Environment & green economy

A healthy environment and equitable access to ecosystem goods and services are crucial for sustainable development, but they are increasingly threatened. To improve lives around the globe for the long term, we must change our relationship with the environment: growth and sustainability can go hand in hand if this imperative is met at all levels. An inclusive green economy offers a possible pathway.

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Reconnecting people with Nature – starting with Forests in Cities on International Day of Forests

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted an Idea | 12 April 2017

Forests cover one third of the Earth's land mass and host more than 80% of the animals, insects and plants on land. They perform vital functions, providing food, shelter, energy, medicines, oxygen and so much more to us. On International Day of Forests (21 March), we celebrate how forests protect...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UN Environment contributes to Debrief on Marrakesh Climate Summit in the European Parliament

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 11 April 2017

European policymakers and stakeholders met on 28 February 2017 at a European Parliament (EP) Intergroup on meeting to assess the outcomes of the Climate Change Summit in Marrakesh of November 2016 and in particular the role of the EU in that process. This role was scrutinized with both praise and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
How to expand Green Freight programs across Europe and promote collaboration between them – Europe Workshop

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 11 April 2017

Europe presents a unique economic area bound by common regulations on freight transport. These normative frameworks are aimed at leading the way to an efficient and environmentally sustainable global freight sector in Europe. On 6-7 April 2017, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and Smart...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EaP GREEN: Final National Conference on Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production in Georgia

Tatiana Chernyavskaya created a new event | 5 April 2017

27 Apr

From 27 April 2017
in Tbilisi (Georgia)

Organised by UNIDO

The "Greening Economies in the European Union's Eastern Neighbourhood" (EaP GREEN) assists six countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in progressing faster towards a green economy framework. This includes in particular decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation which should...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Workshop Agenda (English)

Chloé Fages updated the Document | 5 April 2017

by_ndc_workshop_agendaeng_3_form.pdf 280.16 KB

Agenda of the workshop (in English)

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Project: Clima East Policy Project
Workshop Agenda (Russian)

Chloé Fages updated the Document | 5 April 2017

by_ndc_workshop_rus_40_form.pdf 323.18 KB

Agenda of the workshop (in Russian)

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Project: Clima East Policy Project
2017 Knowledge-Sharing Award goes to the “Environment, climate change and green economy” group

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 5 April 2017

The 2017 Knowledge-Sharing Award was granted to DG DEVCO units C2 (Environment, ecosystems, biodiversity and wildlife) and C6 (Sustainable energy and climate change) for their joint effort to animate the Capacity4Dev group on " Environment, climate change and green economy ", a group of 429 members...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
TRANSrisk Report: "Report on Social Discourse Analyses and Social Network Analyses"

TRANSrisk Transition Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies uploaded a new Document | 3 April 2017

d6.2_report_on_social_discourse_analyses_and_social_network_analyses.pdf 2.53 MB

Dear all, Read the latest TRANSrisk report which demonstrates a framework to analyse agency and power dynamics on socio-technological transitions, as well as a methodological toolkit to apply the framework in practice. More specifically, this report sets out an approach to better analyse how...

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Group: Public Group on Energy
Europe Workshop on Green Freight Programs

Alexa Froger updated the event | 3 April 2017

06 Apr

From 6 April 2017 to 7 April 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the Smart Freight Centre,

How to expand green freight programs across Europe and promote collaboration between them 6 and 7 April 2017 | Brussels | Hotel Leopold | Rue du Luxembourg 35 The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in partnership with Smart Freight Centre (SFC) invites you to join a two-day Europe Workshop on...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Day 2 - 11 F-Gases bottom-up approach

Chloé Fages updated the Document | 29 March 2017

11 Clima East 27_280317_F-Gases.pdf 1.08 MB

Presentation

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Project: Clima East Policy Project

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