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 at IUCN World Conservation Congress

Alexa Froger created a new event | 6 September 2021

03 Sep

From 3 September 2021 to 11 September 2021
Organised by IUCN

UNEP representatives will take part in a number of related events and activities related to oceans, climate, pollution, and the impacts on conservation, including a UNEP-WCMC pavilion on the post-2020 process. Other events include: Realigning Economy and Conservation - Towards a Systemic Change in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Event 3: Webinar on the European Green Deal

Hemy Bae created a new WIKI page | 31 August 2021

The EU-Korea Climate Action Project Team in cooperation with the Energy Transition Forum held the webinar, ‘European Green Deal: An Opportunity for Green Economic Recovery after COVID-19' on 25 June 2020, to discuss the direction and details of the Korean Green New Deal policy in light of the...

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Project: EU-Korea Climate Action Project
Era of leaded petrol over, eliminating a major threat to human and planetary health

Alexa Froger posted Information | 31 August 2021

Official end of use of leaded petrol will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths and save USD 2.45 trillion a year The end of leaded petrol follows a 19-year campaign led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners UNEP urges countries to work towards zero emissions vehicles to...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Patricia Rodriguez Fortun commented on an event | 29 August 2021

COP26 >> 31 Oct - 12 Nov 2021

Dear Mr. Imam Shefiu AbdulKareem Majemu, This is the registration Link: https://ukcop26.org/

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
ABDULKAREEM MAJEMU SHEFIU commented on an event | 28 August 2021

COP26 >> 31 Oct - 12 Nov 2021

Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Imam Shefiu AbdulKareem Majemu. I am the Founder of the Strength in Diversity Development Centre and the CEO of the DORISABDUL INTEGRATED ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTD in Nigeria and the Founder of the Interfaith Clean Environment Initiative in Nigeria. I will like to be part of...

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
World Circular Economy Forum

Maire O Brien created a new event | 24 August 2021

13 Sep

From 13 September 2021 to 15 September 2021
in (Canada)

Organised by Co-organized by the Government of Canada and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and hosted for the first time in North America

September 13 to 15, 2021, hosted virtually in Canada It’s time to change the game. Co-organized by the Government of Canada and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and hosted for the first time in North America, the World Circular Economy Forum brings together forward-looking thinkers and doers, and...

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Group: Improving Reusing - The Circular Economy and Glocal Action for Reusable Resources and Waste Management
Victoria Elizabeth Villagomez Morales commented on information | 23 August 2021

Empowerment of Women workers in the garment industry in Myanmar

I am interested in contacting Su Mon Thair, Project Manager Smart Myanmar, Ms. Wai Wai Lwin, Garment Worker and Than Dar Ko, Director Thone Pan Hla, Local NGO for a prject I am working on with ILO (profiles of businesswomen leaders in circular economy and socially sustainable garment and textile...

Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Are we building back better?

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 16 August 2021

awbbb.pdf 3.47 MB

The report, Are We Building Back Better? Evidence from 2020 and Pathways for Inclusive Green Recovery Spending , launched in March 2021, finds that only 18.0% of advertised recovery spending can be considered "green", most of it being done by a small group of high-income countries with experience...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
EU Platform presentation on proposed "Significantly Harmful" & "No Significant Impact" Taxonomies

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun created a new event | 16 August 2021

17 Aug

From 17 August 2021
in (France)

EU Platform presentation on proposed "Significantly Harmful" & "No Significant Impact" Taxonomies Speakers: - Nadine Viel-Lamare, Platform observer and Senior Advisor Climate and Finance, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency - Nancy Saich, European Investment Bank, Rapporteur for this...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
New report on single-use plastic products aims to advance sustainability in travel and tourism

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 12 August 2021

rsup.pdf 3.86 MB

Water bottles, disposable toiletries, plastic bags, bin liners, food packaging and cups are among the biggest plastic polluters Rethinking single-use plastic products requires collaboration from all stakeholders London, 15 June 2021 - The World Travel & Tourism Council ( WTTC ) and the United...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development

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