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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Georgian enterprises go green by adopting Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production

Rene Van Berkel posted Information | 30 March 2015

Within the framework of the European Union’s Partnership for Environment and Growth (EaP GREEN), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) hosted on 26th March a conference in the Georgia capital, Tbilisi, on “Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) for Better...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Public hearing on law on SEA and Final event on Pilot: Strategic Environmental Assessment for Master Plan of the city of Orhei (tentative)

Cristian Olarean created a new event | 30 March 2015

17 Jun

From 17 June 2015
in Chisinau (Moldova)

Organised by UNECE; Ministry of Environment

Public hearing on law on SEA and Final event on Pilot: Strategic Environmental Assessment for Master Plan of the city of Orhei, Moldova: Experience and lessons learned. The activity will be carried out with support of the EU funded Programme Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (EaP-...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Round table discussion for the high level officials and parliamentarians from Ukraine to promote SEA benefits and facilitate adoption of the law on SEA

Cristian Olarean created a new event | 30 March 2015

12 Jun

From 12 June 2015
in Kiev (Ukraine)

Organised by UNECE; Ministry of Environment

Round table discussion for the high level officials and parliamentarians from Ukraine to promote SEA benefits and facilitate adoption of the law on SEA. The activity will be carried out with support of the EU funded Programme Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (EaP-GREEN). [1] [1] http...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude commented on information | 25 March 2015

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

Páramo: biodiversity and water resources in the Northern Andes - € 5 M La Unión Europea (UE) y el gobierno nacional lanzaron (17 de febrero de 2015) el proyecto " Páramos: Agua y Biodiversidad en los Andes del Norte" , que busca favorecer la conservación de siete páramos de Colombia, Ecuador y Perú...

Group: Biodiversity for Life
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude commented on information | 25 March 2015

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

BEST 2.0 - Promoting the conservation and sustainable use of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Overseas Countries and Territories - € 8 M WHAT IS IT? The "BEST 2.0 Programme", which is part of the EU Biodiversity for Life (B4Life) flagship, aims to set up a funding facility for small-scale and...

Group: Biodiversity for Life
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude commented on information | 25 March 2015

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

Assisting key developing countries in the mobilisation of biodiversity information for environment sustainable development - € 3.9 M The European Union (EU) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) have launched a four-year €3.9 million project aimed at increasing the amount of...

Group: Biodiversity for Life
Memorandum of Understanding between the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Document | 25 March 2015

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UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner and EU Commissioner for Environment Janez Potočnik signed on 25 June in Nairobi, a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reinforce the collaboration between the European Commission...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
National round-table to discuss the first draft law on EIA and SEA in Georgia (tentative)

Cristian Olarean updated the event | 25 March 2015

19 May

From 19 May 2015
in Tbilisi (Georgia)

Organised by UNECE; Ministry of Environment Protection

National round-table to discuss the first draft law on Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Georgia.

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Vote for your World Environment Day 2015 slogan

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 25 March 2015

I t’s time! Once again we seek to make the biggest global call and mobilization for action on 5 June, World Environment Day (WED). And YOU have the chance to decide what our slogan will be. Our theme this year focuses on how the well-being of humanity, the environment and economies ultimately...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Message from UNEP Executive Director for International Day of Forests 22 March

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 25 March 2015

Nairobi, 21 March 2015 - Tomorrow we are celebrating International Day of Forests. This is an occasion to focus not only on forests, but on the things that are being done by people, communities, governments and business across the world. This is an occasion to consider how to address what remains...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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