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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UNEP, UNECE sign landmark agreement to strengthen partnership on green economy and sustainable development

Alexa Froger posted Information | 20 May 2015

The agreement will allow the two organizations to provide coherent assistance to Member States. Standing (L-R): Marco Keiner, Director, Environment Division UNECE; Christian Friis Bach Executive Secretary, UNECE; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP; Jan Dusík, Director, Regional Office for...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Article 'Protecting our Planet: it all begins in our plates'

Josick VAN DROMME uploaded a new Document | 19 May 2015

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Article published in the European Commission magazine 'Commission en Direct' (April-May 2015 issue). It deals with the impacts of livestock on climate and the environment, while proposing options to make a difference, at a public level and individually in our food choices.

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Group: European Development Days
UNEP OHCHR Post-2015 Note #9 on "Universality in the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda"

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 19 May 2015

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The UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were amongst the first international agreements to frame the notion of “universality”. Since then the term has been used in various fora and processes, for example in the context of common principles and standards, of global public goods...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UN Report Outlines Ways to Achieve Clean, Sustainable Off-Grid Lighting for Africa

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 19 May 2015

New York, 18 May 2015 – Creating favourable conditions for modern solar lighting markets can provide a low-cost solution to reducing carbon emissions, indoor air pollution and health risks, while bringing electricity to an estimated 600 million people in Africa who lack access to the power grid,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Redirecting Financial Flows Worth US $2.5 Trillion Annually towards Green Investment Crucial to Sustainable Growth in Asia Pacific – New UN Report

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 13 May 2015

Report calls for Alignment of Financial Markets to Green Economy, Sustainable Growth Needs Nairobi/Bangkok, 13 May 2014 – Redirecting financial flows towards efficient, clean and inclusive economic activities in Asia Pacific and away from polluting, resources intensive activities is crucial to the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Global Opportunity Report 2015

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 12 May 2015

The Global Opportunity Report 2015 aims to show how five major global risks to building a sustainable and prosperous society (the lack of fresh water, unsustainable urbanization, continued lock-in to fossil fuels, the rise in non-communicable diseases, and extreme weather) can be turned into 15...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
National Conference on Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production in Belarus

Tatiana Chernyavskaya created a new event | 12 May 2015

25 May

From 25 May 2015
in Minsk (Belarus)

Organised by UNIDIO

Conference will present and discuss first results and experiences of the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production demonstration project implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) under the EaP GREEN programme supporting the greening of economies in the eastern...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Consultative Dialogue: Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) for manufacturing sector in Ukraine

Tatiana Chernyavskaya created a new event | 12 May 2015

22 May

From 22 May 2015
in Kyiv (Ukraine)

Organised by UNIDO

A consultative dialogue is called to explore the relevance and benefits of RECP in Ukraine, in the context of national development objectives and business interests, with a view to further foster inclusive and sustainable industrial development of the country. The dialogue results will guide...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
High level panel on Climate Change, Environment and Migration - report available

Jo De Backer posted Information | 12 May 2015

2015 is the “year of climate” with the major UNFCCC climate negotiations to take place in November/December 2015 in Paris, with significant implications for IOM’s work on human mobility in relation to climate and environmental change. In recognition of the increasing significance of the migration,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
High level panel on Climate Change, Environment and Migration - Thematic Global Report

Jo De Backer uploaded a new Document | 12 May 2015

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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