Conversations on Vietnam Development
Dear Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,
Xin chào!
Thank you for your warm welcome.
It is an honour to be with all of you to mark Viet Nam’s 45th anniversary in the United Nations.
Today, we recognize more than a strong partnership – we celebrate a remarkable journey.
A story of transformation and hope written by the Vietnamese people.
Tiếp tục đọc “Secretary-General’s remarks at the 45th Anniversary of Viet Nam’s Membership in the United Nations [as delivered]”by Hans Nicholas Jong on 20 October 2022
At a cost of $37 billion, Indonesia could retire its coal power plants as early as 2040 and reap economic, social and environmental benefits from the shift, a new analysis by nonprofit TransitionZero shows.
Replacing coal with renewables will create a windfall of new jobs, which would outweigh coal closure job losses by six to one, according to the analysis.
The analysis has also identified three coal plants in Indonesia that are the most suitable for early retirement, as they have lower abatement costs and are the most polluting.
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s plan to retire its coal-fired power plants and replace them with renewable energy by 2050 is not only feasible, but, when environmental costs are considered, will be less costly than relying on coal to power the Indonesian economy, according to a new analysis.
Indonesia is often dubbed as the last bastion for coal, as its power sector remains heavily reliant on the fossil fuel — about 70% of its generated electricity came from coal in 2021. Indonesia is also the world’s biggest thermal coal exporter.
Tiếp tục đọc “Early retirement for Indonesian coal plants could cut CO2, boost jobs, analysis says”
By Philip Wang, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN
Updated 2:35 AM EDT, Sat October 15, 2022
Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, at a Security Council meeting in New York in 2018.Xinhua/ShutterstockCNN —
Russia is using rape and sexual violence as part of its “military strategy” in Ukraine, a UN envoy said this week.
The claim follows data released by a panel of UN experts recently that verified “more than a hundred cases” of rape or sexual assault incidents reported in Ukraine since February.
“When you hear women testify about Russian soldiers equipped with Viagra, it’s clearly a military strategy,” Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, said in an interview with AFP on Thursday.
Tiếp tục đọc “Russia using rape as ‘military strategy’ in Ukraine: UN envoy”
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