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- Remarkably, the 15 winning projects
include three UNEP initiatives: the Billion Tree Campaign, the
Indian Solar Loan Programme and the Iraqi Marshlands projects.
UNEP Press release (1 July 2008):
Three
UNEP Projects Win UN-wide Awards |
The
Billion Tree Campaign (BTC) |
The
Indian Solar Loan Programme |
Environmental
Management of the Iraqi Marshlands |
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|
- With end of cheap oil, renewables and energy efficiency
attracts fast-growing interest; New investment surpasses $148
billion in 2007, a 60% rise from 2006, Growth continues in
2008, UNEP study says. UNEP Press
release (1 July 2008):
Clean
Energy Investments Charge Forward Despite Financial Market
Turmoil |
Download
report |
UNEP
SEFI | Ask
UNEP on Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment
|
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|
- The TV advertising campaign conducted by the International
Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the United Nations
Environment Programme(UNEP) won a prestigious award from the
European Association of Communications Agencies(EACA).
Joint
international climate change TV campaign by UITP and UNEP
| UNEP Press release (27 June 2008):
Global
TV Campaign on Public Transport and Climate Change Awarded
by Advertising Industry |
UNEP
Creative Gallery on Sustainability Communications |
UNEP
DTIE Energy branch web site
|
|
| - The second wave of
the TV advertising campaign on the role of public transport
in fighting climate change conducted by UITP and UNEP - officially
launched to coincide with World Environment Day 2008 - is taking
on global dimensions. ... more
|
'The
world is your home' TV ad |
WED 2008 |
|
| . The
incumbent will be expected to provide operational and
management support to the Director of the Division as
well as act as focal point for inter and intradivisional
operations and processes. ...
more
(pdf) |
|
|
| - OECD Forum 2008. Multi-stakeholder
summit which brings together business and labour leaders, civil
society personalities, government ministers and leaders of international
organisations to discuss the hottest issues on the international
agenda. Paris, 3 - 4 June 2008. ... more
|
UNEP
DTIE Director participates in the
Partnerships
for Tackling Climate Change discussions (Tuesday, 3 June
2008, Room 9) |
|
- Small islands and low lying coastal states are experiencing
a rise in sea level. Ozzy Ozone and company explain some simple
daily actions that can help protect the ozone layer and diminish
the impacts of climate change. ...
more
| Download cartoon book in PDF:
English |
French
|
Spanish
| UNEP
DTIE OzonAction |
|
| - This biennial global
conference is the global reporting event where business delegates
and sustainability reporting experts from all over the world
convene to discuss latest trends in reporting. The UNEP Deputy
Executive Director is a keynote speaker and will be chairing
a panel discussion on Governments and mandatory / voluntary
reporting approaches, following on the report “Carrots
and Sticks for Starters”. Amsterdam, 7 - 9 May 2008.
...
more
|
UNEP
Business and Corporate Social Responsibility |
Carrots and Sticks for Starters report |
|
|
- B4E, the Global Business Summit for the Environment, is
the leading international conference focusing on business
and the environment. CEOs and senior executives from leading
global companies join leaders from government, international
agencies, NGOs, and other organizations to discuss the issues,
forge partnerships and explore solutions for a greener future.
Singapore, 24 - 26 April 2008.
Summit
website |
UNEP
Business and Corporate Social Responsibility
|
|
| - The Conference provides an opportunity
for senior representatives from governments, businesses, international
organisations and civil society to discuss resource efficiency
issues and influence international debates. Paris, 23 - 25 April
2008. ...
more
|
UNEP DTIE
Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch |
|
| - An international seminar
on climate change adaptation and mitigation in the tourism sector
concluded in the United Kingdom after involving 30 high level
tourism and environment officials from developing countries
and Small Island developing states. UNEP
Press release (11 April 2008): International
Seminar Shapes Path Towards Sustainable Tourism | UNEP
Sustainable Tourism |
|
| - The illegal international trade
in environmentally sensitive items such as ozone depleting substances,
toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, and endangered species is
a serious problem with global impact. ...
more
|
GreenCustoms.org
|
World
Customs Organization |
|
 - The internet-based
campaign, "Green Passport", aims to raise tourists'
awareness of their potential to contribute to sustainable development
by making responsible holiday choices. UNEP
Press release (7 March 2008):
Holidays
for a Living Planet |
Green
Passport web site |
UNEP
Sustainable Tourism |
|
|
- Addressing the serious issue of climate change requires substantial
investment in new technologies, processes and services. This
investment is not just desirable, it is essential. ...
more
|
UNEP DTIE
Energy Branch |
UNEP
Climate Change |
|
| - The renewable energy industry
is stepping up its meteoric rise into the mainstream of the
energy sector, according to the REN21 Renewables 2007 Global
Status Report. UNEP Press release
(27 February 2008):
Renewale
Energy Accelerates Meteoric Rise |
Download
publication |
REN21 |
Worldwatch
Institute |
|
|
- Highlights the environmental and low carbon advantages
of public transport. See video clip in:
English
|
French
|
Spanish
|
German
- wear them
at least 3 times - wash them in cold water - forget your dryer
- no iron it's much better. See video clip in:
English
|
French
|
Spanish
|
|
|
Investing in a Climate for Change downloadable flyers
in PDF:
|
|
| - UNEP Unveils the Climate Neutral Network
to Catalyze a Transition to a Low Carbon World. UNEP
Press release (21 February 2008):
UNEP
Unveils the Climate Neutral Network |
CN
Net |
|
|
- Following the adoption of the SAICM in February
2006, the regional meetings called for in the SAICM Overarching
Policy Strategy by the International Conference on Chemicals
Management (ICCM) in its resolution I/1 will be a key element
in the collective efforts to commence implementation of SAICM.
Paris, 12 February 2008. ...
more
|
UNEP
DTIE Chemicals Branch
|
|
- Providing a platform
for governments and experts to examine the relationship between
trade, climate change, and development, and to identify emerging
issues and policy implications. Geneva, 11 February 2008. ...
more
|
UNEP
DTIE Economics and Trade Branch
|
|
 - E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste
streams in the world. In developed countries, it equals 1% of
total solid waste on an average. The increasing “market
penetration” in developing countries, “replacement
market” in developed countries and “high obsolescence
rate” make E-waste one of the fastest waste streams. Download:
Vol
1 - Inventory Assessment Manual |
Vol
1 - E-waste Management Manual |
UNEP DTIE IETC
|
|
|
- An international seminar focusing on developing countries
and small island states. Oxford, 8 - 10 April 2008. Registration
deadline: 25 January 2008. ...
more.
|
|
|
 - UNEP aims to strengthen
the ability of countries to integrate climate change responses
into their national development processes, both by helping
them to build resilience to a changing climate, and by facilitating
a transition towards low carbon societies. Bali, Indonesia,
3 -14 December 2007
Bali
and Beyond:Towards a Low Carbon Society
UNEP
Climate Change |
UNFCCC
Conference
Live and On-demand webcast (from UN Webcast, requires
Real Player):
Main
page
UNEP press conferences, press releases, and side events:
12 Dec 2007: 
UNEP
Carbon Neutrality
11 Dec 2007:
The cost of climate change and the role of the finance sector
|
Adapting
to climate change, from political commitment to action
|
UNEP-GEF
supported Assessment on Peatlands Biodiversity and Climate
Change | Press Release: Peatlands
are Quick and Cost-Effective Measure to reduce 10% of greenhouse
emissions |
UNEP FI’s
Climate Change Working Group (CCWG) launches its latest CEO
Briefing at COP 13/MOP 3 |
Cities
and Climate Risk
10 Dec 2007:
Climate
change and conflict | Press Release:
Climate
Change and Conflict - New Report Weighs the Risks and Pin
Points Likely Hotspots
8 Dec 2007:
Launch
of REN21 Renewables 2007 Global Status Report | Press
release:
Mainstream
Renewable Energy Continues Double-digit Growth |
UN
HABITAT strategy on cities in climate change |
Greener
buildings easy, but barriers remain
6 Dec 2007:
Silver
Lining to Climate Change Green Jobs | Press release:
Silver
Lining to Climate Change - Green Jobs
4 Dec 2007:
Assessment
of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change – new global
report | Press release:
Communities
Across the Globe Getting to Grips with Adapting to Climate
Change
|
|
| - In conjunction with an agreement
signed between UNEP and the Government of Sweden to provide
developing countries with information about HCFC alternatives,
OzonAction launched a web-based HCFC Help Centre that provides
links to information from international organisations, government,
industry and NGOs about technologies and policies related to
these chemicals. UNEP Press release
(19 November 2007):
Sweden
and UNEP Team Up to Help Developing Countries Phase Out of Ozone
Depleting HCFCs |
UNEP
OzonAction Programme |
Swedish
Environmental Protection Agency |
HCFC
Help Centre |
|
| - Experts are
becoming increasingly concerned that increased burning of coal-naturally
contaminated with mercury-is leading to releases to the air
in some parts of the world from where it can spread around the
globe. UNEP Press release (12 November
2007):
Global
Agreement on Mercury Pollution Focus of International Meeting
|
UNEP
Chemicals-Mercury |
|
| - Budapest, 8 - 9 November
2007.
UNEP
Resource Panel web site | UNEP
Press release (8 November 2007):
New
Panel must boost resource-efficient growth and innovation, UN
Environment Programme says |
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|
- Establishing a global benchmarking system for sustainable
buildings. This workshop will be the first opportunity for public
to take stock of how this effort will be driven and to share
input amogst the SBCI stakeholders. Kuala Lumpur, 1-3 November
2007. .. more
|
Sustainable
Buildings and Construction |
UNEP SBCI
|
|
- UNEP DTIE is recruiting three senior environmental
managers:
DTIE
Deputy Director (Paris)
UNEP
Climate Change Programme Leader (Paris)
Director
of the International Environment Technology Centre (Osaka)
For more information click on each vacancy above, or go to
the UNEP main vacancy page:
www.unep.org/vacancies
|
|
| - - This report provides
hands-on advice for safe and sustainable construction of buildings
in disaster affected areas.
UNEP SBCI
|
Sustainable
Buildings and Construction |
Download
report |
|
| - UNEP FI 2007 Global Roundtable - This
year’s gathering provides an opportunity for bankers, insurers,
asset managers and institutional investors from around the globe
to discuss new ideas and challenges in the complex arena where
finance, insurance, investment and capital markets meet with
the sustainability agenda. Melbourne, 24 - 25 October 2007.
... more
|
UNEP Finance
Initiative |
|
|
- Business & Industry
Global Dialogue 2007 - The 24th UNEP Annual Consultative
Meeting on Business & Industry is taking the form of a
Global Dialogue event held in an emerging market economy this
year. Supported by Brazilian business and the UN Global Compact,
UNEP's first "Business & Industry Global Dialogue"
in Brazil. Sao Paulo, 15 - 16 October 2007. ... more
|
Agenda
|
DTIE
Director Opening Remarks |
Information
Note
|
|
| - The global challenge of climate
change and action by the tourism sector in both adaptation of
destinations and mitigation of its own impacts. Second International
Conference on Climate Change and Tourism in Davos, Switzerland,
1-3 October 2007. The meeting is organized by UNWTO, UNEP, WMO
and supported by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Swiss
Government. Joint UNWTO - UNEP Press
release (28 September 2007):
Davos
Conference on Climate Change and Tourism |
UNEP
DTIE Tourism |
UN World
Tourism Organization |
2nd
International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism |
|
 "" - New publication for climate change
solutions in the building sector. Presents a unique comparison
and analysis of experiences from using different kinds of policy
tools in over 50 countries on all continents. UNEP
Press release (24 September 2007):
Regulation
key to greener buildings |
Download
publication |
UNEP Sustainable
Buildings and Construction Initiative |
|
| - On
September 16th, the international community celebrated the 20th
Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol. This special date is a
milestone in the history of the protection of the environment
and especially for The Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting
Substances.
more
|
UNEP Press release (14 September 2007):
Ozone
Treaty's Role in Combating Climate Change Tops Environment Ministers
Meeting in Canada |
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction Programme |
Ozone
Quotes |
Daily
coverage of the 19th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal
Protocol |
|
| - Pioneering new research
to measure the environmental impact of sugar production in South
Africa, newsprint paper production in Zimbabwe and new approaches
to assess impacts on biodiversity in Brazil have been recognized
today by a new award from the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP). New UNEP publication 'Life Cycle Management: A Business
Guide to Sustainability' also launched. UNEP
Press release (28 August 2007):
Pioneering
projects from Brazil, South Africa and Zimbabwe receive environmental
"life-cycle" awards
|
Download publication
|
Life-cycle Award |
|
|
- This CD-ROM (available in English and French) proposes resources
for the educators training tomorrow's marketing and communication
professionals as well as for marketing and advertising trainers
in the corporate field. It is not a "turnkey" teaching
syllabus but a flexible, interactive tool which provides a synthesis
of theoretical and methodological knowledge illustrated by numerous
specific case studies.
more |
|
|
- This review examines
the impacts of reactive nitrogen on the environment, human
health and economies from local to global scales. About 40%
of the human population depends upon food production made
possible by synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. .....
more
|
Download
publication |
UNEP
Agri-food
|
|
|
- The chief executives of 153 companies worldwide have committed
to speeding up action on climate change and called on governments
to agree as soon as possible on measures to secure workable
and inclusive climate market mechanisms post 2012, when the
Kyoto Protocol expires.
more
|
|
| - China, the world's
largest producer of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and halon, shut
down five of its six remaining plants, putting the country two
and a half years ahead of the Montreal Protocol's 2010 deadline
for phase-out of the two ozone depleting chemicals.
UNEP Press release (1 July 2007):
China
Closes Ozone Depleting Chemical Plants
|
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction |
The
On-line Halon Trader |
|
| - New
UNEP report. The report offers a host of reasons behind
and insights into the world's newest gold rush, which saw investors
pour $71 billion into companies and new sector opportunities
in 2006, a 43% jump from 2005 (and up 158% over the last two
years. The trend continues in 2007 with experts predicting investments
of $85 billion this year).
UNEP Press release (20 June 2007):
Investors
Flock to Renewable Energy and Efficiency Technologies |
UNEP Sustainable
Energy Finance Initiative |
UNEP DTIE
Energy |
Download
report |
|
|
- New UNEP report released to mark World Environment Day.
Polar tourism has grown dramatically in the last ten years
raising concerns about the possible negative impact on the
environment and local communities. ... more
|
UNEP Press release (3 June 2007):
Rapid
Rise in Tourism New Challenge to Polar Environment |
World
Environment Day (WED) 2007 |
Norwegian
Polar Institute WED web site |
UNEP
DTIE Tourism
|
|
| - Animated cartoon book launched on
World Environment Day in Tromso, Norway |
UNEP Press release (5 June 2007): Ozzy
and Zoe Ozone invite the World’s Children to Take Action
on Ozone, Climate and Pollutants | Download cartoon book
in PDF:
English |
French
|
Spanish
| UNEP
DTIE OzonAction |
|
|
- The winners this year are partnerships
from Vietnam, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil
and Sierra Leone. They were selected following a rigorous
10-month review process that examined more than 230 applications
from some 70 countries worldwide. UNEP Press release (30
May 2007):
Partnerships
from Five Nations Receive "2007 Seed Awards" for
Innovation in Local Sustainable Development |
The Seed
Initiative |
UNEP
Business and Partnerships
|
|
| - The
revised Guidelines will be presented at the Marrakech Process
review meeting in Stockholm, 26-29 June 2007, with an expected
full international release in late 2007. ...
more
|
SC-Net
issue 64 |
UNEP's
Sustainable Consumption Newsletter |
|
| - Efforts to assist customs officers deal
with multi-billion dollar environmental crime are being stepped
up in the Asia Pacific region with help from experts in China.
UNEP Press release (16 May 2007):
UNEP
and World Customs Organisation Begin Cooperation with Shanghai
Centre of Customs Excellence |
Green
Customs web site |
UNEP
China Office |
|
|
- First major global conference
on ecotourism since the UN's International Year of Ecotourism
in 2002. The Global Ecotourism conference aims to create synergies
and partnerships that will capitalise on the up to day positive
outcomes of ecotourism development and strengthen the global
effects of ecotourism as a main instrument for sustainable
tourism development. Oslo, 14-16 May 2007. ... more
|
UNEP
DTIE Tourism programme |
GEC
2007 web site
|
|
| - The award
was presented 1 May in Washington D.C, to Atul Bagai, Regional
Network Coordinator for South Asia for UNEP's Division of Technology,
Industry and Economics (DTIE) OzonAction Programme. UNEP
Press release (3 May 2007):
UNEP Wins Prestigious USEPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award
for the Second Time |
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction Branch |
US
EPA 2007 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards |
|
| - Life for an estimated 100,000 people
in poverty-stricken rural India has been improved dramatically
by several hours of reliable solar-powered lighting every night,
made available by a UN-led pilot project to facilitate household
financing for solar home systems. Expansion plans also target
China, Algeria, Egypt, Mexico, Indonesia, and Ghana. UNEP
Press release (30 April 2007): UN
Engages Banks to Light Up Rural India |
UNEP's
India Solar Loan Programme Wins Prestigious Energy Globe
|
Indian
Solar Loan Programme |
UNEP Risoe Centre
(URC) |
UNEP DTIE
Energy Branch |
|
| -
What does it take to put the global energy system on a sustainable
path? And how long will it take for the transition to be completed?
This report gives some pointers to answer these questions.
Download
report |
UNEP DTIE
Energy Branch |
|
| - UNEP and UN Global Compact call
for action on corporate environmental responsibility and sustainable
development. Business leaders meets high level speakers from
Government and civil society to discuss innovative practices
in corporate environmental responsibility. Singapore, 19 - 20
April 2007. Joint UNEP and Global Compact Press release (29
March 2007):
World
business leaders to meet in Singapore for first Global Business
Summit for the Environment |
Summit web site
|
UNEP DTIE
Business & Partnerships |
Welcome
Address by UNEP Executive Director |
|
|
- After helping more than 100,000 people in 18,000 Indian
households finance clean energy from their PV solar electric
home systems, the United Nations Environment Programme's Indian
Solar Loan Programme has been honoured with a prestigious
Energy Globe. UNEP Press release (12 April 2007):
UNEP's
India Solar Loan Programme Wins Prestigious Energy Globe
|
Energy
Globe web site |
UNEP DTIE
Energy Branch
|
|
| - New
report underlines how often simple and low cost energy savings
measures can help deliver the Kyoto targets and beyond. The
right mix of appropriate government regulation, greater use
of energy saving technologies and behavioural change can substantially
reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the building sector
which accounts for 30-40 % of global energy use. UNEP Press
release (29 March 2007): Buildings
Can Play a Key Role in Combating Climate Change | Download
report |
UNEP DTIE Sustainable
Consumption and Production Branch |
|
| International workshop: -
Improving energy efficiency by reducing quantities of energy
consumed and by changing processes and approaches offers a powerful
tool for achieving sustainable development. Paris, 2-3 April
2007. ... more
|
UNEP DTIE
Energy |
|
| - to provide
independent scientific assessment on environmental impacts due
to the use of natural resources over the full life cycle, and
advise governments and international organisations on ways to
reduce these identified impacts. ...more
|
Download
Resource Panel project brief |
|
|
- The aim is to develop a comprehensive, innovative, and effective
global e-learning program to support staff in financial institutions
in enhancing knowledge on climate change and carbon finance.
The course is free for UNEP FI signatories (up to three participants
per institution) and USD 500 for all other participants.
Further
information and registration |
UNEP DTIE Finance
Initiative |
|
| UNEP-WWF Symposium: - Developing new disciplines on fisheries
subsidies that present sustainability concerns is a priority
for achieving sustainable management of the world's fisheries
resources. Geneva, 1 - 2 March 2007. ... more
|
UNEP
DTIE Economics and Trade Branch |
|
| -
Seizures of up to 64.8 tons of illegal ozone depleting substance
have been reported in China, India, Thailand and other countries
following the start of Project Skyhole Patching. UNEP Press
release (12 February 2007):
Crack-down
on Chemicals Criminals in Asia Pacific Registers First Successes
| UNEP
DTIE OzonAction Branch |
|
| - ABREW is a project
coordinated by UNEP and financially supported by Denmark that
aims at reducing the water use and waste water discharge from
breweries in Africa. According to several assessments the average
water use in breweries in Africa exceeds international bench
marks (5-6 l water per l beer) with 200 – 1000%. ... more
|
|
|
|
- Nairobi, Kenya, 5 - 9 February
2007.
24th
Session of the Governing Council main web site |
UNEP DTIE at GC24
|
UNEP
and UNIDO - Enhancing Synergies |
Panel
on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
|
|
| - The first major global
assessment of climate change science in six years has concluded
that changes in the atmosphere, the oceans and glaciers and
ice caps show unequivocally that the world is warming. UNEP
Press release (2 February 2007):
Evidence
of Human-caused Global Warming “Unequivocal”, says
IPCC |
UNEP
Resources on Climate Change |
Climate
change related ad campaigns on the DTIE Creative Gallery
|
|
|
- Finalists for the Seed Awards 2007 take a range of promising,
locally-adapted approaches to sustainability, including the
promotion of traditional medicine and community-based tourism
and the production of alternative fuels. The countries represented
by finalist initiatives are Brazil, Ecuador, India, Nepal,
Kenya, Peru, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
UNEP Press release (25 January 2007):
Steiner
Announces Finalists for 2007 Environment & Development
Awards |
Seeds Award
web site |
UNEP
DTIE Partnerships Awards web pages
|
|
| - Announcing her appointment,
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive
Director said: "I am sure Ms Lemmet's skills in management,
economics and sustainable development will benefit UNEP enormously
during the challenging years ahead and her experience and ideas
will take our work on environment and the economy and our relationship
with the private sector to new heights". ... more
|
|
 - UNEP has released a TV spot on electronic
waste (also called e-waste) to raise global awareness of the
dangers presented by toxic waste from discarded electronic products
such as computers, cell phones, and other electrical devices.
This spot has been created and produced by Emerson College,
Boston Massachusetts, who won in 2006 a student marketing competition
organized by the International Advertising Association in co-operation
with UNEP for the development of a campaign on electronic waste.
The spot will be broadcasted on various TV channels and will
be displayed at conferences around the world ...see
video clip | UNEP
DTIE Creative Gallery on Sustainability Communications |
UNEP
DTIE e-Waste Management web pages |
|
| - This UNEP Resource Kit explains
in a simple step-by-step approach how to successfully implement
sustainability strategies in shops and therefore lead to cost-savings
and new business opportunities. ... more
|
UNEP
DTIE Retail and Environment web pages |
|
| - Almost
half the Iraqi Marshlands, considered by some as the original
biblical “Garden of Eden” and an ecosystem of global
importance, has recovered to its former 1970s extent. At the
same time, up to 22,000 people living in the area are now getting
access to safe drinking water and approximately 300 Iraqis have
been trained in marshland management techniques and policies.
UNEP Press release (7 December 2006):
UNEP
Reveals New Data on Iraqi Marshlands Recovery |
UNEP
Marshlands Project web site | UNEP
DTIE IETC (International Environmental Technology Centre) |
|
|
- The D4S concept has the potential to help companies improve
efficiencies, product quality and market opportunities (local
and export) and at the same time improve environmental performance.
This new training package introduces the D4S concept and how
to apply it in a company setting to pursue internal D4S efforts
(via the supply chain or single operation context) and by intermediaries
who work with companies. ... more
|
Design for
Sustainability web site |
UNEP DTIE
Sustainable Consumption web site |
|
|
- In the absence of suitable techniques and protective measures,
recycling e-waste can result in toxic emissions to the air,
water and soil and pose a serious health and environmental hazard.
While the largest generators of e-waste are industrialized economies,
the most vulnerable to the hazards of e-waste are informal recyclers
in developing and emerging economies. ...more
| UNEP Press release (27 November 2006):
Steiner
on E-Waste & Cote D’Ivoire Crisis at Basel COP Opening
|
UNEP
DTIE Waste Management web pages |
UNEP DTIE
Chemicals web site |
IAA
InterAd X - UNEP e-waste ad campaign web site |
UNEP DTIE YouthXchange web site: Electronic
Addiction Boosts e-Waste |
|
|
- With projects and initiatives identified by
its global brand, "Destinations", the Forum is a
permanent and continuous movement supported by organizations
and individuals from around the world. Porto Alegre, Brazil,
29 November - 2 December, 2006. ...more
|
World
Tourism Forum web site |
UNEP
DTIE Tourism web site |
Workshop: Sustainable
travel: revealing the consumers power
|
|
|
- Latest UNEP Finance Initiative Climate Change
Working Group report calls for urgent public-private action
to prepare for the economic impacts of climate change. Launched
on 15 November 2006 at the UNFCCC COP 12 in Nairobi. ... more
| UNEP Press release (14 November 2006):
Public
Private Partnerships Unlock Climate Cover for the Vulnerable
| Download
report |
UNFCCC
COP 12 web site |
UNEP FI web
site
|
|
| the latest in the Global Reporters series by
UNEP, SustainAbility and Standard & Poor’s is now available,
providing a benchmark survey of the top 50 corporate sustainability
reports this year. Coming just after the launch of the G3 version
of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the survey uses a
new methodology that focuses more on reporting and management
as a process to create value. ... more
| Download report:
Tomorrow’s
Value - The Global Reporters 2006 Survey of Corporate Sustainability
Reporting | UNEP Press release (10 November 2006):
From
Risk Reduction to Value Creation |
SustainAbility web site |
|
|
- As part of our efforts to raise
awareness of environment and development issues in the Iraqi
marshlands, UNEP supported the production (including the provision
of new film footage) for "Eden Reborn", a BBC World documentary
that is being broadcast globally this week on the award winning
Earth Report series.
Press
Release |
UNEP's project to help manage and restore the Iraqi Marshlands
|
UNEP
Post Conflict Branch
|
|
|
- Montreal Protocol conference to address remaining
sources of ozone-depleting chemicals. New Delhi, 26 October
2006. ... more
|
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction web site |
18th Meeting
of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol web site
|
|
|
- Co-hosted by UNEP and the International
Chamber of Commerce. Paris, 26 - 27 October 2006.
Agenda
|
List
of Participants | |
Global
Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2008 Report
Investing
in a Climate for Change - Engaging the Finance Sector
Renewables
2007 Global Status Report
Climate
Neutral Network
Inaugural
Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource
Management (Resource Panel) 
Sustainable
Building and Construction Initiative (SBCI) Workshop 2007
After
the Tsunami
Awareness
to Action
Celebration
of the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol
Pioneering
projects from Brazil, South Africa and Zimbabwe receive environmental
"life-cycle" awards
Sustainability
Communications - A Toolkit for Marketing and Advertising Courses
Reactive
Nitrogen in the Environment
Global
Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2007
"Tourism
in the Polar Regions - The Sustainability Challenge"
“Ozzy
goes polar”
2007
Seed Awards
Guidelines
for Developing National SCP Programmes Underway
Global
Ecotourism Conference 2007
Analysing
Our Energy Future: some pointers for policy-makers
UNEP's
India Solar Loan Programme Wins Prestigious Energy Globe
Finalists
for 2007 Environment & Development Awards Announced
Sylvie
Lemmet appointed new Director of UNEP Division of Technology,
Industry and Economics
Greening
Shops and Saving Costs
UNEP
Reveals New Data on Iraqi Marshlands Recovery
Design
for Sustainability: A Practical Approach for Developing Economies
UNEP
in the World Tourism Forum for Peace and Sustainable Development
2006
Tomorrow’s
Value -