Environmental engineer + development worker with UNDP ... Tweeting about climate, energy & environment, presenting my own views.
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Joined April 2015
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James Vener retweeted
The transport of the future should be clean, accessible and well-connected.
Loved this new @UNDPClimate explainer on sustainable transport and how @UNDP is helping countries shift gears.
Read it here: go.undp.org/Uew
James Vener retweeted
The @WorldBank's new #BankingOnCities report provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the investments required to build more resilient and low-carbon cities in low- and middle-income countries.
Explore its findings: wrld.bg/KiRR50W3Fo3
James Vener retweeted
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
🌩️ More extreme weather & heat
🦟 New & worse disease outbreaks
🧺 Disrupted food supply -> malnutrition
🫂 Rising mental health challenges
Our explainer shows what we can do about it: go.undp.org/4Hk
James Vener retweeted
Four in five people around the world want their countries to step up efforts to address climate change, @UNDP’s #PeoplesClimateVote shows
Read more in our story ⤵️
news.un.org/en/story/2024/06…
James Vener retweeted
Your sunday reading: Can cities help slow down climate change?
Our latest explainer has the answers. go.undp.org/ZLW
James Vener retweeted
It's time to break trajectories, boundaries and business as usual, so the world can stay below 1.5° by 2025.
Today, join me, UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres and UNDP Administrator @ASteiner for the launch of #ClimatePromise 2025.
Watch live here: go.undp.org/ZZf
James Vener retweeted
🌍 Interested in strengthening cities' capacities in #ClimateFinance? Join our conversation on 13 March with the City Climate Finance Gap Fund. Learn about prioritizing subnational finance with @StoumTina, @JamesVener, and @monteirohelena!
👉 Register now:bit.ly/3uSOUFH
James Vener retweeted
In 2024 @UNDP will continue to put sustainability at the heart of the private sector. Working with Securities Exchange Commission in Zambia, green bond guidelines are on course to leverage $200m in corporate green bonds.
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James Vener retweeted
Live from Rome!
#Youth4Climate isn't just an event, it's a movement empowering the youth to hone their activism skills and contribute to global climate solutions.
Let's continue to build local movements and combat climate challenges together. 🌎
James Vener retweeted
How should the cities of tomorrow be organized to drive development?
Join the #FutureFitCities discussions now on how to build resilient and future-ready cities with #M4EG mayors and urban innovators worldwide👇 eum4egfutureforward2023.com
@euneighbours @UNDPEU @UNDP @Arup
James Vener retweeted
The #HLPF2023 provides a global platform to review progress on the #2030Agenda & #SDGs.
We stand at a critical point, facing challenges threatening our shared future.
See how @UNDP navigates the challenges ahead & helps to build a brighter future.
👉 go.undp.org/qFYG
James Vener retweeted
#CDN et Fonds #FONACAR : #OnEnParle!
Renforcement de capacités de +sieurs femmes membres d'associat° actives de lutte contre le chang. climatique sur les outils de mise en œuvre de la #CDN et les possibilités de mobilisation de Fonds Climat en RCA 🙏 #PNUD & Min. environnement🇨🇫
James Vener retweeted
Nearly 40% of energy-related emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean come from the transport sector.
We must accelerate the transition to low-emission solutions.
Join us on March 22-23 for a conversation on how to achieve this: ow.ly/W1x750Nnc8L
James Vener retweeted
And our 2021-2022 #PrizeforCities Grand Prize Winner is......🥁🥁🥁
🥇🏆TODOS AL PARQUE🏆🥇 from #Barranquilla, Colombia 🇨🇴
Congratulations!🥳
James Vener retweeted
A new year always offers hope for doing better. It is also a time to set goals.
As we work daily with countries to tackle climate change, here are our top 5 wishes for climate action in 2023.
What are yours?
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#ChangementClimatique Pour contribuer aux efforts🌍, la #RCA ambitionne de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre d’ici 2030. Du 4 au 6/01/22, les parties prenantes à la #CDN se sont réunis pour valider la feuille de route et le plan d’action🇨🇫
🌐👉undp.org/fr/central-african-…
James Vener retweeted
Which 🔟 @UN entities hosted the most #UNVolunteers in 2022? Here is your answer:
1) @UNDP
2) @UNICEF
3) @Refugees
4) @unmissmedia
5) @UNFPA
6) @WHO
7) @UNmigration
8) @UN_Women
9) @MONUSCO
10) @UNODC
In which one would you like to serve?
James Vener retweeted
Women play a vital role in managing biological resources and are disproportionally affected by biodiversity loss.
@undpclimate is at #COP15 to put gender at the heart of biodiversity governance & to promote women’s leadership and decision-making.
#ForPeopleForPlanet
James Vener retweeted
Today as part of #solutionsday, @COP27P , with the support of UN-Habitat will convene the first-ever Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at a #COP, focusing on housing, urban development, #multilevelSURGeahead
ℹ️ Learn more : unhabitat.org/news/16-nov-20…
