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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Marine Litter - Vital Graphics

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 8 July 2016

marinelitter.pdf 16.12 MB

Every year, the sum of humanity’s knowledge increases exponentially. And as we learn more, we also learn there is much we still don’t know. Plastic litter in our oceans is one area where we need to learn more, and we need to learn it quickly. That’s one of the main messages in Marine Litter Vital...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Mainstreaming Guidelines Executive Summary 2016

Hanna Petri uploaded a new Document | 7 July 2016

mainstreaming_executive_summary.pdf 3.87 MB

This brochure provides a brief summary of the Guidelines No 6: Integrating the environment and climate change into EU international cooperation and development: Towards sustainable development.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
THE PRICE OF GREEN

Mélanie Romat posted Information | 4 July 2016

Steps towards environmental management in Argentina. Putting a price to nature has not always been an appealing idea, at least at first instance, among those who care about the environment. The suspicion of veiled economic interests or the alleged invaluable character of Mother Nature have been...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Successfully Implementing the SDGs through Sustainable Resource Use & Management

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 4 July 2016

The International Resource Panel (IRP), launched by UNEP in 2007, organised a debate session at the European Development Days (EDDs) in Brussels on 15 June 2016. The session was entitled “Sustainable resource use and management: successfully implementing the SDGs” and touched upon the themes of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Go Circular – opinion piece by Karmenu Vella

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 4 July 2016

Karmena Vella, EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, was interviewed by UNEP for the May edition of the ‘Our Planet’ magazine. In his article, the Commissioner linked marine litter with the circular economy , stating that “at least one third of the world’s plastic waste...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EU reaffirms support to UNEP in Sudan

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 4 July 2016

On the occasion of Europe Day on 9 May, the EU Delegation in Sudan invited UNEP and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to commemorate joint development projects funded by the EU in the country. The EU is providing €3.4 million for a project implemented by UNEP, the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
About

Anjana Varma updated the WIKI page | 24 June 2016

Many developing countries are unable to fulfil their obligations as signatories of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) because they lack capacity to address increasingly complex scientific and technical issues. Developing countries are facing a variety of obstacles, including inadequate...

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Project: Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude commented on information | 22 June 2016

A batch of new projects approved by the Commission under the GPGC/Environment & Climate Change !

Out of the two calls for proposals that were launched near the end of 2015, 15 new projected have now recently started their operations. 4 small grants in the South-Atlantic Region: 3 small grants in the Indian Ocean region: 1 small grant in the Polar/Sub-Polar region: 4 medium grants in the...

Group: Biodiversity for Life
Successfully Implementing the SDGs through Sustainable Resource Use & Management

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 22 June 2016

The International Resource Panel (IRP), launched by UNEP in 2007, organised a debate session at the European Development Days (EDDs) in Brussels on 15 June 2016. The session was entitled “Sustainable resource use and management: successfully implementing the SDGs” and touched upon the themes of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Reducing Short Lived Climate Pollutants - Quick Wins for Climate and Development

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 22 June 2016

On 15 June UNEP’s Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) held a session at the European Development Days in Brussels, entitled “Quick Wins for Climate and Development – contributing to SDG attainment by reducing short lived climate pollutants”. The experts panel consisted of Jacob Werksman,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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