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Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has refused to appoint an ethnic Serb nominee to the Constitutional Court over claims that he has a criminal conviction in Serbia for smuggling.

Increased competition in Zambia's mobile phone sector is worrying its street vendors.

Die Weltmeisterschaft 2018 in Russland steht vor der Tür. BLICK wollte von den Lesern wissen, wen sie sich im Schweizer Nati-Shirt wünschen.

Nur noch 20 Tage! Dann rollt in Russland endlich der WM-Ball. Langsam aber sicher kribbelt es bei den Fussball-Fans auf dem Globus. Und natürlich fiebern auch wir Schweizer dem Spektakel entgegen. 

Die Frage, die eine ganze Nation beschäftigt, lautet: Wem schenkt Nati-Coach Vladimir Petkovic das Vertrauen? Heute um ca. 21 Uhr gibt er das erweiterte 27-Mann-Kader bekannt. Bis spätestens am 4. Juni muss das finale 23-Mann-Kader stehen. 

BLICK wollte von den Lesern wissen, wer sich das rote Shirt in Russland überstreifen soll.

Bis Freitagmittag haben 13’051 BLICK-Leser ihre Wahl abgegeben. Jeder User konnte drei Torhüter, acht Verteidiger, sieben Mittelfeldspieler und fünf Stürmer in ihren personalisierten Kader berufen.

Die Ergebnisse:

Goalies:

• Yann Sommer (12’882 Stimmen)
• Roman Bürki (12’696 Stimmen)
• Yvon Mvogo (10’683 Stimmen)
• Aus dem Kader fällt: Gregor Kobel.

Abwehr:

• Ricardo Rodriguez (12’768 Stimmen)
• Stephan Lichtsteiner (12’299 Stimmen)
• Manuel Akanji (12’156 Stimmen)
• Fabian Schär (11’846 Stimmen)
• Nico Elvedi (11’420 Stimmen)
• Michael Lang (11’299 Stimmen)
• Kevin Mbabu (7949 Stimmen)
• Silvan Widmer (7761 Stimmen)
• Aus dem Kader fallen: Johan Djourou, Timm Klose, François Moubandje.

Mittelfeld:

• Granit Xhaka (12’479 Stimmen)
• Xherdan Shaqiri (11’907 Stimmen)
• Valon Behrami (11’511 Stimmen)
• Denis Zakaria (10’818 Stimmen)
• Steven Zuber (10’120 Stimmen)
• Blerim Dzemaili (8868 Stimmen)
• Remo Freuler (7323 Stimmen)
• Aus dem Kader fallen: Edimilson Fernandes, Gelson Fernandes, Djibril Sow, Luca Zuffi, Fabian Frei.

Sturm:

• Breel Embolo (12’484 Stimmen)
• Mario Gavranovic (9693 Stimmen)
• Josip Drmic (9516 Stimmen)
• Albian Ajeti (8402 Stimmen)
• Haris Seferovic (8197 Stimmen)
• Aus dem Kader fallen: Eren Derdiyok, Admir Mehmedi, Dimitri Oberlin.

 

Following a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo early May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided it is not yet an international public health emergency but is deploying an action plan to contain the disease, a move which proves particularly challenging this time

Imaginez un mur de policiers armés devant le Parlement européen, ou un accès bloqué aux journalistes, experts, conseillers. C’est difficile ? En Pologne, c’est une réalité. Un article de notre partenaire Gazeta Wyborcza.

Das Ende des Polio-Programms stellt die Welt­­gesund­­heits­­orga­­ni­­sation vor ge­­wichtige Zukunfts­­fragen. Eine Analyse von Maike Voss und Oliver Razum.

Tunisian female referee Dorsaf Ganaouati has begun breaking down the barriers in a world dominated by men and she is determined to continue.

RFI - En Mauritanie, la douzaine d'avocats du dossier Bouamatou, - du nom de l'opposant et homme d'affaires accusé de corruption - protestent....

Editions Le Pays - Abdel Aziz cédera-t-il aux sirènes des Raspoutine ? Alors que l’on était tenté de donner le bon Dieu sans confession...

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Un homme, qui s'était fait retirer le permis en juillet 2013, a avoué conduire régulièrement des véhicules à moteur depuis cette date.

Le Tribunal fédéral a confirmé pour un homme son obligation de se tenir à distance des lieux d'habitation et de travail de la plaignante, avec qui il avait eu une brève liaison.

Landscape of Tetchia in Southern Ethiopia. Credit: GGGI

By Dex Agourides
May 25 2018 (IPS)

The vision for a sustainable future in Africa is being realized at a time of great possibilities and this vision is underpinned by a shift in continental focus towards sustainable and inclusive economic growth and development. This focus highlights strategic efforts towards poverty alleviation, resilience building, promoting sustainable infrastructure and, efficient management of natural resources.

With this, East Africa stands as one of the fastest growing region on the continent, with a projected economic growth rate of 5.9% in 2018 and 6.1% in 2019. Within the region, Ethiopia is amongst the top contributors to this growth, with notable growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) averaging 10.8% between 2003 and 2015 (Second Growth and Transformation Plan – GTP II 2015/16-2019/20).

East Africa stands as one of the fastest growing region on the continent, with a projected economic growth rate of 5.9% in 2018 and 6.1% in 2019. Within the region, Ethiopia is amongst the top contributors to this growth

Ethiopia’s rapid development is largely attributed to a public investment-led development strategy that has produced tangible growth and has measurably improved social circumstances.  These interventions have been guided by a series of targeted macro-economic planning instruments, namely, the First and Second Growth and Transformation Plans (GTP I 2010-2015 &GTP II 2015-2020), which outline the goals and benchmarks for Ethiopia to reach middle-income status by 2025.

Still, while inclusive growth and development is occurring, it has been differentiated in terms of distribution of gains across geographical regions and socio-economic groups.   This is partly attributed to the fact that Ethiopia has one of the most complex and variable climates in the world as a result of its location between various climatic systems and its diverse geographical structure.

Ethiopia, and its expanding socio-economic systems, are thus left vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change. So much so that by 2050, several key shifts in the climate are expected to develop, namely: Continued temperature increases; Annual rainfall variability and; Overall shifts in seasonal rainfall patterns.

Thus, climate change has the potential to leave the goals of reaching middle-income status by 2025, highly susceptible – the negative impact on the GDP is estimated to possibly reach 10% or more by 2050 – leaving the most vulnerable groups disproportionately impacted.

Recognizing the seriousness of this, Ethiopia stands committed to building a Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE), through developing a CRGE Strategy, which has been fully integrated into the GTP II at federal and sector levels. The CRGE embodies a political commitment to green growth nationwide as well as a realization that climate resilience is a core development priority for the future.

The CRGE is anchored in the following pillars: Sustained economic growth, at an average of 11% per annum (in real terms); Protection from the adverse effects of climate change and build resilience and; Limited emissions for this development trajectory and achievement a 64% reduction by 2030.  It is based on this that Ethiopia has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC’s), making it one of the first Least Developed Countries (LDC’s) do this, with one of the most ambitious targets set by any economy globally.

 

 

As such, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) has been supporting the Government of Ethiopia since 2010, with the development and implementation of its CRGE vision and strategy – developed at sector level for Agriculture and Forestry (2014) and for Water and Energy (2015).  GGGI’s in-country delivery model consists of embedded expert/advisory technical support and capacity building to support CRGE ambitions and remain responsive to the dynamic issues facing its full realization.

Interventions are in fundamental alignment of CRGE strategic priorities, namely incentivizing targeted interventions and focused investment approaches that go well beyond the notion of ‘growth at all costs.’ Interventions are instead anchored in the principle of shared responsibility in building long-term, sector-wide resilience capacity to achieve carbon neutral growth.

To help ensure the bold vision and ambitions of the CRGE are fully realized by all of its principal stakeholders, GGGI supported the establishment and operationalization of the CRGE Facility, the CRGE’s principal national financing vehicle, based in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC).

This work has been focused on supporting the facility with positioning itself to mobilize and channel resources for climate action from domestic, international, public and private sector sources and the capitalize bankable green growth projects.  In line with this, in 2015 and 2016, GGGI supported MoFEC attain direct access accreditation by the Adaptation Fund (AF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), respectively.

Further, in 2017, GGGI supported the Facility with the mobilization of USD 60 million from the AF and GCF and mobilization of USD 75 million from bilateral development partners towards Ethiopia’s large scale Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Implementation Program.

With all that said, as we move forward and continue to build on the milestones reached in Ethiopia thus far, we draw on key lessons to continue to develop, scale-up and replicate climate-smart interventions to collectively achieve transformation and advance green growth development in the country and on the continent at large.

Our work moving forward shall continue to be focused on interventions that: Are aligned with Ethiopia’s key national strategies and implementation plans and anchored by its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); Demonstrate real potential for transformational impact and; Demonstrate replicability/scale-up potential at national and continental levels, towards further unleashing climate smart opportunities in Africa.

The post Ethiopia’s Green Growth Goals: A Launchpad for Wider Climate Action in Africa appeared first on Inter Press Service.

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Dex Agourides is Head of Programs - Africa & Europe, Global Green Growth Institute

The post Ethiopia’s Green Growth Goals: A Launchpad for Wider Climate Action in Africa appeared first on Inter Press Service.

Die sich anbahnende italienische Regierung hat bereits schockiert, obwohl noch kaum etwas passiert ist. Alles Wichtige zur Krise um die drittgrößte Euro-Volkswirtschaft.

The Irish constitution currently bans abortion. Today the Irish will vote on whether this should change. According to the polls, the advocates of liberalisation, which the government and parliament also support, have a slight lead. Commentators describe the mood before the vote and how this once deeply Catholic country is rethinking its values.

A year before the elections to the European Parliament the EU's approval ratings are at record levels: more than two-thirds of EU citizens believe their country benefits from EU membership, according to the new Eurobarometer survey. Europe's media are delighted with the results but also point out that the sun isn't shining everywhere.