アフリカ開発の触媒となるエンドユース技術
【ナイロビIDN＝ジョシュア・マシンデ】
エネルギーの生産的な利用がアフリカ農村地帯の生活改善の鍵を握っている。電力や技術へのアクセスが良くなれば、零細企業は生産過程と効率を向上させることができる。
電力が利用できなければ、農村の零細企業は、労働集約的で時間のかかる手動の道具に頼らざるを得ず、その結果、製品に付加価値をつけたり多様化させたりする多くの機会を、しばしば逃すことになる。…
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Multilateralism in Action is Something We Need to See More Of
By Miroslav Lajčák
Miroslav Lajčák is President of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Following are extensive excerpts from his Statement at 74th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) with focus on Inequality in the Era of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on 14 May 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. – The Editor.
BANGKOK (IDN-INPS) – In 2015, we made a promise. We committed to leaving no one behind. And, the theme of this session is a stark reminder of our promise: Inequality in the Era of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…
Kazakhstan Promotes Sustainable Development Goals in Global Diplomacy and International Activities
By J Nastranis
NEW YORK (IDN) – When Kazakhstan took over the presidency of the UN Security Council in January 2018, it set out with a seven-point agenda: a world free of nuclear weapons; preventing and ending military confrontations at regional and global levels; making Central Asia a model for a regional zone of peace, security, cooperation, and development; reaching peace and security in Africa; fighting international terrorism and violent extremism; advancing the nexus between security and development; and adapting the UN system to the needs of the 21st century.…
Afrika Imejitolea Kwa Usawa Wa Kijinsia, Uwezeshaji Wa Wanawake
Na Jeffrey Moyo
JOHANNESBURG (IDN) – Ruramai Gwata mwenye umri wa miaka ishirini na tisa hakuwa na sababu ya kusherehekea Siku ya Wanawake ya Kimataifa inayoadhimishwa Machi 8 kila mwaka. Alilala hospitali akiuguza majeraha yake baada ya kushambuliwa vibaya na mume wake juu ya mgogoro wa nyumbani.
Alipokuwa akipambana na maumivu yake miezi miwili baadaye, dunia ilipokuwa ikikumbuka Siku ya Mama, Gwata alikuwa na shida ya kumbukumbu za maumivu jinsi watoto wake wawili walivyoona kunyanyaswa kwake na mumewe.…
Africa Committed To Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment
By Jeffrey Moyo
JOHANNESBURG (IDN) – Twenty-nine year old Ruramai Gwata had no reason to celebrate the International Women’s Day observed on March 8 every year. She lay in hospital nursing her wounds following a severe assault by her husband over a domestic dispute.
While licking her wounds two months later, as the world commemorated Mother’s Day, Gwata was plagued by agonising memories of how her two children witnessed her abuse by her husband.
Jobless Gwata, though a qualified jobless teacher, is by no means a rare exception in Africa. Because of the fate of women like Gwata the continent’s bid to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 by accomplishing gender equality and empowering all women and girls by the year 2030, threatens to remain a pipe dream. (P05) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWAHILI
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｜アイスランド｜SDGsの宣伝を若者がリード
【レイキャビクIDN＝ロワナ・ヴィール】
アイスランドでは、首相官邸の支援の下に１３～１８才の１２人の青少年で構成する「若者評議会（Youth Council）」が設置され、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）の促進を主導することになった。
コーディネーターのニルシナ・ラルセン・アイナルスドッティル氏は、１２人の枠に１４０人超の応募があったことを明かしたうえで、「応募者全てが素晴らしい発想の持ち主で、選考は難航を極めました。」と語った。…
Upatikanaji wa Teknolojia za Matumizi ya Mwisho Umuhimu wa Kuboresha Maendeleo katika Afrika
Na Joshua Masinde
NAIROBI (IDN) – Matumizi ya nishati kwa ufanisi yana ufunguo wa mabadiliko ya maisha vijijini mwa Afrika. Makampuni madogo yanaweza kuboresha taratibu zao za uzalishaji na ufanisi kama yangepata ufanisi bora wa umeme na teknolojia.
Bila umeme, biashara ndogo za vijijini hutumia zana ambazo sio za kisasa za mwongozo wenye nguvu za kibinadamu na za kupoteza muda, na mara nyingi hugeuka fursa nyingi za kuongeza thamani au bidhaa mbalimbali.
Kuridhisha haja ya nguvu za umeme za makampuni ya kibiashara hutoa fursa kwa wahusika wa sekta ya kibinafsi kama JUMEME, kampuni ya Tanzania inayoendeleza mini-gridi (nishati) za jua ili kuunganisha biashara na kaya katika maeneo ya mbali.…
The Road to Climate Summit in Poland Leads Through Bangkok
By Jaya Ramachandran
BONN (IDN) – Since the climate negotiations in Bonn failed to pave the way for a successful United Nations climate summit COP24 in Poland in December, an extra round is being convened from September 3-8 in Bangkok.
Commenting the negotiations in Bonn, concluded on May 10, the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group Chair Gebru Jember Endalew expressed concern at “the lack of urgency” to move the negotiations forward, despite the fact that “it is time to look at the bigger picture, see the severe impacts that climate change is having across the world, and rise to the challenge.”…
UN Predicts Loss Of $43 Trillion Through Land Degradation
By Jutta Wolf
BERLIN | BONN (IDN) – Land degradation has reached staggering proportions. If the current pace continues unabated, a gargantuan amount of $43,000,000,000,000 ($43 trillion) will be lost to the world economy by the year 2050, warns the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
But the anticipated colossal loss can be avoided by spending $4.6 trillion on addressing a combination of human-induced processes adversely affecting the biophysical environment and huge stretches of fertile lands.…
Access to End-Use Technologies Key to Catalysing Development in Africa
By Joshua Masinde
NAIROBI (IDN) – Productive use of energy holds the key to livelihood transformation in Africa’s rural areas. Small industries could improve their production processes and efficiency if they had better access to electricity and technologies.
Without electricity, rural micro-enterprises make do with labour intensive and time-consuming manual tools, and often pass up many opportunities for value addition or product diversification.
Satisfying the need for power of commercial enterprises presents an opportunity for private sector players such as JUMEME, a Tanzanian company that develops solar-powered mini-grids to connect businesses and households in remote areas. (P04) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWAHILI
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