Environment and Energy
About Environment and energy
Environment and Energy 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. For more information on Corporate UNDP Environment and Energy focus area please click here.
UNDP Kuwait and Environment and Energy
The State of Kuwait’s rapid economic growth has both burdened the environment and left it lagging behind other areas of progress. The attainment of the Millennium Development Goal 7 of Ensuring Environmental Sustainability remains to be challenge with outdated environmental laws and regulations, lack of coordination between institutions, limited institutional capacities and lack of public information on environmental issues.
UNDP Kuwait has focused on upstream strategic interventions with the formulation of the National Environmental Strategic Plan and the current efforts to strengthen the institutional performance of the Environmental Public Authority (EPA) enabling it to meet its mandate and obligations. It has also contributed to the development of the first Kuwait Integrated Environmental Information Network providing specialists and the public with access to updated and reliable demographic and environmental information, using Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies. UNDP Kuwait is also developing the national institutional and technical capacities for using GIS technologies.
UNDP Kuwait Corporate service lines under Environment and Energy.
Kuwait Sustainable Environmental Programme |
Frameworks and strategies for sustainable development (SL 3.1) |
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Kuwait Environmental Information Network |
Frameworks and strategies for sustainable development (SL 3.1) |
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Current Active Projects under Environment and Energy
UNDP Kuwait News on Environment and Energy
21 November 2009
Kuwait dive team from the Kuwait society for the protection of the environment meets with UNDP and other UN agencies
Members of the Dive team at the Kuwait Society for the protection of the environment has started meeting with agencies, in order to start a number of joined projects. The first meeting was with UNDP Assistant Resident Representative, Mubarak Al-Adwani, and Programme Associate Mai Al-Essa. The goal of these meetings is to make use of and develop programmes that join similar organizations in order to protect the environment. Read the media coverage below....
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27 October 2009
Climate Change Seminar Held at the Graduates Society
Speakers and attendees from different sectors in Kuwait gathered at a seminar to discuss climate change in Kuwait on 27 October 2009. Speaker Ali Al-Ameer stated that “ The region is suffering from climate and environmental problems whether it is naturally occurring or caused by man, especially Kuwait, which is still overcoming the effects of the gulf war” He also pointed out the importance of bringing topics such as climate change and our responsibility to the environment, to the Kuwaiti Parliament. Dr. Ali Khuraibet, presented the topic of Climate change and its effects on this region and the world in general.
About the upcoming conference in Copenhagen, Dr. Salah Bourjini stressed the importance of giving Kuwait a detailed position paper to present in December. A team of Kuwait representatives will be attending the Climate change conference and will need to be prepared and able to participate, as the accusations of pollution will be aimed at the Oil producing countries that supply oil as long as the high demands are present.
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11 May 2009
Box Hill College in Kuwait (BHCK) contributes to environment and gender awarness
A graphics design Teacher at Box Hill College Kuwait (BHCK) has assigned her 13 students to to chose between or develop work around the following two themes:
- 'Your planet needs you. Unite to combat climate change' the 09 World Environment Day theme.
- An awareness campaign for gender equality.
As this is a 5 weeks assignment (due one week before World Environment Day) UNDP supported the students by bringing in two experts to talk to the students about both topics mentioned above to help them come up with ideas for their projects. It is in the plan to display these designs during the first week of June to coincide with the UN World Environment Day. Visit our Photo Gallery for more pictures on this event.
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25 November 2008
UNDP to Participate in VEZAVE''s Green Life Expo
VEZAVE Public Relations, Events & Exhibitions and United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) concluded a cooperation understanding for the UNDP contribution in Green Life Expo organized by VEZAVE to run during the 9th-10th - 11th of February, 2009 at Alraya Ballroom, Kuwait Marriot Court Yard Kuwait. More....
Read the media coverage below....
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11 September 2007
Results of Phase III of the KIEIN Porject
In cooperation with the Supreme Council for Planning and Development and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, UNDP Kuwait participated in the launch of the third phase of the Kuwait Integrated Environment Information Network (KIEIN) project. KIEIN was showcased to the public as it is now available on the web though: http://kiein.kisr.edu.kw/ offering analytical tools, search queries, environmental and socio-economic indicator and metadata. KIEIN is designed to periodically collect and store environmental and socio-economic information measured from inside and outside of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) on a comprehensive multi-objective geo-environmental database using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology.
In his opening speech, Dr. Naji Al Mutairi, Director General of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research highlighted the importance of KIEIN as it provides environmental and socio-economic data to decision makers, planners, researchers enabling them to respond to pressing environmental issues such as global warming. He also asserted that the completion of the third phase of the project marks a turning point in the KIEIN project as it has facilitated the use and dissemination of data through a user-friendly web application. Dr. Adel Al Wugayan, General Director of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development hailed this effort and highlighted the need to link the outputs of high quality scientific research to development planning. Ms. Valerie Cliff, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator flagged that the State of Kuwait has met most of the Millennium Development Goals yet it still faces challenges in meeting goal seven on environmental sustainability. She also pointed that KIEIN can play a role in facilitating economic efficiency while sustaining environmental resources in the State of Kuwait.
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