Capacity Development

Description With the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Change Agreement adopted in 2015, the issue of energy transition is becoming ever more central to both national and global agendas. The Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Goal 7) advocates universal access to affordable…

Introduction and background With the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Change Agreement adopted in 2015, the issue of energy transition is becoming ever more central to both national and global agendas. The Sustainable Development Goal 7 advocates universal access to…

Description Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change are historic achievements. Together, they set universal transformative objectives for embarking all countries on sustainable and low-carbon pathways. SDG 13 focuses on climate change, with reference to the…

Description The Sustainable Development Transition Forum aims at establishing an interface between the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) and the different sate and non-state actors and stakeholders involved on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Every year the Sustainable…

Description The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the UN Member States in September 2015 including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets. Among these 17 SDGs, Climate Action (SDG 13) aims to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts…

Description Specific energy sources, such as hydropower, tend to be underdeveloped in different regions of the world. For example, only about 10% of hydropower potential in Sub Saharan Africa is currently utilized. Offshore wind power and equatorial solar energy are equally underdeveloped. Barriers…

Climate change is not a far-off problem. It is happening now and is having very real consequences on people’s lives. Climate change is disrupting national economies, costing us dearly today and even more tomorrow. But there is a growing recognition that affordable, scalable solutions are available…

BAN KI-MOON, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said that every year hope filled the General Assembly Hall, the hope embodied in the Charter of the Organization. But this year, the horizon of hope had darkened. Cold War ghosts had returned to haunt the present. "Diplomacy is on the defensive…

"Diplomacy is on the defensive, undermined by those who believe in violence. Diversity is under assault by extremists who insist that their way is the only way. Disarmament is viewed as a distant dream, sabotaged by profiteers of perpetual warfare. But leadership is precisely about finding the seeds…