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Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and progress towards the achievement of the MDGs. Poor communities directly depend on natural resources for their livelihood and are the most vulnerable to a degraded environment, natural disasters and are the first to suffer from polluted air, water and soil. Sound natural resource use is at the core of effective strategies to strengthen resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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High level meeting of the Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE)

Alexa Froger updated the event | 9 September 2021

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From 14 September 2021
Organised by UNEP UNIDO European Commission

REGISTER HERE LINK TO THE AGENDA What: High level meeting of the Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE) Who: The United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization are organising in close collaboration with the European...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
CitiesWithNature: a new platform for cities that embrace nature

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun posted Information | 8 September 2021

Already 58 countries and 190 cities have joined the CitiesWithNature platform , an initiative that recognizes and enhances the value of nature in and around cities across the world. Through this platform, cities and their partners can engage and connect to work towards a more sustainable urban...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
GCCA+ West Africa project’s 2020 annual review: concrete achievements

Justine Marchal posted Information | 6 September 2021

The GCCA+ West Africa (GCCA+ WA) project achieved concrete results in 2020 despite the global health crisis, notably through the financing of 11 new climate smart agriculture pilot projects and capacity building of institutions and actors in the sub-region. Promoting the emergence of innovative...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
New WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF compendium of 500 actions aims to reduce diseases from environmental factors and save lives

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 6 September 2021

who-hep-ech-ehd-21.02-eng.pdf 4.33 MB

Nairobi, 3 September 2021 - WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
The gap between air pollution pacesetters and laggards in Europe and Central Asia has widened, new report finds

Alexa Froger uploaded a new Document | 6 September 2021

c598_european_and_central_asian_actions_on_aq.pdf 1.81 MB

Most emissions have fallen in Western, Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe since 2010 Hotspots remain in the Balkans and Central Asia, and air quality levels remain dangerous throughout region, but low-cost solutions are at hand Geneva, 3 September 2021 – Efforts to tackle air pollution have...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
World Ozone Day, 16 September 2021

Alexa Froger posted Information | 6 September 2021

THEME: MONTREAL PROTOCOL OZONE KEEPING US, OUR FOOD AND VACCINES COOL To assist countries in organizing activities for World Ozone Day (WOD) on 16 September 2021, OzonAction is pleased to share a number of tools that can be used for this event: 1. Cold Chain Technology Brief: Vaccines : This brief...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EU GCCA+ Youth Awards for the best climate storytelling

Justine Marchal posted Information | 3 September 2021

The EU GCCA+ Youth Awards support young journalists, writers and photographers to tell powerful climate stories around the world. If you are between 18 and 30 years and live in a GCCA+ country (see registration form ) you can participate with a video/story with photos about climate change...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
EU GCCA+ Youth Awards for the best climate storytelling

Justine Marchal created a new Photo album | 3 September 2021

The EU GCCA+ Youth Awards support young journalists, writers and photographers to tell powerful climate stories around the world. If you are between 18 and 30 years and live in a GCCA+ country (see registration form ) you can participate with a video/story with photos about climate change...

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Group: GCCA+ Community
One in three countries in the world lack any legally mandated standards for outdoor air quality

Alexa Froger posted Information | 2 September 2021

Read the full press reslease on the UNEP's website: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/one-three-countries-... Nairobi, 02 September 2021 – One-third of the world’s countries have no legally-mandated outdoor (ambient) air quality standards. Where such laws exist, standards vary...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Food waste collection and green economy for The Gambia

Justine Marchal posted Information | 1 September 2021

In the Gambia the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Initiative (EU GCCA+), will contribute to reduce pressure on the main city’s dumpsite by collecting food waste from markets. The 12-month project will be implemented by WasteAid international NGO work in partnership with Kanifing Municipal...

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Group: GCCA+ Community

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