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| AIR POLLUTION/ATMOSPHERE, Statement by Brian Williams, Chief Energy and Transport Section, Nairobi, Kenya, During UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 15th Session, New York, 30 April – 11 May 2007 |
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The year 2007 marks a historic crossroads in human history. For the first time, half of humanity will be living in towns and cities. Our research shows that by 2030, this figure will rise to two-thirds. We thus live at a time of unprecedented and irreversible urbanisation. The cities growing fastest are those of the developing world. And the fastest growing neighborhoods are slums. Indeed, 2007 will also be the year in which the global number of slum dwellers is forecast to reach the 1 billion mark.
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| CLIMATE CHANGE, Statement by Brian Williams, Chief Energy and Transport Section, Nairobi, Kenya, During UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 15th Session, New York, 30 April – 11 May 2007 |
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New York
The world is experiencing unprecedented levels of urbanization as the majority of people now reside in urban areas. By 2030, three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban, and the biggest cities will be found in the developing world. As climate change threatens to change the face of the planet, mega-cities loom as giant potential flood or other disaster traps, especially for billions of the world’s urban poor – who are often in slums – and who are always the most exposed and the most vulnerable.
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| ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Statement by Vincent Kitio, Energy Advisor, Nairobi, Kenya, During UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 15th Session, New York, 30 April – 11 May 2007 |
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New York
As I address this CDS 15, over 1 billion people are currently living in slums throughout the developing world with intolerable living conditions in terms of water and sanitation service provision and lack of access to reliable energy services. This trend makes it patently clear that if we fail to achieve the MDGs in towns and cities, we will simply fail to achieve them at all. Affordable and reliable energy supply to the urban poor will be critical to attaining these goals.
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AIR POLLUTION/ATMOSPHERE, Statement by Brian Williams, Chief Energy and Transport Section, Nairobi, Kenya, During UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 15th Session, New York, 30 April – 11 May 2007