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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Historic UN Environment Assembly Calls for Strengthened Action on Air Quality, Linked to 7 Million Deaths Annually, Among 16 Major Resolutions

Alexa Froger posted Information | 9 July 2014

Nairobi, 27 June 2014 - The inaugural UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) concluded its five-day deliberations in Nairobi on Friday with 16 decisions and resolutions that encourage international action on major environmental issues ranging from air pollution and the illegal trade in wildlife, to plastic...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 9 July 2014

inquiry_summary_final_june_2014.pdf 5.19 MB

Publication Date: June 2014 Little of the world's hundreds of trillions of dollars has to date been harnessed for the transition to a green and inclusive economy. Aligning the financial system with the health of the real economy, requires a focus on the 'rules' that govern the financial system...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
European Commission welcomes Outcome of first ever UN Environment Assembly

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 4 July 2014

European Commission welcomes Outcome of first ever UN Environment Assembly Brussels, 30 June 2014- The first session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), hosted by the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) last week concluded late Friday evening with 16 decisions and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner at New Environmentalism Summit: Environmentalists are on "the right side of history"

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 3 July 2014

Brussels, 3 June 2014 – UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner was invited to speak at the New Environmentalism Summit on 3 June 2014, the first day of the European Commission-organised Green Week conference. The purpose of the summit was to bring together celebrities, former politicians, business...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Decoupling 2: Technologies, Opportunities, and Policy Options

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Document | 3 July 2014

irp_decoupling_2_report.pdf 8.12 MB

Publication Date: 2014 Rapidly rising prices—metal up by 176 per cent, rubber by 350 per cent, and energy by 260 per cent since 2000—signal a potentially crippling trend of increasing costs as current consumption patterns rapidly deplete the world’s non-renewable resources. Decoupling 2:...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
World Investment Report 2014 - Investing in the SDGs: an Action Plan (overview)

Nadia Lamhandaz uploaded a new Document | 3 July 2014

wir2014_overview_en.pdf 1.89 MB

This edition of the World Investment Report provides valuable analysis that can inform global discussions on how to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals and shape a long-range vision for a more sustainable future beyond 2015. The Report reveals an encouraging trend: after a...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Timber Products Finances Criminal and Militia Groups, Threatening Security and Sustainable Development

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

Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Timber Products Finances Criminal and Militia Groups, Threatening Security and Sustainable Development New UNEP and INTERPOL Study Finds Environmental Crime Worth up to US$213 Billion Each Year Nairobi, 25 June 2014 – Global environmental crime, worth up to US$213...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda Unite Efforts to Combat Illegal Timber Trade in East Africa

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

Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda Unite Efforts to Combat Illegal Timber Trade in East Africa Coordinated Approach Set to Curb Trade that Costs World Economy US$30-100 Billion Annually Nairobi, 26 June 2014 – High-level government representatives from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania today, at the first United...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Technical Seminar on the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

Alexa Froger created a new event | 2 July 2014

09 Jul

From 9 July 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by organised by FAO and hosted by DG DEVCO and DG AGRI from the European Commission

Technical Seminar

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
High-level event: Countdown to Earth Overshoot Day 2014

Alexa Froger created a new event | 2 July 2014

08 Jul

From 8 July 2014
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by GLOBE EU, Global Footprint Network, Club of Rome and IUCN EU Representative

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