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15 March 2019. Nairobi. The India and Africa Partnership for Sustainability was hosted on the sidelines of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).  The series of roundtables were hosted by Centre for New Economic Diplomacy (CNED), founded by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). As an initiative, amongst others, CNED also aims to explore avenues through which India can partner with its immediate neighbourhood and African nations in the implementation of the SDG goals. Promoting green technology forms the core of both India and Africa’s climate change agenda – India has placed special emphasis on climate change technology transfer in its climate pledge, and has an annual Research and Development (R and D) budget of USD 15 billion. In Africa, the African Climate Technology Center, co-created by the African Development Bank, is spearheading climate change research projects across the continent.  ...

11-15 March 2019 . Nairobi. Fourth biennial United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) . The assembly focused on innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production .  Increasing numbers of consumers are aware of the importance of their consumption choices and care about environmental issues. For some, sustainable consumption means to purchase less, to select environmentally friendly products that are the result of fair trade or to share purchased goods. However, many do not translate their concerns into action as, for example, the purchase-decision making process is far more complicated and relies on social, political, economic and psychological factors, as well as on the price of the product. For people who want to pursue more sustainable living, in many cases, better options are not available, affordable, or effective. Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Consumption The multi-stakeholder dialogue provided an opportunity to discuss how p...