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Energy and Environment

Energy and environment are essential for sustainable development. The poor are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and lack of access to clean affordable energy services. These issues are also global as climate change, loss of biodiversity and ozone layer depletion cannot be addressed by countries acting alone. UNDP helps countries strengthen their capacity to address these challenges at global, national and community levels, seeking out and sharing best practices, providing innovative policy advice and linking partners through pilot projects that help poor people build sustainable livelihoods.

Energy and Environment in Croatia

In Croatia, UNDP's activities aim to ensure that natural resources are used in a sustainable manner and in compliance with the international obligations and agreements that the Republic of Croatia has assumed, with regard to the achievement of national Millenium Development Goal (nMDG) 7 - sustainable development. The main points of UNDP's focus in the Energy and Environment area are climate change and biodiversity. The climate change outcome is a reduction of the institutional barriers that prevent the use of energy efficient technologies and practices in the residential and service sectors. UNDP-supported interventions will contribute to National efforts to reach the Kyoto protocol targets for reducing greenhouse gasses. The biodiversity outcome intends to support greening and sustainable conservation actions and practices among the key sectors driving coastal and island development in Croatia.

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04.06.2010
Many species. One planet. One future.
World Environment Day, 5th June 2010
Did you know that the man is one of the estimated 5 to 100 million species on this wondrous planet? Scientists, however, have managed to identify as little as about 2 million species so far. That means there is a huge amount we still don't know about our planet or whom we share it with. What we do know though is that a total of 17,291 species are known to be threatened with extinction. This is just the tip of the iceberg because many species disappear before they are even discovered. The reasons are human inconsideration and disinterest. With our present approach to the nature, we have put our foot on the accelerator, making species extinctions occur at up to 1000 times the natural rate. more »
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Energy and Environment Projects in Croatia

Environmental Governance Programme (GREEN)
The GREEN Programme addresses the environmental challenges of preserving biodiversity and fighting climate change by ensuring that natural resources are used in a sustainable manner and in compliance with the international obligations and agreements signed by Croatia.

GREEN Projects


Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency
The Project aims to provide practices-change recommendations and to leverage financing for the implementation of energy efficiency technologies and measure in Croatian residential and service sectors...
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in the Dalmatian Coast (COAST)
Operating in four Dalmatian counties, the project aims to ensure that investment decisions among operators in tourism, agriculture, fisheries and mariculture sectors are made on the basis of biodiversity and environmental criteria...

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