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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Project: The Emerald Network of Natural Protection Sites (2008-2015)

Delia Leonte created a new WIKI page | 5 November 2014

What is this project about? The project Emerald Network of Nature Protection Sites, Phase II implemented by the Council of Europe (2013-2015, EU: 2 million EUR and Council of Europe: 0.22 million EUR) improves biodiversity protection through the establishment of Emerald sites in Armenia, Azerbaijan...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Project: Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) (2008-2016)

Delia Leonte created a new WIKI page | 5 November 2014

What is this project about? In 2005, representatives of 44 governments signed the Saint Petersburg Europe and North Asia Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Ministerial Declaration (ENA FLEG Ministerial Declaration), committing to address illegal logging and improve forest governance. Momentum...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Diane KELECOM commented on an article | 4 November 2014

Sweet Solutions: How Honey Aids Development

Today, Elizabeth Truss, the UK's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, announced a 10-year plan to help bees and pollinators. Comparing bees to football stars, she said: “Their work is valued at around £430m – four times the salaries of the top 10 players in the Premier League...
Together for a Greener Europe - Welcome to the UN Environment Programme

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 3 November 2014

unep_ebook_greener_europe.pdf 17.39 MB

Publication Date: 2014

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Air Quality Governance Final Event

Delia Leonte created a new event | 31 October 2014

27 Nov

From 27 November 2014
in (Belgium)

Organised by Air Quality Governance Project

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
CSR in Africa Awards

Sonia Toro created a new event | 31 October 2014

26 Nov

From 26 November 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce

*EUACC 1st edition of the CSR in Africa Awards Ceremony*

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Group: European Year for Development 2015 Stakeholders
H.E. President Kenyatta of Kenya and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Witness Adoption of New Plan to Set in Motion Africas Sustainable Transport Transition

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 30 October 2014

Air Pollution, Sustainable Fuels, Road Safety to be addressed by Ministers of World's Most Rapidly Urbanizing Continent Nairobi, 30 October 2014 - President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon witnessed Thursday the adoption of a new historic framework...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Climatescope 2014: Global frontiers for clean energy investment

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 28 October 2014

climatescope-2014-lac-en.pdf 466.92 KB

Climatescope assessed 26 Latin America and Caribbean nations, from Mexico in North America, to Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, to Chile in South America. This is a highly heterogeneous group, ranging from the Bahamas with a national GDP of just $11.5bn to the seventh largest economy on earth...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Moving to a Low Carbon Economy: The Financial Impact of the Low-Carbon Transition

Enrique Rebolledo uploaded a new Document | 21 October 2014

moving-to-a-low-carbon-economy-the-financial-impact-of-the-low-carbon-transition.pdf 696.69 KB

Moving to a Low Carbon Economy: The Financial Impact of the Low-Carbon Transition,” compares the costs of low-carbon electricity and low-carbon transportation systems with current systems. The second, “Moving to a Low Carbon Economy: The Impact of Different Policy Pathways on Fossil Fuel Asset...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Side-event on B4Life at CBD COP12 in Pyeongchang.

Arnold Jacques de Dixmude updated the Information | 17 October 2014

Advertising the side-event at Cop12 On Thursday 16 October, the European Commission, through its Development Cooperation Office EuropeAid, hosted a side-event at the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Pyeongchang, South-Korea. The event was...

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Group: Biodiversity for Life

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