
individuals and 21 organizations. Below, you can view the full list of
Nobel Prizes and Nobel Laureates. -
RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW - (Connect4Climate)
The World Bank Climate Group
is working to inspire and catalyze leadership for a #CleanRevolution: a low
carbon future that is smarter, better and more prosperous. -
The day aims to raise awareness and promotes
community-based activities for ear and hearing health. WHO aims to
provide technical support to the Member States for development and
implementation of national plans for primary ear and hearing care
through their primary health care systems.
Hearing loss is the most prevalent sensory disability globally.
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The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 21
March the International Day of Forests. The Day will celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each
International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake
local, national and international efforts t...
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International Women's Day - March 8,
Join the celebration.
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The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation aims to
raise people's awareness of the UN's efforts to work on technical
cooperation among developing countries. It also celebrates the economic,
social and political developments made in recent years by regions and
countries in the south. It is a time for individuals and organizations
to agree on the importance of South-South cooperation, in complementing
North-South cooperation, to support low-income countries in achieving
development goals.
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President Obama delivers the 2013, 2012, 2011 State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013 :
* presents a post-crisis world economy still struggling with
continued weakening growth of 2.2 per cent in 2012;
* projects disappointing global growth of 2.4 per cent in 2013 and
3.2 per cent in 2014 in the face of major uncertainties and downside
risks;
* foresees a much slower pace of poverty reduction in many developing
countries and narrowing fiscal space for investments in the many
critical areas needed for achieving the Millennium Development Goals;
* calls for more forceful and concerted policy action at the global
level, identifying fiscal and employment policies, financial market stability, development assistance and green growth as key challenges.
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WMO promotes cooperation in the establishment of networks for making meteorological, climatological, hydrological and geophysical observations, as well as the exchange, processing and standardization of
related data, and assists technology transfer, training and research.
Thursday 2 January 2014
2013 Year in Review
Looking back at major events of 2013, Meetings, Symposiums, Conferences, International Days, International Decades, International Weeks, International years ...
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