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Standards are an effective instrument for addressing energy efficiency in buildings and supporting the achievements of the targets set by international initiatives such as the Global Goals, the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. All these initiatives stress the importance of energy efficiency to ensure energy security, mitigate GHGs
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The publication examines the causes of informal housing development in South-East Europe and assesses the Government’s policies to address this issue.
Over the last 25 years, informal settlements have become an increasingly important and urgent matter in the region. At an international conference in 2007, it was estimated that more than 50 million people lived in informal settlements in 20
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The UNECE Social Housing Study examines the current trends, challenges and social housing models in the UNECE region. It provides recommendations for possible future activities based on an extensive literature review of housing issues in over 50 countries and interviews with over 30 representatives of governments, private and non- governmental organizations.
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The scope of the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing is to improve sustainability of housing in the ECE region through effective policies and actions at all levels, supported by international cooperation, in order to contribute to sustainable development in the region. English
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Данная публикация– это результат исследования, проведенного с целью сбора всесторонней информации о системах управления земельными ресурсами разных стран. Данное исследование включает в себя большое количество аспектов, некоторые из которых относятся к услугам этих стран, применению ими электронных технологий при оказании услуг, защите странами собственных данных и возможностям восстановления ими
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The study presented here is the result of a survey to gather comprehensive information on countries' land administration systems. This includes the efficiency of their services, the security of their data and their ability to recover data and services in the event of a disaster, to name only a few of the aspects covered.
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This document presents summaries of the expert presentations during the workshop. Discussion focused on the impact of the global financial crisis on housing affordability, the responses of different governments, and ways to increase social housing.English
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This report compiles the speeches made by ministers responsible for housing, spatial planning and land administration and heads of delegations of thirty countries of the UNECE region at the Third Ministerial Meeting on Housing and Land Management held on 8 October 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The fruitful discussion at the Ministerial Meeting, as mirrored in this report, provided a great
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This report provides practical recommendations to help overcome barriers to energy efficiency in housing. The report builds on the Action Plan for Energy-Efficient Housing in the UNECE Region - a concrete and comprehensive list of actions to support housing energy efficiency.English
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United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 incorporating Specifications for its Application (ECE ENERGY SERIES No. 42)(as approved by the ECE Committee on Sustainable Energy at its Twenty Second-Session, November 2013) ***Available in
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This country profile on the housing and land management sectors of Ukraine is the sixteenth in the series published by the Committee on Housing and Land Management. The country profile programme continues to emphasize in-depth analysis and policy recommendations, while also focusing on specific challenges or achievements in the housing and land management sectors that are
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Mitigating climate change through investments in fossil fuel technologies (ECE Energy Series No. 40)
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Review of the implementation of the OSCE commitments in the field of energy-Diversifying the energy mix through development of renewable energyThe purpose of this report is to review the implementation of the OSCE commitments in the
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The Strategy aims at promoting sustainable housing and land management in the ECE region. It will guide the work of the Committee, its Working Party on Land Administration and the Real Estate Market Advisory Group. It will also further strengthen the implementation of existing tools and policy guidance of the Committee as well as contribute to the overall improvement of the housing and land
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NATURAL GAS FOR VEHICLES (NGV)June 2012IGU WORKING COMMITTEE 5 – UTILISATION of GASSTUDY GROUP 5.3 – NATURAL GAS VEHICLES (NGV)andUN ECE WORKING PARTY ON GASJOINT REPORT
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UNECE WPG STUDYUNECE Study on Underground Gas Storage in Europe and Central Asiain close cooperation with INTERNATIONAL GAS UNIONReviews the main trends in the underground gas storage in the UNECE regionContributes to increased visibility of future capacity and investment needsDiscusses regulatory, cost and operational