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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 8, 2021 (ECA)- The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is helping prepare African countries in readiness for the global UN climate change summit (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, UK, later in the year.   Jean Paul Adam, the director of the ECA’s Technology, Climate Change, Natural Resources Division (TCND), said this during the think tank’s 2021 First Quarter Accountability and Programme Performance Review (APPR) Meeting.   According to Mr. Adam, there has been an increased number of initiatives in line with ECA recommendations undertaken by member States at n...

PM directs transparency in execution of 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Programme February 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed satisfaction over the progress on the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Programme and directed for ensuring complete transparency including actively engaging SUPARCO for satellite imagery in the execution of the Programme across the Country. While chairing a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Committee on Climate Change in Islamabad on Monday, the prime minister appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of Climate Change and directed to actively look into...

Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting of the Prime Minister's Committee on Climate Change at Islamabad on Monday to review the latest inventory

BW Businessworld Towards A Lowemission Future The Indian government is committed in moving towards a gas-based economy by raising the share of natural gas in India’s energy mix from 6.2 per cent (current) to 15 per cent by 2022. Photo Credit : GAIL (India) contributes to more than half of the natural gas produced in the country, and it supplies gas to about 73 per cent of India’s total fertilisers produced. The company operates more than 65 per cent of India’s total CNG stations, supplying gas to about 63 per cent of India’s gas-based power.  To support the transition to a low-emis...