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  1. UNEP Accredited to GCF Further Enhancing Capacity to Manage Climate Change Impacts

    Nairobi, 9 July 2015 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has been accredited by the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), allowing it to act as one of the channels through which the Fund will deploy its resources to developing countries. This will enhance UNEP's capacity to provide assistance,...
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    United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information 10 July 2015

  2. Prudent Natural Resource Management Prerequisite to Achieving Sustainability Goals - International Resource Panel Cautions

    Integrated and simultaneous implementation of the SDGs will enhance benefits across the board, says International Resource Panel New York/Paris, 6 July 2015 – As the world prepares to adopt a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNEP’s International Resource Panel (IRP) cautions that...
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    United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information 7 July 2015

  4. Azerbaijan Installs LED Street Lights in its Capital's Historical District

    Baku, Azerbaijan, 1 July 2015 - With UNEP's support, a demonstration project for replacing inefficient public street lights provides example of how historic reserve of Icherisheher could go on to take major step towards its climate target Some of the 600 LED lights that are replacing public street...
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    United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information 1 July 2015

  5. European Sustainable Energy Week- District Energy Session

    UNEP participated at the EU Sustainable Energy Week Policy Conference from 16 to 18 June in Brussels, an event organized by the European Commission every year attracting over 2700 participants. This year the overall theme was the role of responsible consumers in the new Energy Union. Besides an...
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    United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information 29 June 2015

  6. 30 th anniversary of Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean

    8th Conference of Parties Meeting for the Nairobi Convention 22-24 June 2015, Mahe, Seychelles Theme: “Conserving the Marine and Coastal Environment for the Western Indian Ocean for the next 30 Years.” Nairobi Convention's 30th anniversary: Western Indian Ocean remains largely unpolluted due to...
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  7. Western Indian Ocean's Pristine Ecosystems, Valued at US $25 Billion Annually, Under Threat

    Growing Urbanization, Unsustainable Fishing and Resource Extraction among Main Pressures on Ecosystems Mahé, Seychelles, 23 June 2015 - Growing populations and economies in the Western Indian Ocean region are increasing risks to the world's least ecologically disturbed coasts, where ecosystem...
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    United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) posted Information 25 June 2015

  8. UNEP Chief Achim Steiner Welcomes Papal Encyclical on Environment

    UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Achim Steiner issued the following statement today following the release of His Holiness Pope Francis' second encyclical: "The UN Environment Programme welcomes Pope Francis' unambiguous call to action in the face of...
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  9. Republic of Moldova: green economy policies trump business-as-usual

    New UNEP study reveals policy options and benefits of the transition for the agriculture and energy sectors. When farmer earnings are included, economic gains from organic agriculture could immediately trump those from conventional farming provided that crop yields are not more than 20% lower, a...
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