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At the Post-2015 Sustainability Crossroads: Too Vital to Fail, Avoiding Too Complicated To Succeed: Business Perspectives and Priorities - UNEP Perspectives No. 15
(2014)
This paper will provide business perspectives on the convergence of the UN Post- 2015 Development Agenda, the UN climate change negotiations and UNEP’s strengthened role as the central UN environmental agency.
Strengthening UNEP’s Legitimacy: Towards Greater Stakeholder Engagement - UNEP Perspectives No. 11
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2014)
UNEP´s mandate in the international arena has been enlarged by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and its legitimacy increased through the establishment of a new Universal Membership body, the United Nations ...
Technology and Sustainability: Changing Our Perspective - UNEP Perspectives No. 13
(2014)
From the evidence of our senses to the evidence provided by our science, we know our current global society is unsustainable. We also know that technology is at least partly responsible for our predicament, just as it will ...
Globalizing Environmental Democracy: A Call for International Action - UNEP Perspectives No. 7
(2012)
This paper seeks to provide reasons why a convention offers a good option for making future progress in implementing Principle 10, (b) suggest what the contents of such a convention might be and (c) conclude with what ...
Building the Big Picture for a Green Economy - UNEP Perspectives No. 9
(2013)
This is the story of building a practical vision for the future, one that is described by a common language and defined by a shared set of priorities. That vision is for a green, fair economy that helps to lift people out ...
Models for Local Government Organizations (LGOs) Involvement in a Strengthened UNEP - UNEP Perspective Series Issue No. 2
(2012)
Rio+20 in June 2012 provides the rare opportunity to address sustainable development issues in a unique global setting. In order to address the complex, severe and interconnected challenges that the world is facing, all ...
Environmental and Sustainability Governance: Thoughts from an Industry Perspective - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 4
(2012)
Expectations for a more sustainable future that were kindled in the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio1 have not been met. It is generally accepted that governance and the global institutions governments ...
Towards a global agenda of sustainability and equity : civil society engagement for the future We Want - UNEP Perspectives No. 12
(2014)
At the Rio+20 Summit the United Nations General Assembly (GA) resolved to put in place a set of Sustainable Development Goals (§ 245-251 of “The Future We Want”). For this purpose, an Open Working Group for Sustainable ...
Ombudspersons for Future Generations: A proposal for Rio+20 -UNEP Perspectives No. 6
(2012)
The proposal for an international Ombudsperson or High Commissioner for Future Generations is included in the first draft of the Zero Draft, “The Future We Want”. The proposal has broad support and interest is growing. ...