The second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was held at the headquarters of UNEP in Nairobi from 23 to 27 May 2016.

This synopsis highlights key findings from the following reports of the International Resource Panel: A) Priority products and materials: assessing the environmental impacts of consumption and production; B) Decoupling ...

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 ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim, by 2030, to end human deprivation worldwide. They represent a coherent, collective vision of a better future for all and provide a framework by which progress towards this ...

The second meeting of the Earthwatch Working Party was convened by UNEP at its offices in Geneva on 22-23 March 1995, with Earthwatch focal points and other representatives of agencies and organizations of the UN system ...

This decision includes: Decision 14/1: Africa’s post Rio+20 strategy for sustainable development; Decision 14/2: Strengthening and upgrading the United Nations Environment Programme; Decision 14/3: Review of the action ...

The International Resource Panel was established in 2007 to provide independent, scientific assessment on the sustainable use of natural resources and the impacts of resource use over the full life cycle.

The overall message is that the environmental consequences of traditional models of development are undermining development itself. The second section of this paper summarises critical environmental trends. The third section ...

Environmental challenges and lifestyle choices are defining issues of our time. The concept of circularity allows us to operationalize the inclusive green economy: how to reduce and eliminate waste and pollution through ...

purpose of the strategy is threefold: firstly to catalyse a new approach to national development, with ecosystem restoration being central to development planning and investment; secondly to promote broad and representative ...