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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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Emissions Gap Report 2014 - Executive Summary

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 20 November 2014

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Publication date: 2014 UNEP's 5th Emissions Gap Report comes at a particularly crucial time for climate and energy policy. By the end of the first quarter of 2015, governments are expected to submit their national contributions towards the global climate agreement expected in Paris in December 2015...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Emissions Gap Report 2014

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 20 November 2014

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Publication date: 2014 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˚C limit to global warming...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Switch to Efficient Lighting Worldwide Would Result in Savings of US$120 Billion Annually

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 11 November 2014

Beijing, China, 11 November 2014 – Governments, lighting experts and international donors meeting in Beijing this week have agreed to accelerate the phase-in of advanced lighting technologies to order to save energy, reduce CO 2 emissions, and improve the lives and livelihoods of millions of people...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Governments Commit to Step up Action for Migratory Animals at UN Wildlife Conference

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 10 November 2014

Polar Bear, Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Hammerhead Shark and Reef Manta Ray among Migratory Species Benefiting from Greater International Protection Quito, Ecuador, 9 November 2014 - The Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP Welcomes Janez Potočnik as New Co-chair of the International Resource Panel

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 10 November 2014

15th meeting of the International Resource Panel held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 3-7 November 2014 Rotterdam, 7 November 2014 - Former European Union Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik today became the new co-chair of the International Resource Panel (IRP), the most...

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Approaching COP20 in Lima: A Global Emissions Gap Analysis

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 7 November 2014

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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
Project: Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood (2013-2016)

Delia Leonte created a new WIKI page | 5 November 2014

What is this project about? The “Greening Economies in the Eastern Neighbourhood” programme (2013-2016, EUR 12.5 million) supports Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine in their efforts to move towards a green economy by decoupling growth from environmental degradation and...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Project: Improving capacities to eliminate and prevent recurrence of obsolete pesticides (2011-2016)

Delia Leonte created a new WIKI page | 5 November 2014

What is this project about? The project (2012-2016, 7 million EUR) is contributing to protection of the environment and public health in ENPI East region and Central Asia, through reducing the risk posed by hazardous waste and strengthening the life cycle management of chemicals in the region,...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Project: Air Quality Governance (2010-2014)

Delia Leonte created a new WIKI page | 5 November 2014

What is this project about? The Air Quality Governance project (2011-2014, 7 million EUR) supports Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine to tackle the challenges they face with the increase of air pollutant emissions. In particular, it...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Project: Shared Environment Information System (SEIS) (2009-2015)

Delia Leonte created a new WIKI page | 5 November 2014

What is this project about? The ENPI Shared Environment Information System (SEIS) project implemented by the European Environment Agency (2010-2015, 5.7 million EUR) supportsEastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries to improve environmental monitoring and data and information sharing. In...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours

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