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virtual Malaysia Urban Forum 2020 Highlight

Urban Resilience and Low Carbon Special Session  For two days starting on the 28th  September, 2020, Kuala Lumpur will host the first hybrid national urban forum, which combines an interactive virtual platform and physical discussion for all stakeholders to “zoom”, participate, discuss, share insights and solutions to address the many challenges of Malaysia’s urbanization.  Sustainable Urban Nation 2030  The theme for

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Bike Sharing ofo Partners C40 to Tackle Climate Change

Bike Sharing ofo Partners C40 to Tackle Climate Change sustainable personal urban mobility

to escalate research studies in personal urban mobility, especially ‘walkability’ and ‘bikeability’, and develop innovative projects to further reduce carbon emissions PARIS, Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — ofo, the world’s first and largest station-free bike-sharing platform, signed an agreement with C40 in Paris on Oct 22ndto establish joint efforts in tackling worldwide climate change issues. In C40’s “Benefits of Climate Action” Research

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Prime Minister of Fiji’s address to UN Climate Change Conference Bonn

Prime Minister Voreqe Frank Bainimarama of Fiji's address to UN Climate Change Conference Bonn President of COP23

BONN, Germany, 18 May 2017 / PRN Africa / — Your Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Bula vinaka and a very good morning to you all, I’m delighted to join you all in Bonn towards the end of your current deliberations but at the start of a very big year for me personally as incoming President of COP23. I want to begin by

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UNDP, ofo Join Forces to Address Rural and Urban Environmental Challenges

UNDP, ofo Join Forces to Address Rural and Urban Environmental Challenges sustainable mobility

New York – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ofo, a China-based start-up that has become the world’s first and largest bike sharing platform, are joining forces to raise public awareness about climate change.   The UNDP-ofo Partnership UNDP, which is the world’s largest development organization, will advise ofo on an innovative initiative, which will see: Redistributing abandoned bikes

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