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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New roadmap toward healthier and cleaner oceans adopted by UN Environment and European Commission

Alexa Froger posted Information | 20 June 2018

Brussels, 20 June 2018 Today, UN Environment and the European Commission agreed to deepen their cooperation through the 2018 Oceans Roadmap 2.0 , addressing in particular the threats of pollution and marine litter, in line with UN Environment and EC international commitments and the implementation...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Lunch Debate " A renewed agenda for European research and innovation: investing in shaping the future we want.”

Alexa Froger updated the event | 15 June 2018

27 Jun

From 27 June 2018
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by Club of Rime EU-Chapter

Invitation from the Club of Rome EU-Chapter for a lunch debate on Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 12:30 with guest speaker Kurt Vandenberghe Director Policy Development and Coordination at European Commission’s DG Research and Innovation. Kurt Vandenberghe short biography “A renewed agenda for European...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Mainstreaming Agenda 2030 into the EU budget and preparing the path to UNEA 4 - Discussion with Erik Solheim

Alexa Froger created a new event | 14 June 2018

21 Jun

From 21 June 2018
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UN Environment

On the occasion of the visit of the Head of UN Environment, Erik Solheim to Brussels from the 20 th until the 22 nd of June, UN Environment is hosting an open exchange on how to reinforce the environmental dimension of The Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 in the EU context . The event will be an...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Circular Economy: Linking the EU and Global Agenda

Alexa Froger created a new event | 14 June 2018

21 Jun

From 21 June 2018
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by EURACTIV & UN Environment

In January 2018, the European Union adopted a new package as part of a broader Circular Economy action plan launched in 2015. This package includes the much-awaited Strategy for Plastics in the Circular Economy, which proposed radically transforming the way plastic products are designed, produced,...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Exchange of views between Erik Solheim & EP Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Alexa Froger created a new event | 14 June 2018

21 Jun

From 21 June 2018
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by EP Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

21 June 2018, 10.45-11.45 The EP Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee will hold an exchange of views with Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment. The central theme of the exchange will be the COP24 in Katowice, Poland and related subjects including: expectations from the...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Integrating the Environment and Climate Change into EU International Cooperation and Development towards Sustainable Development

Diane KELECOM updated the Document | 13 June 2018

mainstreaming_guidelines.pdf 5.65 MB

These guidelines provide a framework for strengthening the contribution of European Union (EU) international cooperation and development policy to sustainable development by integrating, or mainstreaming, environmental and climate change considerations into the different phases of the EU programme...

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Group: Tools and Methods Series
Empowerment of Women workers in the garment industry in Myanmar

Isabelle DEMOLIN updated the Information | 8 June 2018

“Striving for living wages” was a common denominator at the project lab of sequa at the European Development Days 2018 titled “Empowerment of Women workers in the garment industry in Myanmar”. Since 2013 sequa runs the SMART Myanmar project which promotes sustainable consumption & production of...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy
World Environment Day celebration in Brussels - June 2018

Alexa Froger updated the event | 4 June 2018

03 Jun

From 3 June 2018
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by UN Environment, UN Regional Information Centre, in collaboration with Volvo Ocean Race and in association with the European Commission

World Environment Day will be celebrated around the world on June 5 th around the theme #BeatPlasticPollution . In Brussels, Bruxelles Environnement organized a 3 day Festival de l'environnement from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 June. On 3 June, the UN participated with an infobooth at the Fete de l'...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security, Key practices for DRR Implementers

Rosalba Vendemia uploaded a new Document | 4 June 2018

disaster_risk_reduction_for_food_and_nutrition_security_key_approaches_for_implementers.pdf 1.82 MB

FAO-COOPI-OCHA-UNHABITAT/SAIO/2014. This brief provides general understanding of what DRR and resilience is, what it means for the agricultural sectors in the southern African context, and what may help to build resilient livelihoods to threats and emergencies and ensure the food and nutrition...

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Group: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean funded by ECHO
Invitation to the Lab Debate on Women Empowerment in Green Business Development

Isabelle DEMOLIN updated the event | 1 June 2018

06 Jun

From 6 June 2018
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by SWITCH to Green Facility

By exploring ways of empowering women as drivers of sustainable growth and job creatio n, and getting engaged in greening economie s, the session focusses on women and environment, and women in the urban space and in rural development. The EU SWITCH programme funds projects focusing on green...

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Group: Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy

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