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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First young forester summer camp in Azerbaijan

Angela Bularga updated the event | 10 August 2016

02 Aug

From 2 August 2015 to 9 August 2015
in (Azerbaijan)

Organised by FLEG II Programme

A one-week summer camp for the most distinguished activists of the young foresters' movement as in Azerbaijan as well as in six participating countries. The main goal of the summer camp is to strengthen the cooperation, support possible interactions and joint initiatives by the young foresters.

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Eastern Partnership Environmental Ministerial Meeting

Angela Bularga created a new event | 10 August 2016

18 Oct

From 18 October 2016
in (Belgium)

Organised by The Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU together with the European Commission and the European External Action Service will be hosting this meeting.

The Eastern Partnership Ministerial on Environment and Climate Change will be convened on the margins of the Environment Council [1] and will start with an informal dinner on 17 October in the afternoon/evening. The Ministerial will discuss progress and future priorities of cooperation. [1] http://...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
"Energy and Air Pollution": World Energy Outlook team stresses the value of clean air

Angela Bularga posted Information | 10 August 2016

It is difficult to imagine that around 18 000 people die each day as a result of air pollution. Nevertheless, according to the World Health Organization, those 6.5 million deaths per year (2012 data) that are attributed to air pollution exceed the number of deaths from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and...

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
Chefs For Development: The Role of Chefs in Linking Agriculture to Tourism in The South Pacific

David Walker posted Information | 5 August 2016

The coastal and inland fisheries, tropical climate and fertile soils of South Pacific nations support the production of fresh ingredients that are healthy, nutritious and vitamin rich. Although traditional Pacific cuisine based on these fresh local ingredients is alive and well in the homes of...

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Group: Private Sector and Trade
Training - Towards Sustainable Development: Greening EU Development Cooperation

Hanna Petri updated the event | 2 August 2016

04 Jul

From 4 July 2016 to 6 July 2016
in La Paz (Bolivia)

Organised by DEVCO-EuropeAid, EU Delegation Bolivia

Training on mainstreaming environment and climate change in EU development cooperation, complemented with modules on: mainstreaming biodiversity in development cooperation and mainstreaming environment and climate change in national budgeting processes. This regional training is aimed at EU...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Inclusive Green Economy in EU Development Cooperation

Hanna Petri created a new event | 2 August 2016

03 Feb

From 3 February 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by DEVCO EuropeAid, Unit C2

Green economy and environmental mainstreaming principles are relevant, in many development cooperation areas such as agriculture, private sector, trade, infrastructure, natural resources and other fields. Next February 3th, DEVCO organises a new training session on Inclusive Green Economy.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Training on Greening EU Development Cooperation

Hanna Petri created a new event | 2 August 2016

15 Sep

From 15 September 2016 to 16 September 2016
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by DEVCO-EuropeAid, Unit C2

DEVCO C2 is organising a two-day training session on environment and climate change entitled "Towards Sustainable Development: Greening EU Development Cooperation" on 15 and 16 September in Brussels.

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Contacts

Hanna Petri created a new WIKI page | 25 July 2016

Bernard CRABBÉ Head of Environment and Mainstreaming Sector DG DEVCO European Commission Bernard.CRABBE@ec.europa.eu Thibaut PORTEVIN Policy Officer - Green Economy DG DEVCO European Commission Thibaut.PORTEVIN@ec.europa.eu Hanna PETRI Mainstreaming, horizontal issues, communication DG DEVCO...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Webinar: Addressing Energy Governance: Questions of Scale and Scope

Molly Hurley-Depret created a new event | 8 July 2016

18 Jul

From 18 July 2016
in (Belgium)

Organised by Smart Villages and the Low Carbon Energy for Development Network

The next webinar in our monthly series brings together researchers working on energy governance issues from a range of projects funded under two different DFID initiatives. These initiatives are the EPSRC/DFID/DECC funded Understading Sustainable Energy Solutions (USES) programme whose 13 projects...

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Group: Public Group on Energy
Marine Litter - Vital Graphics

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 8 July 2016

marinelitter.pdf 16.12 MB

Every year, the sum of humanity’s knowledge increases exponentially. And as we learn more, we also learn there is much we still don’t know. Plastic litter in our oceans is one area where we need to learn more, and we need to learn it quickly. That’s one of the main messages in Marine Litter Vital...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development