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What is UN-Energy? UN-Energy was initiated as a mechanism to promote coherence within the United Nations family of organizations in the energy field and to develop increased collective engagement between the United Nations and other key external stakeholders. read more The material available via this link was produced by the […]

Increased environmental awareness and business opportunities have begun to foster new attempts to introduce alternative energies into our daily lives. While the world still relies mostly on traditional energy sources such as coal or oil, growing trends point toward innovation in fields such as geothermic, wind, hydroelectric and solar energies […]

Virtually every business decision is also a decision about the use of natural resources. This paper describes how global warming is affecting water and energy resources, and the challenges and opportunities this presents globally. [issuu width=420 height=272 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=111110104912-5def780e0d72439b9965cb2f279c32bb name=ungc-pi_climate-water_whitepaper_final username=futurechallenges tag=climate%20change unit=px id=da9a9ea6-d82e-d04b-3be1-45a8cd59d125 v=2]

Two years ago news about the shale gas discovery in Poland electrified European public opinion. Rough estimates indicated amounts significantly exceeding the country’s internal market needs – resources that could make the whole region of Eastern Europe independent of outside imports. A New Energy Eldorado in Central Europe Investors from […]

“What we may be witnessing is […] the end of history as such: that is […] the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.” Decades after its publication, Francis Fukuyama’s proclamation of the unabashed triumph of democracy still produces uproar among readers and commentators. In […]