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Greening Economies in the EU’s Eastern Partnership Countries – Belarus
(2014)
Greening economies is important because risks to further development are rising worldwide as the current models of growth continue to erode the stocks of natural assets and undermine the integrity of ecosystem services on ...
“Stockholm+50: A Healthy Planet for the Prosperity of All - Our Responsibility, Our Opportunity". Thought Piece towards a Concept Note for the International Meeting, June 2-3, 2022 (Updated DRAFT of 5 October 2021)
(2021)
The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm marked a watershed moment. Recognizing the centrality of the environment for human well-being, it spawned environment ministries and agencies worldwide, ...
UNEP’s Regional Seas Annual Meeting 2022: Concept Note 18.05.2022
(2022-05)
The annual Global Meetings of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans organized by UNEP is a coordination mechanism of the 18 regional seas conventions and action plans, providing a platform for adoption of global ...
Haiti: Increasing Haiti’s Resilience to Natural Disasters and Promoting Sustainable Practices: 2008-2022
(2022-08)
UNEP’s work in Haiti aims at building effective community resilience models through promoting nature-based solutions to disasters risk reduction and sustainable development. This goal implies to work on a broad range of ...
The UNEP Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Archive since July 2017... to the Future(s)
(2021-12)
Foresight Foresight Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change, feature an emerging science topic, or discuss a contemporary environmental issue. They provide a systematic way of examining possible alternative ...
Kenya Green University Network Informal Consultative Meeting
(2014)
The Kenya Green University Network (KGUN) was proposed in 2012 after deliberations between the Greening Kenya Initiative (GKI), World Student Community for Sustainable Development (WSCSD), the University of Nairobi (UoN), ...
The Sustainability of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities
(2001)
The original aim of this study was to serve as an input for the Regional Preparatory Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...
ACP MEAS 3 Digest Volume 1 Issue 9 October 2021 - A Monthly Information Digest of the ACP MEAs Programme Funded by the European Union and Coordinated by UNEP
(2021-10)
The key highlights of this month’s issue include: Digital technologies that work for the planet; Green approaches policy note for parliamentarians; The power of finance and technology to deliver SDGs Achieving ecosystem ...
Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply - Summary for Policymakers
(2014)
This report was produced by the Land and Soils Working Group of the International Resource Panel. It explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of ...
Understanding Synergies and Mainstreaming among the Biodiversity Related Conventions : A Special Contributory Volume by Key Biodiversity Convention Secretariats and Scientific Bodies
(2016-09)
This multi-author volume is an attempt by the United Nations Environment to engage with the Heads of various biodiversity related conventions and Chairs of Scienti c Bodies of the conventions to understand the opportunities ...