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 Executive Director Achim Steiner Videomessage at EEB 40th anniversary

Alexa Froger updated the Information | 3 December 2014

UNEP's Executive Director, Achim Steiner, congratulates the European Environment Bureau (EEB) on the occasion of its 40th anniversary in a two day high level conference in Brussels. In a videomessage to the Module 2 – The next 40 years: placing sustainability at the heart of Europe’s policies , Mr...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Welcome

Delia Leonte posted Information | 3 December 2014

Dear all, Welcome to the group, we hope you will find it a useful space to share knowledge and experience, and to co-ordinate shared resources, views and events. You will see that there is a page for each project, where we have already added some information. Project team leaders have editing...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
China Renews Commitment Towards Achieving Eco-Civilization

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 3 December 2014

Beijing, 1 December 2014 - In the context of the Annual General Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), attended by UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, reiterated China's...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Senegal joins the Partnership for Action on Green Economy

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 1 December 2014

Green Investments Could Lift Half a Million Senegalese out of Poverty Finds New Study 0 48 2 0 Dakar, 18 November 2014 - Up to half a million people could be lifted out of poverty and 30,000 new jobs created in Senegal, with a switch to a Green Economy, according to a new report released today by...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner Videomessage at EEB 40th anniversary

Alexa Froger posted Information | 28 November 2014

UNEP's Executive Director, Achim Steiner, congratulates the European Environment Bureau (EEB) on the occasion of its 40th anniversary in a two day high level conference in Brussels. In a videomessage to the Module 2 – The next 40 years: placing sustainability at the heart of Europe’s policies , Mr...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Senegal joins the Partnership for Action on Green Economy

Alexa Froger posted Information | 28 November 2014

Green Investments Could Lift Half a Million Senegalese out of Poverty Finds New Study 0 48 2 0 Dakar, 18 November 2014 - Up to half a million people could be lifted out of poverty and 30,000 new jobs created in Senegal, with a switch to a Green Economy, according to a new report released today by...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
How the European Commission is Facilitating the Move to Green Economy

Diane KELECOM updated the Article | 28 November 2014

In the past year, the European Commission has taken solid steps towards mainstreaming green economy into its development cooperation. Cristiana Pasca-Palmer, Head of the Environment, Climate Change, Natural Resources and Water Unit at EuropeAid, outlines the policy bed, targets and main toolkits...

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Approaching COP20 in Lima: A Global Emissions Gap Analysis

Alexa Froger updated the event | 20 November 2014

19 Nov

From 19 November 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by United Nations Environment Programme; European Parliament Intergroup on Climate change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development; European Climate Foundation

Brussels Launch of UNEP's 5th Emissions Gap Report UNEP's annual Emissions Gap Report informs governments and the wider community on how far the response to climate change has progressed over the past 12 months, and thus how far the world is currently positioned to meet the internationally agreed 2...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Power Point Presentation Ms McGlade Brussels 19 November

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 20 November 2014

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UN Says Global Carbon Neutrality Should be Reached by Second Half of Century, Demonstrates Pathways to Stay Under 2°C Limit

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 20 November 2014

Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions Including Non-CO2 Must Shrink To Net Zero by 2100 Emissions Gap May Widen by 2030 but Low Carbon Path Offers Opportunities for the Future Washington D.C., 19 November 2014 - In order to limit global temperature rise to 2°C and head off the worst impacts of climate...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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