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		<title>ESCWA, UNECE Meeting Addresses Transport Emissions Reductions </title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/escwa-unece-meeting-addresses-transport-emissions-reductions/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The expert meeting on “Promoting Emissions Reductions in the Transport Sector” highlighted the main regional and global success stories in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, in particular European experiences and lessons learned in this field.]]></description>
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		<title>UNECE Experts on Global Energy Efficiency 21 Discuss Capacity Building, Energy Policy Reforms </title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unece-experts-on-global-energy-efficiency-21-discuss-capacity-building-energy-policy-reforms/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 16:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second session of the Group of Experts on Global Energy Efficiency 21 (GEE21) discussed recent developments of the project, considered case studies of market formation for energy efficiency investments for climate change mitigation, and heard presentations by the focal points of the UN Regional Commissions on the current energy efficiency and climate change work programmes and activities in their regions with respect to capacity building, energy policy reforms and investment project finance.]]></description>
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		<title>UNDP, ESCWA and League of Arab States Launch Arab MDG Report 2010</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/undp-escwa-and-league-of-arab-states-launch-arab-mdg-report-2010/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Third Arab Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2010 and the Impact of the Economic Crisis provides detailed information on where the Arab region stands in terms of achieving the MDGs by 2015, and highlights six priorities for policies and actions that should be undertaken to enable the region to move forward. ]]></description>
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		<title>UN Launches World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011 </title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/un-launches-world-economic-situation-and-prospects-2011/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN-backed report titled "World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011" states that fiscal policies, in tandem with income and structural policies, will need to be reoriented to foster job creation and green growth.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: EGM on the &quot;Development of a Vulnerability Assessment for the Arab Region to Assess Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources Sector&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Expert Group Meeting (EGM) is organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). It aims to take stock and exchange experiences of Arab countries, as well as that of regional and international organizations, on climate change modeling methodologies, tools, model projections, downscaling techniques and knowledge gaps, as well as ways in which vulnerability can be assessed in view of better understanding the effects of climate change on sustainable development in the Arab region.]]></description>
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		<title>UN Regional Commissions Publish Report on Financing Climate Change Mitigation</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/un-regional-commissions-publish-report-on-financing-climate-change-mitigation/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 2010: The five UN regional commissions have released a report titled &#8220;Financing Global Climate Change Mitigation.&#8221; The report reviews the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy for climate change mitigation, including: current and projected financial flows for carbon mitigation; selected mechanisms and sources of financing such as microfinance, guarantees, debt facilities and private equity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNECE Organizes Energy and Climate Meetings </title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unece-organizes-energy-and-climate-meetings/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[11 June 2010: The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has hosted a series of energy and climate meetings at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The first meeting of the Group of Experts of the Global Energy Efficiency 21 (GEE21) Project convened on 10 June 2010. It was preceded by the 15th Session of the Ad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WORLD URBAN FORUM 5 DEVELOPS RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE INCLUSIVE CITIES</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/world-urban-forum-5-develops-recommendations-to-promote-sustainable-inclusive-cities-summary/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fifth World Urban Forum (WUF-5), which took place from 22-26 March 2010, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under the theme “The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide,” was hosted by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Government of Brazil. The event gathered a record of over 13,700 participants from 150 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNECE Publishes Study on Financing Mitigation</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unece-publishes-study-on-financing-mitigation/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 2010: The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) released a study in its Energy Series titled “Financing Global Climate Change Mitigation,” as the result of work conducted by all five UN Regional Commissions in the context of the Global Energy Efficiency 21 (GEE21) Project, launched in December 2008 by UNECE. The study seeks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Carbon Forum Hopes to Help Boost Africa</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/africa-carbon-forum-hopes-to-help-boost-africa-summary/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second Africa Carbon Forum, which was held from 3-5 March 2010, in Nairobi, Kenya, sought to help build on growing interest in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Africa, and concluded with expectations for a boost in Africa&#8217;s share of the global carbon market. The Forum was held under the Nairobi Framework, an initiative [...]]]></description>
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