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Report of the Secretariat for the Period from December 2019 to July 2022: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(2022-08)
1. The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) was established to promote regional cooperation between African Governments and stakeholders in addressing emerging environmental challenges. Through the ...
Concept Note and Programme - SWITCH Africa Green Regional Validation Meeting: “Guidelines for Accelerating the Transition towards a Circular Economy in Africa and Assessment of Green Financing Mechanisms for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa”: 24-25 August 2022 Accra, Ghana
(2022-08)
The overall objective of the regional validation meeting is to provide a platform for various stakeholders in the region to review and validate the two raft reports to ensure they capture the relevant inputs following the ...
Circular Economy and Biodiversity - Working Paper
(2022-03)
The present document explores the nexus between circular economy and biodiversity through the two dimensions of restore and regenerate. The paper offers insights on: • how circular approaches can help avoid biodiversity ...
Leadership Dialogue 2: Achieving a Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery [Draft Background Paper]
(2022-03)
The Stockholm+50 Leadership Dialogues aim to engage governments, international organisations, major groups, and stakeholders as well as the private sector in an exchange on the opportunities to overcome barriers to ...
Call for Proposals - Project: Innovative Business Practices and Economic Models in the Textile Value Chain (InTex); ‘Evaluation of sustainable economic pathways for a sustainable and circular textiles value chain’
(2022-04)
UNEP aims to carry out an evaluation of different potential pathways of the textile value chain towards sustainability and circularity, exploring the likely environmental, social, and economic outcomes, at global level, ...
Circular Economy and Green Recovery - Working Paper
(2022-07)
The present document explores how circular economy approaches can contribute to a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn caused by lockdowns. Governments, world over, reacted to the pandemic ...
Circular Economy and Climate Change
(2022-07)
The present document explores the nexus between circular economy and climate change and offers insights on how circular approaches can strengthen climate action. We are confronted with three interrelated environmental ...
Concept Note - Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency (GACERE): Towards Just Transitions
(2022-07)
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) has noted that, in a circular economy, ‘products and materials are designed in such a way that they can be reused, remanufactured recycled or recovered and thus maintained in ...
Ministerial Panel: Circularity, Sustainable Economy and Pollution Prevention
(2021)
Concept note for Ministerial panel on Circularity, Sustainable Economy and Pollution Prevention