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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Trade and Green Economy Handbook

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 29 April 2015

trade-ge-handbook-final-full-web.pdf 2.07 MB

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have together developed the latest edition of "Trade and Green Economy: A Handbook". The Handbook provides policymakers, civil servants, academics, and students with crucial...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New Handbook Explores How Trade Can Drive the Transition to a Green Economy

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 29 April 2015

Global Trade Reached US$23.4 Trillion in 2013, Highlighting Financial Power that Could be Harnessed for Sustainable Development. Geneva, 28 April 2015 – A new handbook released today aims to boost the interaction between trade and the Green Economy, thus opening up new possibilities to drive...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Europe Reaffirms its Continued and Enhanced Support to UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 29 April 2015

The EC and UNEP meet annually to address common challenges related to the global sustainability agenda. Achim Steiner with Neven Mimica and Karmenu Vella Brussels - UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Achim Steiner was in Brussels, Monday, for a...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Promoting organic agriculture and access to markets

Philip Bopst posted Information | 29 April 2015

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) supports EU Eastern Partnership countries in enhancing organic agriculture production and trade as part of the EaP GREEN programme objectives. Armenian, Moldovan and Ukrainian producers were prepared for participation at the Biofach organic trade fair on...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
E-course “Introduction to a Green Economy: Concepts and Applications”

Diane KELECOM updated the event | 28 April 2015

20 Apr

From 20 April 2015 to 12 June 2015
in (Belgium)

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the new edition of the e-learning course "Introduction to a Green Economy: Concepts and Applications", taking place 20 April – 12 June 2015. The course is delivered within the framework of the *Partnership for...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Shared environmental information system and green growth

Philip Bopst posted Information | 28 April 2015

In an effort to demonstrate the value of Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) in advancing the green growth and green economy, OECD, UNECE, UNEP and EEA were joining forces during the regional expert meeting in Paris 10-11 March 2015 . As an implementing partner of EaP GREEN, the OECD is...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development: Pathways to Scale

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 27 April 2015

pathways_to_scale.pdf 3.39 MB

Pathways to Scale, the Inquiry`s third progress report, explores how innovative ideas and practices can be made more effective, adopted more widely, and taken to scale—and as a result move the trillions that are required. Scaling-up proven but limited innovations, is a common development challenge...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The public consultation meeting on the Draft Upper Dnieper River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 29, 2015

Keti Metreveli created a new event | 27 April 2015

29 Apr

From 29 April 2015
in Kiev (Ukraine)

Organised by Environment Protection of International Rivers Basins

The public consultation meeting on the Draft Upper Dnieper River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) will be held in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 29, 2015

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Public Consultation for Prut – Moldova, in Chisinau

Keti Metreveli created a new event | 24 April 2015

05 May

From 5 May 2015
in Chisinau (Moldova)

Organised by Environmental Protection of International Rivers Basins

The public consultation meeting on the Draft Prut River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) will be held in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, on May 5, 2015.

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Public Consultation for Prut – Moldova, in Chisinau

Keti Metreveli created a new event | 24 April 2015

05 May

From 5 May 2015
in Chisinau (Moldova)

Organised by Environmental Protection of International Rivers Basins

The public consultation meeting on the Draft Prut River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) will be held in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, on May 5, 2015.

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

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