Podcast Archive
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The Greening of Your Planet
Posted on February 27, 2009
The Obama Administration has said it wants 25 percent of all of the country's energy needs to come from "clean" energy sources by 2025. This might mean an overhaul of our current electrical grid. Reid Detchon, Executive Director for Energy Climate of the United Nations Foundation, talks about what this might mean for the Energy Department.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Posted on January 7, 2009
Oscar Caleman of UN World Food Programme reports from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the refugee crisis in the region. Caleman describes how WFP’s ICT (Information Communications Technology) team is providing essential telecommunications tools to support humanitarian workers and help coordinate the delivery of vital aid.
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TSF Deploys to Pakistan
Posted on November 7, 2008
Télécoms Sans Frontières Head of Mission Simon Genin calls in about the response to the 6.5 earthquake in Pakistan. Genin describes conditions in the field and explains how TSF is providing vital communications links to earthquake survivors and relief workers.
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Oisin Walton reports from massive flooding in Haiti
Posted on September 25, 2008
Haiti has been hit by four severe tropical storms in less than a month. UN and other aid agencies are serving hundreds of thousands affected by the flooding. Télécoms Sans Frontières deployed two teams to Haiti to reconnect communications and communities devastated by the disaster.
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World Food Programme in Haiti
Posted on September 16, 2008
Mark Phillips, Haiti Tropical Storm ICT Coordination Officer for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), reports from Gonaives, Haiti on efforts to rebuild emergency communications for disaster relief in the wake of three consecutive, devastating hurricanes.
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