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Inauguration Ceremony
for the Solar Testing Centre |
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11 September 2008 -
As a
result of joint efforts and synergy between Austrian
Development Cooperation funded project “Solar water
heaters in Albania” and GEF/UNDP funded project “Albania
– Market transformation for solar water heating”, for
the first time in Albania and among rare cases in the
region, a solar testing facility was set up at the
premises of the Harry Fultz Institute in Albania. The
inauguration ceremony organized for this event took
place on 11 September 2008
at the premises of the "Harry Fultz" Institute. (more...) |
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Medium Size Project:
"Identification and Implementation of Adaptation
Response Measures in the Drini - Mati River Deltas" |
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11 June 2008 - Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Water Administration and UNDP Albania through the
Climate
Change
Programme launched the
Medium
Size
Project: Identification and Implementation of Adaptation
Response Measures in the Drini - Mati River Deltas". (more...)
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Training Workshop on
"Baseline
Study of Albania’s Power Sector for Clean Development
Mechanism"
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26 May 2008 - A one day
training workshop on the
"Baseline
Study of Albania’s Power Sector for Clean Development
Mechanism"
was organized by Climate change Programme
in the frame of the Project: "Building capacities to
access carbon financing in Albania". The project
is funded by the Austrian Government and implemented
through UNDP.
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Training Workshop on Institutional and Legal Aspects of
the Carbon Financing in Albania”
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29 February 2008 - A one day training workshop on
institutional and legal aspects of the carbon financing
in Albania
was organized by Climate Change Program in the frame of
the Project: "Building capacities to access carbon
financing in Albania". The project is funded by
the Austrian Government and implemented through UNDP.
(more...)
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Statement by the Minister
of Environment, Forests and Water
Administration of Albania, Mr. Lufter Xhuveli
at the
63th Session
of General Assembly
of the United Nations.
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12 February
2008 -
"Albania
is implementing a programme of activities aiming
to reduce the growth rate of greenhouse gas
emissions, adaptation to negative impacts
of climate change and enabling the carbon
financing mechanisms under the coordination
and support provided from the United Nations
Development Programme. The “One UN”
programme that Albania’s Government has
voluntarily joined provides new opportunities to
address among others the global environmental
issues and specifically climate change through
application of new approaches and new ways of
partnership" - said Mr. Lufter Xhuveli
(Minister of Environment, Forests & Water
Adminsitration) at the United NAtions 63th
Session of General Assembly.
(more...) |
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UNDP Human Development Report
2007/2008 |
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19 December 2007 – UNDP Albania in
collaboration with the UNDP/GEF Programme on
Climate change launched the UNDP
Human Development Report 2007/2008 dedicated
to the Global Climate Change on namely: “Fighting
Climate Change: Human solidarity on a divided
world”. (more…)
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Statement by Minister Lufter
Xhuveli at the high-level segment of the 13
session of the CoP of the UNFCCC |
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12
December 2007 – “We are here today, to bring the
political attention to this event, which I hope,
is following the historical and
never-happened-before journey that the climate
change issue, has had in the course of this year.
The Government of Albania, considers the
environment as one of its most important
questions, and among others, it is committed to
fulfil all the obligations, deriving from Global
UN Conventions, such as Climate Change
Convention”- said Mr. Lufter Xhuveli (Minister of
Environment, Forests & Water Administration) at
the high –level segment of the 13 Session of the
CoP of the UNFCCC, held in Bali, Indonesia, 3-14
December 2007.
(more...) |
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Exhibition on "This is my contribution against
climate change"
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23 October 2007 - The exhibition which
gathered and showed 48 paintings form the kids of
this school was launched in the premises of the
SOS - “Hermann Gmeiner” school. Mr. Lufter
Xhuveli, the Minister of the Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Water Administration and
, Ms. Gulden Turkoz Cosslett, the UN Res.
Coordinator & UNDP Resident Representative joined
the kids, their teachers and their parents who
were invited to such an event. (more...) |
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The Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership
Challenge of Climate Change UN Secretary-General
convened world leaders to build momentum for
climate change talks in Bali. |
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24 September 2007 - United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought to advance
the global agenda on climate change when he met
with heads of state and other top officials from
more than 150 countries at United Nations
Headquarters on 24 September. More than 70 heads
of state or government attended the one-day event,
making it the largest meeting ever of world
leaders on climate change. The Albania's Minister
of Foreign Affiars, H.E. Mr. L.Basha
addressed the round table on Technologies (more...) |
