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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Green recovery remains high on the agenda

Susanne Müller posted Information | 23 June 2020

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) presents a COVID 19 hub consisting of a data observatory, analytic tools and covid updates from partner organisations. As attention turns to managing the economic fallout from COVID-19, national and global recovery plans will determine if future...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
QUICK TIPS: Green mobility: Anchoring environment and climate ambitions in the transport and mobility sector

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun uploaded a new Document | 21 June 2020

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Download the new ‘Quick Tips guide on Green Mobility’. You will find practical examples of how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from the transport sector, how to use green instruments with proven effectiveness, and how to promote resilience to climate change. This guide will also...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Seminar on Greening National Development in Eritrea

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Information | 18 June 2020

This video features some highlights of the training on 'Greening National Development' that took place in Eritrea in Sep 2019. Want to know more or see what a similar training could look like in your country or region? Please take a look! Further information about the training can be found below. A...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
An ambitious Green Recovery Plan – ensuring green investments delivering climate neutrality - WEBINAR

Alexa Froger created a new event | 17 June 2020

07 Jul

From 7 July 2020
Organised by EP Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainabe Development

An ambitious Green Recovery Plan – ensuring green investments delivering climate neutrality Join us on 7 July at this webinar event of the EP Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable development hosted by MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri & MEP Maria Spyraki (tbc) Co-Chairs of the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Achieving a Digital and Sustainable Recovery - Webinar

Alexa Froger created a new event | 17 June 2020

26 Jun

From 26 June 2020
Organised by Euractiv

You are pleased to invite you to this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss the lessons learnt as we start to emerge from the global health crisis resulting from COVID-19 pandemic. What opportunities lie ahead, and how may society be willing to sacrifice some economic performance to ensure that...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Europe’s Green Deal beyond its borders

Patricia Rodriguez Fortun updated the Information | 17 June 2020

Watch the video to see how colleagues in EU Delegations around the world see the implementation of Green Deal measures in the countries where they work. The 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement call for a fundamental rethinking of development models. The European...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Global Environment Outlook for Business Brochure

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 15 June 2020

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The Global Environment Outlook for Business briefs look at the GEO findings through a business lens. Written ‘by business for business’, the briefs bring the science of the GEO to the business community to support them in developing plans, business strategies, technology pathways, mechanisms and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Global institutions unite for a green and fair COVID recovery

Susanne Müller posted Information | 12 June 2020

On World Environment Day, 5th June 2020, global institutions working on development, labour and environment have united around key actions for spurring a green, just and transformative recovery. The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating existing global inequalities within and between countries and...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2020

Alexa Froger updated the Document | 12 June 2020

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As COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, this report shows that renewable energy is more cost-effective than ever – providing an opportunity to prioritize clean energy in economic recovery packages and bring the world closer to meeting the Paris Agreement goals. Global Trends in Renewable Energy...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Farm to Fork Strategy adopted – for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system

Susanne Müller posted Information | 11 June 2020

Adopted on 20th May, the Farm to Fork Strategy[1] is at the heart of the Green Deal. It addresses comprehensively the challenges of sustainable food systems and recognizes the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet. The increasing recurrence of droughts,...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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