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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An Integrated Environmental Approach to the SDGs

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 18 February 2016

The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted unanimously by UN member states in September 2015, have given the international community and national governments a number of targets and principles – chief among them, to advance an “integrated approach”. But what does this mean in terms of projects,...

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Belgrade to become a champion of low-carbon district heating - UNEP Global District Energy in Cities initiative aims to drive green transition

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 17 February 2016

Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, 17 February 2016 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is among bodies providing technical advice for the overhaul of Belgrade’s district heating system, with the aim of securing major efficiency gains and helping move towards use of renewable energy. A...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Building a Sustainable Financial System - the Role of the EU --- CANCELLED following Brussels attacks ---

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) created a new event | 16 February 2016

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From 22 March 2016
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by GLOBE EU, UNEP, European Commission (DG ENV)

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Opening Remarks by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner at the Open-Ended Meeting of CPR to UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 15 February 2016

Opening Remarks by Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, at the Open-Ended Meeting of CPR to UNEP. You can find Mr. Steiner's full speech below: Nairobi, 15 February 2016 "Your Excellency Ms. Julia Pataki, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Romania to UNEP and Chair of the Committee of...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Action to Deliver Environmental Dimension of Sustainability and Health and Environment Nexus Top Agenda as Governments Gear Up for 2nd UN Environment Assembly

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 15 February 2016

Nairobi, 15 February 2016 - Governmental consultations in preparation for the second UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)- due to take place in Nairobi, next May - kicked off this morning with the convening of the Open Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
If You Want to Sustain It, Run It As Business

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 12 February 2016

How a community in Nairobi's Kibera slum overcame management challenges to clean up their neighbourhood, embrace a new source of energy, create green jobs and make some money in the process. When Jim Archer, a Nairobi-born architect, designed the community cooker, which turns piles of rubbish into...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Major Regional Meetings on Environment in 2016

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) updated the Information | 9 February 2016

Note: this is a living document and will be updated systematically The Conference of Parties to the Barcelona Convention More than 150 delegates from 21 Mediterranean countries and the European Union, all parties to the Barcelona Convention, will meet in Athens to decide on key environmental issues...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
G20 Green Finance Study Group Meets for the First Time in Beijing

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information | 9 February 2016

On 25-26 January 2016, the first meeting of the newly launched G20 Green Finance Study Group (GFSG) was held in Beijing, China. The meeting was attended by delegations from all G20 members, as well as 5 invited countries and 6 international organisations. This Study Group is co-chaired by China and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Speech by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner at the Launch of Kenya Green University Network

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 9 February 2016

Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director , gave a speech at the launch if the Kenya Green University Network (KGUN) on 5 February 2016 in Nairobi. The Network is aimed at including environmental and sustainability practices into the curricula, campus designs and research projects of Kenyan...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
EU-Honduras Timber Negotiations Strengthen Fight against Illegal Logging

Capacity4dev Team updated the Article | 8 February 2016

If you have ever been to Honduras, you will know that it is one of the greenest countries in Central America. Forestry has had a long history there and continues to be an important source of energy for the impoverished rural population, as well as maintaining a biologically diverse ecosystem. Over...

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