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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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Switzerland to fund UNIDO project in Indonesia, supports Organization’s Green Industry platform for Rio+20

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization posted Information | 11 July 2012

BERNE, 21 May 2012 – The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) will fund a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project to help develop Indonesia’s National Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production programme. An agreement on the CHF 4 million (around USD 4.25...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Making It, Issue 7: Governing a Globalized World. August 2011

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization updated the Document | 9 July 2012

makingit7_web.pdf 4.7 MB

Never has the world been more interdependent, never has it been more shaped by technological, economic and social progress – and never has it been more vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and political failure. Our global economic, social and political systems have been under great...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
New Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Development Cooperation

Sarah Simpson updated the Article | 13 June 2012

With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, experts agree that the continuing trend towards urbanisation is both inevitable and irreversible. New EC guidelines propose a fresh mindset to assist the development of better cities.

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The Critical Role of Global Food Consumption Patterns in Achieving Sustainable Food Systems

Gervase Poulden uploaded a new Document | 19 April 2012

unep_global_food_consumption.pdf 2.59 MB

Publication Date: 2012 If current population and consumption trends continue, humanity will need the equivalent of two Earths to support it by 2030 (Global Footprint Network, 2012). These consumption trends are of particular concern when related to food. The most vital of all sectors and yet the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Synthesis Report for the SMAP I and SMAP II Programmes

Lucile Petitpierre updated the Document | 18 April 2012

sr_mediterranean.2005.smap_iii.pdf 276.61 KB

In its Technical Proposal, the MED Monitoring Contractor proposed to elaborate and submit to the EC Synthesis Reports on the main Regional Programmes that are subject to monitoring in 2005, presenting in brief the monitoring activity implemented with respect to these Programmes and its keyfindings...

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Group: ROM (Results Oriented Monitoring)
Synthesis Report for the SMAP III Programme

Lucile Petitpierre updated the Document | 18 April 2012

sr_mediterranean.2008.smap_iii_0.pdf 889.93 KB

The role of these Synthesis Reports has been to present briefly the intervention logic of the Programme, the monitoring activity implemented with respect to the Programme and its keyfindings, and to focus in a synthetic way on the results of the monitoring.

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Group: ROM (Results Oriented Monitoring)
Contribution of the Projects monitored in 2008 to the EC Environmental Strategy

Lucile Petitpierre updated the Document | 18 April 2012

sr_latin_america.2008.environment.pdf 1.57 MB

This report is the result of an analysis and synthesis of the information resulting from the monitoring of a sample of projects under the EC “Forest” and “Environment” programmes in Latin America (LA) during the various missions that were carried out in 2008. This monitoring is part of the External...

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Group: ROM (Results Oriented Monitoring)
The Environment

Lucile Petitpierre updated the Document | 18 April 2012

sr_latin_america.2005.environment.pdf 253.98 KB

The objectives of this report are to present the current context of the environment in Latin America and to present the overall conclusions of the 2005 monitoring exercise of projects financed under the Environment and Tropical Forests budget line.

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Group: ROM (Results Oriented Monitoring)
Synthesis Report for the Environment Section

Support Team ROM updated the Document | 17 April 2012

sr_cmtp.2011.environment.pdf 947.04 KB

The content of the report is based on the monitoring of 19 Environment projects monitored in the period from May 2008 to April 2011 through 59 project visits. All monitored projects have been classified as multi-country projects (i.e. addressing more than one country) with ten (10) of them having a...

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Group: ROM (Results Oriented Monitoring)
Synthesis Report for the SMAP III Programme

Support Team ROM uploaded a new Document | 19 March 2012

sr_mediterranean.2008.smap_iii_0.pdf 889.93 KB

The role of these Synthesis Reports has been to present briefly the intervention logic of the Programme, the monitoring activity implemented with respect to the Programme and its keyfindings, and to focus in a synthetic way on the results of the monitoring.

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Group: ROM (Results Oriented Monitoring)

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