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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Protecting the environment: “Not just about environmental harm, but rights – human rights”

James Morris posted Information | 20 February 2013

NAIROBI (19 February 2013) – The United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment, John Knox, urged world governments to take into account human rights laws in designing and developing environmental governance. Mr. Knox reminded a global gathering of environmental Ministers and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Please contribute: Online Consultations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

James Morris posted Information | 15 February 2013

Environmental Sustainability for the World We Want: Moving From the MDGs to Post-2015 What is your vision for a sustainable world free from poverty? The World We Want initiative aims to gather the priorities of people from every corner of the world and help build a collective vision that will be...

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UNEP Helps Train Cambodian Police to Target Illegal Trafficking of Environmental Commodities

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 8 February 2013

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Publication Date: October 2012 Briefing describing a program that saw a team of international law-enforcement specialists provided training to 45 Cambodian law enforcement officers over a two-week period . The training targeted the illegal trafficking of environmental commodities such as ozone-...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
SIDS-Focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 8 February 2013

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Publication Date: December 2012 The report "SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities" was launched at COP7 of the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, which took place in...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Measuring Progress towards an Inclusive Green Economy

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 8 February 2013

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Publication Date: December 2012 This report provides countries with a practical guide on how indicators can measure progress towards an inclusive, resource-efficient, green economy, and support new national policies to assess human well-being and quality of life. It is a response to Rio+20's call...

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A New Angle on Sovereign Credit Risk E-RISC: Environmental Risk Integration in Sovereign Credit Analysis

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 7 February 2013

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Publication Date: November 2012 The report suggests that factoring the way a country manages natural assets into sovereign bond ratings may not only give investors increased transparency when making investment decisions, but also encourage governments issuing sovereign debt to manage their natural...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Solar Energy has Great Potential in Africa, but Has Yet to Take Off

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 5 February 2013

Coordination between policy makers and private partners is key to developing solar energy in Africa, said photovoltaic expert Michael Franz as he presented impressions and conclusions of his extensive work on the development of a solar energy market in Kenya at a recent conference in Brussels.

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The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning from Food Security Crises

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 4 February 2013

Climate change and extreme weather, population growth, galloping urbanization and soil degradation impact the lives of an unprecedented number of people today. More communities are exposed to possible natural or economic disaster than ever before. Bolstering their ability to handle a shock and its...

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Using Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Actions to Tackle Food Insecurity

James Morris uploaded a new Document | 24 January 2013

2013_01_using_ecosystem-based_adaptation_actions_to_tackle_food_insecurity.pdf 2.4 MB

Publication Date: January 2013 This article summarizes the food security problems facing Africa, and suggests that Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) will be one of the most effective ways of meeting these challenges. The review concludes that EbA projects are cost-effective, broadly applicable, and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Building for the future

Anonymous updated the Document | 14 January 2013

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Release Date: 7 March 2011 A new & sustainable UNEP HQ.

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