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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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Italy to Lead Global Celebrations of World Environment Day, Spark Action on Sustainable Future

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 8 April 2015

World Environment Day 2015 to Take Centre Stage at Milan Expo. This year's WED slogan is ‘Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care’. Nairobi/Rome, 7 April 2015 - Italy has today been named host of this year's World Environment Day (WED) global celebrations on 5 June, in a joint...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
National Conference on Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production in Armenia

Tatiana Chernyavskaya created a new event | 7 April 2015

28 Apr

From 28 April 2015
in Yerevan (Armenia)

Organised by UNIDO

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
Public consultation meeting on the Draft Central Kura River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) in Ganja, Azerbaijan

Keti Metreveli created a new event | 3 April 2015

23 Apr

From 23 April 2015
in Ganja (Azerbaijan)

Organised by “Environmental Protection of International River Basins”

Public consultation meeting on the Draft Central Kura River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) will be held in Ganja, Azerbaijan, on April 23, 2015. The meeting is organized within the framework of the “Environmental Protection of International River Basins” project, funded by the European Union. The...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Draft Agenda of The public consultation meeting on the Draft Central Kura River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) Ganja, Azerbaijan, on April 23, 201

Keti Metreveli uploaded a new Document | 3 April 2015

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Renewables Re-energized: Green Energy Investments Worldwide Surge 17% to $270 Billion in 2014

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 2 April 2015

Driven by solar and wind, world investments reverse 2-year dip, brush aside challenge from sharply lower oil price; 103GW capacity added in 2014 is roughly that of all US nuclear plants Major expansion of solar installations in China and Japan and record investments in offshore wind projects in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 2 April 2015

global_trends_in_renewable_energy_investment_report_2015.pdf 7.03 MB

In 2014, global investments in renewable energy increased by 17% to $270.2 billion. This was the first increase in investment for three years. And the trend was even more impressive in terms of capacity: last year a record of 95GW of wind and solar photovoltaic power was installed globally. The...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Renewables Re-energized: Green Energy Investments Worldwide Surge 17% to $270 Billion in 2014

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 1 April 2015

Driven by solar and wind, world investments reverse 2-year dip, brush aside challenge from sharply lower oil price; 103GW capacity added in 2014 is roughly that of all US nuclear plants Major expansion of solar installations in China and Japan and record investments in offshore wind projects in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi to Boost Environmental Information for Decision-makers

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 1 April 2015

Abu Dhabi, 1 April 2015 - Over 650 delegates from government, UN bodies, the non-governmental sector, private sector, academia and civil society will gather in Abu Dhabi between 6 and 8 October for the Eye on Earth Summit 2015, to bridge the information gap policy makers face in designing plans for...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Training of trainers workshop for practical application of SEA in EaP GREEN Countries

Cristian Olarean created a new event | 31 March 2015

03 Nov

From 3 November 2015 to 6 November 2015
in Khala, close to Batumi (Georgia)

Organised by UNECE; EaP-GREEN

Train the trainers workshop for practical application of SEA in EaP GREEN Countries. The activity will be carried out with support of the EU funded Programme Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (EaP-GREEN). [1] [1] http://www.oecd.org/environment/outreach/eapgreen.htm

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Sub-regional conference to exchange experience in drafting SEA and EIA legislation and bylaws (tentative)

Cristian Olarean created a new event | 31 March 2015

02 Nov

From 2 November 2015
in Kakheti (Georgia)

Organised by UNECE

Sub-regional conference to exchange experience in drafting SEA and EIA legislation and bylaws. The activity will be carried out with support of the EU funded Programme Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (EaP-GREEN). [1] [1] http://www.oecd.org/environment/outreach/eapgreen.htm

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