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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Green Economy Sectoral Study: BioTrade, Nepal

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 10 June 2013

bio_trade_medicinal_and_aromatic_plants_in_nepal.pdf 4.11 MB

Publication Date: 2012 This report examines the potential for growth of biotrade of medicinal and aromatic plants in Nepal. The report shows the incentive for Nepal to protect its biodiversity and hence these plants, which could prove to be a driver for economic development.

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Waste Management in Mali: training small scale enterprises improves incomes and environment

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 10 June 2013

Please watch this video on a waste management project in Mali: For more information: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/article/waste-management-mali-training-small-scale-enterprises-improves-incomes-and-environment

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Ecosystems Approach to Make Agriculture More Efficient, More Sustainable, and to Create More Intelligent Markets

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 5 June 2013

“The future of food security on the current trajectory is a road to nowhere, and to repeat the statistics that we need to grow 50-70% more food without answering the questions, on what land, with which water and with what kind of seed diversity, is a discussion that merits much greater attention,”...

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Turning green the strategic way: The role and potential of strategic environmental assessment in securing a green economy

Anonymous uploaded a new Document | 4 June 2013

sea_and_green_economy_publshed_web_version.pdf 1.1 MB

This paper provides a preliminary exploration of the links between SEA and green economy, and the role of SEA in supporting policies, planning and decision-making for green growth. It introduces the concept of green economy/growth and considers some of the main international initiatives. But it is...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Waste Management in Mali: Training Small Scale Enterprises Improves Incomes and Environment

Christoforos KORAKAS updated the Article | 4 June 2013

By training informal workers in the waste management industry, the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is helping to formalise waste management economy in Mali, and to generate incomes.

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Green growth and decent jobs: Summary report from the ITUC

Laura Giappichelli uploaded a new Document | 3 June 2013

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"Investing 2% of GDP over the next five years in 12 countries will create up to 48 million jobs over five years". This is what shows the report of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) analysing 7 industries in 12 countries across Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Americas and Europe.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Technical Advice and Training on offer from the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 3 June 2013

In just over five years of operation, the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) has grown to support more than forty programmes in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. GCCA countries and ACP member states that may be looking for technical assistance to support the design and implementation...

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Waste Management in Mali: Training Small Scale Enterprises Improves Incomes and Environment

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 31 May 2013

By training informal workers in the waste management industry, the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is helping to formalise waste management economy in Mali, and to generate incomes.

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Sustainable Development Goals & Sustainable Cities (Green Week)

James Morris updated the event | 31 May 2013

04 Jun

From 4 June 2013
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UNEP, DG Enivronment

This event takes Sustainable Cites [1] as its focus - an important outcome of Rio+20 [2], and one where air quality factors greatly since cities consume 70% of global energy, emit 70% of greenhouse gas emissions and where their expansion presents a range of challenges. [1] http://www.un.org/en/...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Announcing Availability of Expanded No-Fee Expert Advice to All LEDS GP Country Teams

Bethany Speer posted Information | 30 May 2013

The Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Global Partnership is pleased to announce our newly expanded, no-fee remote Expert Assistance service. With this new service, government agencies and technical institutes working with governments can receive remote consultation and advice on LEDS...

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