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Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino / 23 Feb 2021 The backed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners, catalyses public and private funds to combat deforestation, with the goal to cut annual emissions by 1 gigaton by 2025. As environmental leaders and change makers meet virtually for the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)  in February 2021, the issue of deforestation has been central to their discussions.   “It is fundamental in the fight against the environmental emergency that faces us.” Forests and woodlands are important stores of pl...

IPS interviews JOYCE MSUYA, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to find out what to expect for the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) Joyce Msuya, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), says environmental issues are development issues and therefore are everybody’s issues. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS NAIROBI, Feb 22 2021 (IPS) - Its time for the world to radically change our ways if we are to make peace with the planet and create the environmental conditions so that all of humanity can thrive, d...

UNHAS Afghanistan Standard Administrative and Operating Procedures (SAOP) - Part 1 Format 2.1CONCEPT OF OPERATION UNHAS Afghanistan fulfills the demand from the humanitarian community for transportation of their staff, partners and cargo involved in humanitarian and development activities in Afghanistan. Aircraft chartered by WFP Aviation under UNHAS management provides airtransport to all eligible humanitarian organizations and their partners to all regions of Afghanistan. UNHAS provides both regular and special flights, which includes scheduled, charter, medevac, and security relocation fli...

MPs to approve new members of powerful committee Tuesday February 09 2021 By EDWIN MUTAI Summary The National Assembly will Tuesday afternoon approve the appointment of seven MPs to the powerful 12-member House Business Committee (HBC). The HBC is the top decision making organ of the National Assembly. It sets the day to day agenda of business to be transacted by the House. The seven MPs who sat in the committee chaired by Speaker Justin Muturi during the 4th Session have been reappointed to serve for a further one year. The National Assembly will Tuesday afternoon approve the appointment o...

Manufacturing, high-tech to spur Tianjin GDP surge By YANG CHENG in Tianjin | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-28 09:16 Share CLOSE FAW-Volkswagen employees work on an assembly line at the automaker's Tianjin plant. [Provided to China Daily] The North China city of Tianjin expects its GDP growth this year to hit 6.5 percent compared to 1.5 percent in 2020, said Mayor Liao Guoxun on Monday. Liao made the remarks during the opening of the Fifth Session of the 17th Tianjin Municipal People's Congress. "After the traditional industrial hub ...