INSIGHT : Effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

A new report packed with best practice climate policies from across the world was released on Wednesday by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), revealing a wealth of existing opportunities to immediately scale up reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while powering up ambition to keep the global average temperature rise below 2°C.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Dec

Tobacco firm keen to reduce gas emissions

Carbon emissions have been on the rise globally due to increased use of energy sources which are unfriendly to the environment in industrial production and other human activities, and thus leading to global warming and destruction of the ozone layer, among other negative effects.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Jun

INSIGHT: Africa needs effective leaders to realise its anticipated goals

>As we are all very much aware that on Africa Day, we formally commemorate the creation of the Organisation of the African Unity in 1963, 51 years from this Sunday, as well as the inception of its successor, the African Union, just 12 years ago.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Nov

INSIGHT: WWF sees effective use of renewable energy by 2050

>It is a dreaded fact – millions of people in the world, notably from poor countries, lack access to electricity. But this trend can easily be reversed through concerted efforts to promote renewable energy. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) believes that if transition from the current unsustainable energy paradigm to a future powered by entirely renewable energy supply is given preference there is the possibility many people will access power.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jul

How myopic oil and gas policies will doom Tanzania

The warning is contained in a final consultancy report on Evidence-based Research and Policy Review on Oil and Natural Gas Sector commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Tanzania), which is implementing Oil for Development project.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Jul

CSOs want stable gas, oil extraction policies

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CSOs want stable gas, oil extraction policies
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Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have suggested that there is a need to have a system of ensuring that policies on oil and gas are carried on even after the current government's tenure lapses. According to the CSOs, President Jakaya Kikwete's government ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Nov

Lab buildings key for effective gas industry

>Residents of Tanga Region have been urged to support construction of laboratories in public schools if they want the country to benefit from the envisaged gas and oil economy.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

29 Apr

To reap benefits from gas, Tanzania needs favourable policies, laws and legal experts.

Former Deputy Minister of Energy and Minerals and Director of Tanzania Oxygen, Lawrence Masha.With abundant gas reserves Tanzania requires suitable policies, laws, right skills and legal expertise to manage contracts for successful participation in the gas economy and the common man to benefit.
This is the view of stakeholders who also felt that without right skills and legal expertise the country is likely to be unsuccessful in exploiting the sector’s potentials. They said it will thus fail...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Jan

EAC partner states advised to design fiscal policies for oil, gas management

East African Community (EAC) partner states have to design fiscal regimes which will enable them to manage their oil and natural gas wells, it was observed here on Wednesday.

 

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

12 Nov

Africa’s Regional Network for Youth Policies Experts launched at the First Global Forum on Youth Policies on Baku, Azerbaijan

Africa made history during the closing session of the just concluded First Global Forum on  Youth Policies, held in Baku, Azerbaijan by announcing the birth of African Network of Youth  Policy Experts (AfriNYPE) to advance the cause of youth policies in the region.

The network was announced at the closing plenary session attended by over 700 invited delegates constituting of experts, researchers, professors, government representatives across the world, and the United Nations...

 

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