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- An integrated Resource Efficiency
package that enables SMEs to achieve cleaner and resource
efficient production with a clear methodological guidance
based on an in-depth survey and review of existing tools and
techniques. ... 
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 - The 16th session of the
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change (COP 16) and the 6th session of the Conference
of the Parties. Cancun, 29 November - 10 December 2010.
IISD
Reporting Services |
UNFCCC
conference website |
Host country
website |
UNEP
Climate Change website
Selected press releases:
From
Fire to Flowers - Kenya's Renewable Energy Cycle
Graphic
details of climate change for Latin America and the Caribbean
The
Virtual Tour: From Bangkok to Cancun and beyond
Action
on World's Waste Can Help Combat Climate Change While Increasing
Access to Energy Says New UNEP Report
Multi
billion dollar benefits of global switch to energy-efficient
lighting
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- The meeting that took place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 8-12
November 2010, was attended by over 400 participants representing
governments, UN agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations, academia, industry and the agricultural sector.
...
more
on IISD ENB |
African countries unite to recognise Rajendra Shende, Head
of UNEP DTIE OzonAction Branch, for ozone protection leadership
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| - Raising
awareness on the ozone - climate connection and to explore the
possibilities of additional benefits through the HCFC phase
out opportunity. UNEP Press release (6 December 2010):
The
Virtual Tour: From Bangkok to Cancun and beyond |
Go
to website |
Ozone2Climate
Times |
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| - From creating
mass markets for solar water heaters to planting trees and protecting
forests, the United Nations Environment Programme will be releasing
30 case studies in the run up to the UN climate convention in
Mexico to prove that solutions to combat Climate Change are
available, accessible and replicable. UNEP Press release
(5 October 2010):
"30
Ways in 30 Days" to inspire action on reducing emissions
and transition to global Green Economy |
30
WAYS IN 30 DAYS website |
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| - the website covering
all issues relating to the United Nations's sustainability performance
- has won an international award for 'Best Website'. UNEP
Press release (27 September 2010):
UN
sustainability campaign wins best website award |
Greening
the Blue website |
UNEP Sustainable
United Nations Unit |
|
| - The UN Environment Programme
(UNEP) has joined a new international alliance that aims to
cut the estimated 1.6 million to 1.8 million premature deaths
linked with indoor emissions from inefficient cook stoves by
boosting the efficiency of around three billion cook stoves
across Africa, Asia and Latin America. UNEP Press release
(21 September 2010):
UNEP
joins global initiative for clean energy cook stoves |
AREED project
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| - The 2010 International
Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer highlights the central
role of good governance in pursuit of environmental goals.
UNEP
OzonAction Ozone Day webpage |
UN
Secretary-General's Message |
Ozone
Day greeting from Head of UNEP OzonAction |
"Journée
mondiale de l’ozone" on RFI |
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| - aims to transform
the way tourism is done worldwide. It will focus on policy,
projects, tools, and networks for all tourism stakeholders.
...
more
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- UNEP OzonAction with the support of the European Commission
(ENRTP), the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
releasesd 3 ebooks as part a tool-box designed to help governments
and industries in developing countries make informed and timely
decisions about the technologies and policies needed to replace
or avoid the use of HCFCs. UNEP Information note (29 July
2010):
JumpStart
Partnership Achieving Climate Benefit from HCFC Phase-out
| See photos on
UNEP
OzonAction Facebook |
Download
the eBooks on the UNEP OzonAction HCFC Help Centre |
|
| - The project seeks
to provide guidance and support to the Iraqi stakeholders on
how to develop a sustainable preservation and management plan
in accordance with criteria for the inscription on the UNESCO
World Heritage List.
Go
to web site
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|
| - Editorial
by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive
Director - Published in the Official Newsletter of the G-20
Summit. ...
more
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UNEP
Climate Change
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| - Maldives
is walking the talk. President Mohamed Nasheed has called on
the world to phase-out HCFCs and not to “wait until 2030”.
He made this statement at the inauguration session of the high
level round table dialogue on HCFC Phase-out Management Plan
(HPMP) and its contribution to carbon neutrality in Maldives.
UNEP Information note (10 June 2010):
Maldives
is Walking the Talk: Deriving Climate Benefits from Ozone Layer
Protection | See photos on
UNEP
OzonAction Facebook |
UNEP
OzonAction website |
Republic
of Maldives, President's Office website |
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|
- shows what is happening to make the UN more sustainable and
provides advice to UN staff on how they can reduce the environmental
footprint of their work.
Go
Greening the Blue |
UNEP
Sustainable United Nations Unit |
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| -
In conformance with the requirements of the Montreal Protocol
the Indian MAC systems have done away with the usage of ozone-depleting
CFC-12 as refrigerant in MACs in all new vehicles, although
some servicing of old MAC equipment is still required.India
Policy Workshop on the status of MAC Replacement Technologies,
New Delhi, 7-8 June 2010. ....
more
|
See
video clips of the Workshop |
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- top
Resource Panel's priority list for sustainable 21st century.
Fossil fuel use and feeding world cause greatest environmental
impacts. A new and hard-hitting report concludes that dramatically
reforming, re-thinking and redesigning two sectors-energy
and agriculture-could generate significant environmental,
social and economic returns.UNEP Press release (2 June
2010):
Energy
and Agriculture Top Resource Panel's Priority List for Sustainable
21st Century |
International
Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
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 - a joint report from UNEP, GRI, KPMG
Global Sustainability Services and Stellenbosch University
Business School. Launched at the GRI Amsterdam Conference
in May 2010, "Carrots and Sticks II - Promoting Transparency
and Sustainability" builds on the work of Carrots and
Sticks for Starters (2006).
Download
report |
UNEP Global
Reporting Initiative
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|
| - On 22 May 2010, the world
celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD)
under the theme 'Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation'.
The International Day for Biological Diversity will be celebrated
in 11 countries around the world – from Tunisia to the
Philippines and from India to the United Kingdom.
International
Day for Biological Diversity website |
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- Investing around US$8 billion a year in rebuilding
and greening the world's fisheries could raise catches to
112 million tonnes annually while triggering benefits to industry,
consumers and the global economy totalling US$1.7 trillion
over the next 40 years. UNEP Press release (17 May 2010):
Turning
the Tide on Falling Fish Stocks - UNEP-Led Green Economy Charts
Sustainable Investment Path |
The
Green Economy Initiative
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| - By advancing sustainable consumption
and production patterns ecolabelling can also contribute to
poverty reduction and increase international competitiveness
of developing economies.This was one of the main conclusions
of the side event organized by the Nordic Council of Ministers
and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during the United
Nations 18th commission on sustainable development in New York
3-14th May. ...
more
|
Nordic Council
of Ministers |
UNEP
Eco-labelling webpages |
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|
- the most comprehensive
study to date of national progress to create green jobs and
economic growth through low carbon products and services,
shows that in spite of uncertainty surrounding international
climate negotiations, countries have forged ahead with low
carbon growth strategies in the first quarter of 2010. UNEP
Press release (21 April 2010):
One
Third of Countries Show Promising Gains in Low Carbon Economic
Growth Since the Copenhagen Climate Accord | Download
report |
Climate
Competitiveness Index (CCI) website
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| - As the
curtain is now fully raised on the world stage in which ozone
depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons are no longer
produced, three journalists have received top honours from the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for their reporting
on ozone depletion and climate issues. ...
more
|
Ozone2Climate
Times media corner |
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 - world’s leading
international conference for dialogue and business-driven action
for the environment. The summit addresses the most urgent environmental
challenges facing the world today. Seoul, 21 - 23 April 2010.
Summit website
|
UNEP
Business & Corporate Social Responsibility |
IISD coverage
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|
| - UNEP Green Economy
Initiative Assesses Role of Sustainable Agriculture in Boosting
Exports, Livelihoods and Jobs Across the Region. UNEP Press
release (12 April 2010):
Growing
Organic Agriculture from Eastern Europe to Central Asia |
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- Six hundred impact assessment
practitioners, international experts and policy makers from
industry, government, consultancies, donor agencies, NGOs, and
academia will gather for this conference. Geneva, Switzerland,
6 - 11 April 2010. ...
more
|
Final
programme |
UNEP
Economics and Trade Branch
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|
| - developed to support the
decision-making process by assisting experts and water managers
in the design of constructed wetlands to improve water quality
and treat domestic wastewater. ...
more |
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|
- UNEP and ASHRAE sponsored
conference to enhance the practical knowledge on state-of-the-art
alternative refrigerants and communicate achieved results,
successes and lessons learned. Cairo, 30 September - 1 October
2010. ...
more
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|
| - In
the first landmark Declaration issued by ministers of the environment
in a decade, governments pledged to step up the global response
to the major environmental and sustainability challenges of
this generation. UNEP Press release (26 February 2010):
World
Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable
Development |
The
Green Economy Initiative |
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| - Looks at progress in environmental governance;
the effects of continuing degradation and loss of the world’s
ecosystems; impacts of climate change; how harmful substances
and hazardous waste affect human health and the environment;
environmentally related disasters and conflicts; and unsustainable
use of resources. The chapters correspond to UNEP’s six
thematic priorities. ...
more
| UNEP Press release (23 February 2010):
More
Ambition Needed if Greenhouse Gases are to Peak in Time, Says
New UNEP Report |
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- Unless action is stepped up
to properly collect and recycle materials, many developing
countries face the spectre of hazardous e-waste mountains
with serious consequences for the environment and public health.
UNEP Press release (22 February 2010):
Urgent
Need to Prepare Developing Countries for Surge in E-Wastes
|
Recycling
- Form e-waste to resources
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|
| - A Guide for Policymakers.
This Guide provides an outline of how financing renewable energy
works, with a particular focus on more mature end of the market,
i.e. the proven technologies that can be deployed now and at
scale. It aims to show how policy looks and where it fits in
from a financing perspective, as well as the range of other
factors that need taken into account in doing an actual project
or deal.
read
more |
|
| - UNEP continues to
provide technical assistance and support on environmental matters
to the Humanitarian Country Team and to the local government,
including through emergency environmental assessments of affected
sites and active participation in the humanitarian cluster system.
UNEP Press release (19 December 2009):
Major environmental issues arising for Haiti recovery |
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|
 a new booklet which will be of interest to anyone involved
in cross-cutting issues between the ozone protection and climate
protection communities, launched by the Outreach Division
of the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN
DPI), New York.
Download
booklet
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|
- On 7 December 2009,
world leaders will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to respond
to one of the greatest challenges facing humanity: climate change.
UNEP is supporting the negotiations leading to Copenhagen through
its programmes, campaigns, official submissions and newly launched
discussion series.
UNEP
FI COP 15 website |
UNEP
Climate Change website |
COP 15 webiste
|
UNFCCC
Daily Programme |
IISD
Daily Reports | UNEP Press release (19 December 2009):
Nations
Seal a Deal on Climate Change at UN Talks | UNEP Executive
Director video interview: 
The
Copenhagen Accord |
| |
| : Following a dialogue with
its business & industry partners during 2008-2009, UNEP
has published an overview of recent research and possible modalities
for industry sectoral approaches to climate action in a post-2012
climate framework. It highlights industry positions for decision-makers
to consider in the current Copenhagen deliberations. For more
on this dialogue, see
here
|
Download
report |
|
| - Representatives from over 190 countries attending
the international conference will assess whether a group of
synthetic gases known as hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) might be better
controlled under the Montreal Protocol rather than the Kyoto
Protocol, the climate change treaty.
UNEP
OzonAction |
UNEP Ozone
Secretariat | UNEP Press release (2 November 2009):
Upgrading
Ozone Layer Treaty to Assist in Combating Climate Change Key
Issue at International Meeting in Egypt |
OzonAction
YouView - daily video updates from the MOP 21 |
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|
- This report is the result of extensive literature examination
and a thorough review process, involving a number of experts,
to provide a robust assessment of key problems of production
and use of biomass for energy purposes and options for more
efficient and sustainable production and use of biomass. ...
more
on UNEP Resource Panel website |
Download
report
|
|
|
- The Asian economies of China and the Republic of Korea are
emerging as global leaders in their commitments to invest significant
slices of their stimulus packages in environmental, 'green new
deal' projects. UNEP Press release (24 September 2009):
One
Year On - Many Countries Factoring Environmental Investments
into Economic Stimulus Packages |
Download
the Global Green New Deal - G20 Update |
|
| - This publication provides a collection
of short articles that examine the future interplay between
climate and trade policies and institutions. The authors, who
all provided contributions in their personal capacities, were
encouraged to analyse and make recommendations for strengthening
the relationship between trade and climate policies. This thought-provoking
set of articles focuses on international, regional and national
policies and institutions relevant to the implementation of
trade-related climate change measures. Issues such as the acceleration
of technology transfer and the potential of regional trade agreements
and border adjustment measures are discussed and put into a
broader perspective.
Download
full report |
UNEP ETB |
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|
- A powerful group
of asset managers, representing around USD 2 trillion in assets
under management, are arguing that integrating environmental,
social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment
decisions is no longer just a luxury, but a legal responsibility.
The case, outlined in a new report with the United Nations
Environment Programme entitled Fiduciary Responsibility
- Legal and Practical Aspects of Integrating Environmental,
Social and Governance Issues into Institutional Investment,
underlines how the world's largest institutional investors
- such as pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth
funds, mutual funds and foundations - have a central role
in assisting the transition to a low carbon and resource efficient
Green Economy.UNEP Press release (14 July 2009):
more
| Download
full report |
UNEP:
Green Economy Initiative |
UNEP: Finance
Initiative
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- The
report by the WTO and the United Nations Environment Programme
explains the connections between trade and climate change.
The report examines the science of climate change, its economic
aspects, multilateral efforts to tackle climate change, and
national climate change policies and their effect on trade.
"With a challenge of this magnitude, multilateral cooperation
is crucial and a successful conclusion to the ongoing climate
change negotiations is the first step to achieving sustainable
development for future generations", said Director-General
Pascal Lamy and UNEP's Executive Director Achim Steiner in
a joint foreword to the Report. UNEP Press release (26
June 2009):
more
|
Download
full report |
Download
abstract |
UNEP ETB
|
|
|
- A scientific paper, highlighting the need to accelerate action
over a group of gases known as Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) as part
of the climate change agenda, welcomed by the head of the UN
Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP Press release (22 June
2009):
Action
on HFC Gases 'Low Hanging Fruit' Opportunity to Combat Climate
Change Says UN Environment Chief |
UNEP Ozone Secretariat |
UNEP OzonAction |
|
| - DPI NGO Briefing - The briefing
highlights important achievements made to protect the ozone
layer and prevent climate change, as well as what obstacles
remain to be addressed by the global community, particularly
at the United Nations Climate Change Meeting held in Copenhagen,
Denmark, later this year. New York, 18 June 2009. ...
more
|
DPI/NGO
website |
UNEP
OzonAction |
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| -
UNEP SEFI and New Energy Finance are pleased to release this
year's Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2009 Report.
The report provides an overview of capital flows and an analysis
of the trends in sustainable energy investment activity. UNEP
Press release (3 June 2009):
Economic Crisis Hits EU and US Clean Energy As Emerging Economy
Investments Rise 27% to $36 billion |
Download report |
|
| - The REN21 Renewables
Global Status Report released shows that the fundamental transition
of the world’s energy markets continues. Press release
(13 May 2009):
Press
release |
Report
|
REN21
website |
|
| - The Global
Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles is a joint initiative of UNEP
and the Marrakech Process Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles
led by Sweden. With numerous partners in more than 15 countries,
the survey explores how young adults worldwide perceive, picture
and shape sustainable lifestyles.
more |
|
| - high-level
international forum for multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral
discussion and exchange of experience on chemicals management
issues. Geneva, 11-15 May 2009.
Conference
web site | UNEP Press release (9 May 2009):
Governments
unite to step-up reduction on global DDT reliance and add nine
new chemicals under international treaty | UNEP
Chemicals |
|
| . The publication
describes the vibrant and complex Marrakech Process. It defines
the concept of SCP and provides brief answers and overviews
of each of the activities of the Marrakech Process (international
and regional meetings, Task Forces, Forums with business and
civil society, etc), and highlights the outcomes and progress
achieved.
more |
|
| .
Sealing a comprehensive climate deal in 2009 will be crucial
for the future health of business and societies across the world,
a gathering of senior business leaders said today at the close
of the Business for the Environment (B4E) summit in Paris. UNEP
Press release (23 April 2009):
Business
Leaders Urge Nations to Seal the Climate Deal in Copenhagen
and Build the Green Economy |
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| - Winners from Ethiopia, India,
France, Norway, Papua New Guinea and United States Receive Coveted
Awards at Gala Event in Paris. UNEP Press release (21 April
2009): UNEP
Announces the 2009 Champions of the Earth |
|
| . The world’s
leading international conference for dialogue and business-driven
action for the environment. Now in its third year, B4E 2009
will address the most urgent environmental challenges facing
the world today. Important topics on the agenda will include
resource efficiency, renewable energies, new business models
and climate policy and strategies. Paris, 22 - 23 April 2009.
B4E web
site |
UNEP
Business and CSR |
B4E
video clip |
|
| - The Billion Tree Campaign has passed
the three billion planted tree mark following a confirmation
from the Government of Turkey that it planted over 300 million
trees in 2008. UNEP Press release (30 March 2009):
Billion Tree Campaign passes three billion mark |
The Billion Tree Campaign |
|
| - The '50 by 50' Global Fuel Economy
Initiative (GFEI) report shows how annual savings of six billion
barrels of oil and 2 gigatonnes of CO2 – equivalent to
half the total current annual emissions of the EU - are achievable
through an ambitious world wide programme. UNEP Press release
(4 March 2009): International
Agencies Launch 50% Global Fuel Economy Plan to Key Industry
Players at Geneva Motor Show |
UNEP Green Economy Initiative |
The Partnership
for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV) |
|
|
- A global crackdown
on the poisonous pollutant mercury was agreed by environment
ministers at the end of the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP)
Governing Council. ...
more
|
UNEP
Chemicals (Mercury Programme)
|
|
|
- Achim Steiner, Under Secretary General of United Nations &
Executive Director of UNEP, presented a SolarChill vaccine cooler
to the Minister of Medical Services of Government of Kenya,
Hon. Prof. Peter Anyang Nyong'o on the closing day of the 25th
Governing Council of UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya - 20 February 2009.
....
more
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|
- One third of the around $2.5 trillion-worth of planned stimulus
packages should be invested on 'greening' the world economy.
This would assist in powering the global economy out of recession
and onto a Green, 21st century path a new report released
today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says. UNEP
Press release (16 February 2009):
Realizing
a "Green New Deal" |
UNEP
Green Economy Initiative
|
|
| - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the world's
political and business leaders participating in the World Economic
Forum in Davos to use the current economic crisis to commit
to a "Green New Deal" that creates jobs and fights
climate change by investing in renewable energy and technological
development. UNEP Press release (30 January 2009):
Davos
Climate Focus: Ban Urges Leaders to Think Green & Steiner
Promotes Design for Good |
UNEP
Sustainable Product Design |
|
| - The 12th Meeting
has the aim to prepare the launch the Code of Practice on how
to do a Social LCA and to discuss the next steps of the Project
Group. Paris, 21-22 January 2009. ....more
|
Life
Cycle & Resource Management |
|
| - The huge potential
of the building and construction sector for combating climate
change remains virtually untapped, a new report by the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found. UNEP Press
release (6 December 2008):
Boosting
the 'Green House' Effect - CDM Reform Key to Climate - Friendly
Building and Construction Sector |
Download
report |
UNEP DTIE
Sustainable Consumption & Production Branch |
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|
- series by UNEP and SustainAbility goes national, with a 1st
survey of top corporate sustainability reports from Brazil.
....
more
|
UNEP
Global Reporting Initiative |
SustainAbility |
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|
- An overview of mechanisms being used today
to help scale up the climate mitigation markets, with a particular
focus on the clean energy sector.
Download publication
|
| |
| - The Voice of
Reason (aged 6).
Green
Awards 2008 Winners | See video clip at:
UITP
|
UNEP
Creative Gallery |
Moving
towards Sustainable Mobility |
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|
- Qatar and UN pave way for environmentally-friendly, paper-free
events. Delegates attending the 20th Meeting of the Parties
to the Montreal Protocol and 8th Conference of the Parties
to the Vienna Convention are being issued with laptops and
given lessons on how to minimize paper in terms of documents,
reports and publications. UNEP Press release (16 November
2008):
Paper
to be in 'Short Supply' at International Ozone Gathering
|
“Together
we make the difference”: information on the system for
paperless meetings |
Launch
of The Montreal Protocol Who's Who
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction Programme
|
|
| - A Special Issue dedicated to HCFCs published
by UNEP DTIE OzonAction Programme and financially supported
by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund.
Download
|
UNEP
OzonAction programme |
|
|
- Just over two years after the Principles for Responsible Investment
(PRI) were launched by the UN Secretary-General in New York,
the initiative has garnered the support of over 400 institutions
representing more than US$ 15 trillion in assets. London, 31
October 2008. ...
more
| UNEP
Finance Initiative |
|
| - Over 100 business representatives join UNEP
and other stakeholder organizations in a Business & Industry
Global Dialogue to discuss sector approaches to climate change,
resource efficiency and lifestyle changes in the world economy
today. Paris, 23-24 October 2008.
Business
& Industry Dialogue Meetings |
UNEP
Business & Corporate Social Responsibility |
UNEP Press release (24 October 2008): ICC
and UNEP Host Climate and Resource Efficiency Forum |
|
|
- Mobilizing and re-focusing the global economy towards investments
in clean technologies and 'natural' infrastructure such as
forests and soils is the best bet for real growth, combating
climate change and triggering an employment boom in the 21st
century.
UNEP Press release (22 October 2008): "Global
Green New Deal" - Environmentally-Focused Investment
Historic Opportunity for 21st Century Prosperity and Job Generation
|
Press
coverages |
UNEP Economics
and Trade Branch
|
|
|
- Signatories to the Caring for Climate (C4C)
statement convened on 20-21 October in Geneva to discuss progress
in taking action on climate mitigation, investment in climate
friendly technologies and leading examples from emerging market
companies. UNEP gave an update on scientific evidence of climate
change, and urged participants to take action and invite more
companies to join this strategic initiative with the Global
Compact, UNEP and WBCSD.
Caring
for Climate |
Joint Global Compact, UNEP and WBCSD Press release (21
October 2008): "UN-backed
Caring for Climate Initiative Convenes First Meeting of Signatories"
|
|
| - The objective of the Roundtable
is to initiate a dialogue with an opportunity for public and
private representatives to examine together in an open forum
how to best develop and promote adequate financial risk management
mechanisms for renewable energy technologies. Paris, 13-14 October
2008. ...
more
|
UNEP
Energy Branch |
|
|
- Montreal Protocol - Global partnership
for global benefits, 16 September 2008.
UNEP
OzonAction Ozone Day 2008 web page |
UN
Secretary General's Message
 Launch
of "High Sky" - an innovative education tool for
secondary schools -
OzonAction Education Pack for Secondary Schools |
UNEP Press release (16 September 2008): Learning
by Playing - Innovative Education Tool for Secondary Schools
Launched During Global Montreal Protocol Celebrations
|
|
|
- Asia and the Pacific is the fastest growing economic region
in the world, and it accommodates majority of the world population.
In the pursuance for a sustainable world, the APRSCP believes
that both consumption and production should be given equal
importance. Cebu, Philippines 19-20 September 2008. ... more
|
Marrakech
Process
|
|
|
- Supported by UNEP, in cooperation with UNESCO, with funding
from the Government of Italy, the proposed listing aims to
further the conservation of a wetland of global, cultural,
natural and environmental significance. ...
more
|
UNEP Press release (5 September 2008): World
Heritage Push for Garden of Eden | UNEP
Iraqi Marshlands Project |
UNEP International
Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)
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- OzonAction over last four years worked with BOCOG-Beijing
Organising Committee for Olympics Game-to ensure that Games
are ODS Free Olympics. In cooperation with Sports and Environment
Programme of UNEP-Nairobi Games not only phased out CFCs and
Halons 2 years ahead of the Montreal Protocol Schedule but even
phased out HCFCs, 22 years ahead of schedule. ...
more
|
Beijing
Report (read section 4.10) |
UNEP
and Beijing 2008 |
|
| - The French postal
service "La Poste" and UNEP have partnered to publish
a booklet of letter stamps (Carnet de dix) inspired by the project
UNEP/UNESCO youthXchange. This Carnet has the dimension and
shape of a business card and contains 10 stamps, each of which
carries a message related to sustainable consumption. ...
more
|
YouthXchange
Project |
See
stamps on La Poste web site |
|
| - 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
|
|
|
- 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 |
|
|
- 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 |
UNEP
DTIE Business & Industry web site |
ICC web site
|
|
| - New guide for public and private
sector managers published as Global Reporting Initiative launches
G3. A joint report from UNEP and KPMG, gives an overview and
analysis of current trends in mandatory and voluntary standards
for sustainability reporting and corporate responsibility as
promoted through initiatives with reporting requirements. …
more
|
download
report (pdf 748 Kb) | UNEP Press release (5 October
2006):
Carrots & Sticks for Better Corporate Sustainability Reporting
|
UNEP DTIE
Business & Partnerships web site |
GRI G3 conference
web site |
|
- The Solar Chill
initiative has been awarded the Cooling Industry Awards 2006,
a major industry award programme, for the category: Environmental
Pioneer – Refrigeration. The initiative is a unique partnership
among key international agencies, research and industry bodies.
Partners include UNEP, UNICEF, WHO, Danish Technological Institute,
Greenpeace, GTZ Proklima, Programs for Appropriate Technologies
in Health and the private sector companies Vestfrost and Danfoss.
... more
|
The
Power of Partnership: Solar Chill |
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction web site |
Solar Chill
web site
|
|
|
- Speech by Achim Steiner,
United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Director
of the United Nations Environment Programme to the World Trade
Organization. Geneva, 26 September 2006. ... more
|
UNEP DTIE
Economics & Trade Branch web site
|
|
| - aims to assist financial analysts
to identify and assess environmental and social risk in credit
lending and investment. Guayaquil/Quito, Ecuador, 18-19 September
2006. ... more
|
UNEP
DTIE Finance Initiative web site |
|
-
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer, 16
September.
Message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: "Montreal
Protocol on ozone depleting substances effective, but work still
unfinished"
OzonAction Education Pack: a unique UNEP, UNESCO, and
WHO partnership to provide primary school teachers with practical,
hands-on and entertaining curricula material on the protective
role of the ozone layer and the causes and consequences of its
depletion. UNEP Press release (15 September 2006): Reducing
Children's Ozone-Related Health Risks | OzonAction
Education Pack
UNEP
DTIE Ozone Day web page
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction Branch web site |
|
| - The aims of the African
Regional meeting on SAICM are to facilitate stakeholders’
transition to a focus on implementation following the completion
of negotiations to develop SAICM, to catalyse regional and national
planning for SAICM implementation. Cairo, 11-14 September 2006.
...
more
|
UNEP DTIE Chemicals Branch web site |
|
| - This
technical discussion will assess the experiences gained so far
with a view of identifying best practices and options for promoting
the wider application of PES. It will build on experiences with
carbon trading and recent initiatives focused on avoided deforestation,
but look beyond and focus on potential payment schemes for a
wider range of ecosystem services, in particular biodiversity-related
ecosystem services. Geneva, 12-13 September 2006. ...
more
|
UNEP
DTIE Economics and Trade Branch web site |
|
| - A project to curb illegal trade in ozone depleting
substances (ODS) and dangerous waste in the Asia Pacific region.
This project is designed to monitor the movement of suspicious
shipments of ozone depleting chemicals and dangerous commodities
across several customs territories in the region. UNEP Press
release (1 September 2006):
Project
Sky Hole Patching Goes into Operation |
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction Programme web site |
Green
Customs Initiative |
UNEP Regional
Office for Asia and the Pacific |
|
| - Up from USD 30 billion in 2004 to USD
38 billion last year, 2005 was a record year for investment
in the renewable energy sector. Press release (18 July
2006): 2005:
Record year for investments in renewable energy | Press
release (8 February 2006):
New
Report Links Renewable Energy to Climate Change Solutions
|
UNEP DTIE
Energy Banch web site |
REN21 web site |
|
| - The Polar Regions are some of the most
hauntingly beautiful places on Earth. They are also nature’s
early warning systems where issues like human-induced climate
change, the thinning of the ozone layer and the impacts of persistent
chemical pollution continue to be registered first. UNEP
Press release (11 July 2006):
Tara
Sails North |
Tara
Expedition Official web site |
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction web site |
UNEP
DTIE POPs web site |
|
- UNEP's Sustainable Consumption Newsletter. Highlights include:
"Africa launches Regional 10-Year Framework Programme
on Sustainable Consumption and Production" and "China
identifies Sustainable Consumption and Production Priorities".
Read
online |
UNEP
DTIE Sustainable Consumption web site
|
|
|
- This UNEP
online gallery compiles advertising campaigns from all around
the world produced by companies, NGOs, public authorities
and all stakeholders wishing to promote sustainable development,
green products and services. It aims to provide examples and
inspire other actors when developing their own communication
campaigns on sustainability issues. ...more
|
See
the Gallery
|
|
 - Mrs. Barbut, who is currently the Director
of UNEP's Paris-based Division of Technology, Industry and Economics,
will succeed Mr. Leonard Good who is retiring in July 2006.
Her appointment is effective July 15, 2006. UNEP Press release
(9 June 2006):
Monique
Barbut of UNEP elected CEO and Chairman of Global Environment
Facility |
GEF web site
|
GEF
Council Meeting 6-9 June 2006 | Meeting document GEF/C.28/13:
Appointment
of CEO/Chairperson of the Facility | News release on
World Bank GEF web site:
Global
Environment Facility Appoints New CEO |
High
resolution photo of Mrs. Barbut (644 Kb) |
Message
from Jacques Chirac, the President of the French Republic
(in French) |
|
| - Publication
launched in Algiers as part of UNEP's World Environment Day
activities on 5 June 2006. ... more
| UNEP Press release (5 June 2006):
New
UNEP Guide on environmentally friendly desert tourism launched
|
UNEP
WED 2006 web site | WED 2006 Side Event:
Tourism
and the Deserts: A challenge for sustainability |
UNEP DTIE
Tourism web site | Radio Monte Carlo interview (in Arabic):
The
UN and the Fight Against Desertification |
|
|
- Local financing to slash energy waste
in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling global
climate change. With world energy prices and climate-altering
greenhouse gas emissions ballooning in tandem with a surge
in energy demand from the hot economies of China, India and
Brazil, the world has a major stake in the success of energy
reduction efforts, particularly in those three countries,
warn experts concluding a four-year international project.
UNEP Press release (30 May 2006):
Fighting
Climate Change through Energy Efficiency | Executive
Summary:
Financing Energy Efficiency - Lessons from Recent Experience
with a Focus on Brazil, China and India |
UNEP DTIE
Energy Branch web site
|
|
|
- The aim of the initiative is to support developing countries
in their efforts to implement the CBD by enhancing the capacities
of government ministries and national institutions to assess,
design and implement policies that maximize development gains
from trade in the agricultural sector while minimizing the impact
on agricultural biological diversity. Geneva, 31 May 2006. ...
more
|
UNEP
DTIE Economics and Trade Branch web site |
|
|
-
- Reviews progress in the following areas: Energy for Sustainable
Development; Industrial Development; Air pollution/ Atmosphere;
and Climate Change. New York, 1 - 12 May 2006.
:
The Seed Initiative Partnerships Forum (10 - 11 May
2006) - UNEP
DTIE Seed Initiative web page | UNEP
DTIE Business & Partnerships web site | ENB
special report
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development / Industrial
Development (10 May 2006) - Launching of Class of 2006:
Industry Report Cards on Environment and Social Responsibility
| Class
of 2006 cover page | Sector
Report Cards | UNEP Press release (10 May 2006): Industry
Progress towards Sustainable Development | Full
Report | ENB
special report
Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development
(8 May 2006) - energy access and the role of renewable energy
in improving access to energy in rural areas.
Energy Efficiency through Sustainable Consumption and Production
(4 May 2006) - Agenda
| UNEP
DTIE Sustainable Consumption web site
Facing the Implementation Challenge: Marrakech Task Forces
on Sustainable Consumption and Production" (3 May
2006) - Agenda
| UNEP
DTIE Sustainable Consumption web site
Reducing Energy Consumption and GHG Emission from Urban
Transport (1 May 2006) - Agenda
| UNEP
DTIE Energy web site
UN
CSD web site
|
|
 - An initiative of the UN
Secretary-General implemented by UNEP Finance Initiative and
the UN Global Compact. There is a growing view among investment
professionals that environmental, social and corporate governance
(ESG) issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios.
... more
| Press release (27 April 2006):
United
Nations Secretary-General Launches “Principles for Responsible
Investment” Backed by World’s Largest Investors
|
UN
Secretary-General’s webcast |
PRI
brochure |
UN PRI web site
|
UNEP DTIE FI web
site |
PRI
European Launch | Press release (1 May 2006):
International Funds Worth $4 Trillion Now Endorse UN Principles
for Responsible Investment |
UNEP
DTIE Director speech |
|
| : Issues and Alternatives - As the most important
text-based negotiations are now beginning in earnest, understanding
the technical challenges and strategic interests facing developing
countries is imperative to translate objectives into concrete
negotiating proposals that take into account sustainable development
considerations. Geneva, 11 May 2006. ... more
|
UNEP Economics
and Trade Branch web site |
|
|
UNEP Review:
- The objectives of the review were to explore the level of
understanding and integration of sustainable consumption and
production (SCP) projects in the development agencies’
agendas, and to identify activities and projects related to
SCP that they implement. ... more
|
UNEP DTIE Sustainable Consumption web site
|
|
- The objective
of the Programme is “to support initial enabling capacity-building
implementation activities in developing countries, least developed
countries, small island developing States and countries with
economies in transition”. Geneva, 26-27 April 2006. ...
more
|
UNEP
DTIE Chemicals web site
|
|
| - Jointly organised by UNEP FI, SIWI, and
UNEP GPA, the main objectives of the workshop are founded on
the need to learn and expand on the obstacles to investments
in the water sector. Davos, 19-20 April 2006. ...more. |
|
| -
High-level meeting on sustainable finance, corporate social
responsibility, environmental regulations influencing financial
services and environmental risks in project financing. Moscow,
5-6 April 2006. ...more
|
UNEP DTIE Finance
Initiative web site |
|
| - As a key link between producers and
consumers, the retail sector is a major driver of production
and consumption patterns. Retailers have a great influence on
producers, suppliers and consumers and therefore can help contribute
to the promotion of sustainability issues within various groups
of stakeholders. .... more
on the UNEP DTIE Retail web pages. |
|
| - This year, the International Advertising
Association (IAA) chose UNEP to develop a case brief, which
was the starting point for its InterAd X annual international
competition between advertising students. The UNEP brief focused
on electronic waste (also called e-waste). ... more
|
UNEP
Advertising and Communication Forum on Sustainability web page |
|
| - International Women’s
Day 8 March 2006. The women, drawn from across the world, are
initially those known as decision makers in the field of the
environment in keeping with this year’s theme—“Women
in Decision Making: Meeting Challenges, Creating Change”.
UNEP Press release (8 Mar 2006): "Who’s
Who of Female Environmentalists Launched by UNEP" |
Profiles |
|
| - With
the Finnish and French Task Forces, there are now six active
task forces supporting the development of the 10-Year Framework
of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (Marrakech
Process).
Read more on the SC-Net
Issue 59 |
Marrakech
Task Forces |
UNEP Sustainable
Consumption web sites |
|
| - In partnership
with international leading companies, UNEP initiates the SBCI
to promote and support sustainable solutions in the building
and construction sector.
UNEP Press release (21 Feb 2006): "UNEP
launches Green Building Initiative" |
Download
SBCI Information note |
Opening
note by Monique Barbut, UNEP DTIE Director |
UNEP DTIE Production
& Consumption web site |
|
- 2005 marked the 30th anniversary
of UNEP’s Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
(DTIE). Throughout its
history, DTIE has worked with business, industry and others
to protect the natural resource base of our planet, underlining
the business case for sustainable development.
Download
|
See previous DTIE Actvity
Reports |
|
|
- The ninth special session of the Governing
Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
7 - 9 February 2006. ...
more.
UNEP Press release (9 Feb 2006): Energy
Efficiency: The Antidote to the Energy Crisis
The Hydrogen Economy - A non-technical review of the
issues and challenges in moving to a hydrogen-based energy
system released on the occasion of the 9th UNEP GC/GMEF. ...
more.
Renewable energy and climate change links:
Press release (8 Feb 2006): "New
Report Links Renewable Energy to Climate Change Solutions"
| Download report
"Changing
Climates, the Role of Renewable Energy in a Carbon-Constrained
World" |
UNEP
DTIE Energy web site
UNEP Press release (7 Feb 2006): New
Global Chemicals Strategy Given Green Light by Governments
UN News Centre (6 Feb 2006): Alternative
energy sources explored at UN conference in Dubai |
Download
SolarChill brochure
Methyl bromide (MeBr) free flowers:
Ozone-Friendly
Roses to Promote Sustainable Agriculture |
DTIE OzonAction Multimedia Collection: Floriculture
and the Environment: Growing Flowers without Methyl Bromide
|
See coverage on IISD
ENB web site
UNEP Press release (5 Feb 2006): Environmentally
Sound Technology Fair Offers Innovative Solutions
Klaus Toepfer, UNEP Executive Director: "SAICM
however goes beyond this linking the chemicals agenda even
more intimately with the sustainable development agenda."
Monique Barbut, UNEP DTIE Director: "The
Energy Numbers Game"
International
Conference on Chemicals Management
Energy
issues
Tourism
issues
|
|
|
- Endorsed by both UNEP and the Chinese government, the report
notes that lessons learnt from the incident should be incorporated
into policy, legislation and enforcement. UNEP Press release
(12 Jan 2006):
UNEP Report on Chemical Spill Incident in the Songhua River
|
download
full report |
UNEP DTIE
APELL web site
|
|
| - Concrete
action to promote performance targets for energy efficiency
of products was recommended by energy consumption experts in
a recent meeting in Berlin. ... more
|
UNEP
SC-Net issue 58 |
UNEP
Sustainable Consumption web site |
|
|
- The manual provides
Asian governments with practical tools for developing national
action plans on sustainable consumption. It contains step-by-step
guidance on how national action plans on SC may be developed,
with a special focus on: product information; waste prevention
and minimization; sustainable government practices; awareness,
education and marketing. ...more
|
UNEP
DTIE Sustainable Consumption web site
|
|
|
- The member states
of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer have agreed to a budget of $470 million to support the
continuing transition by developing countries to CFC-free
refrigerators and other ozone-safe technologies during the
three-year period 2006 – 2008.. ....more
|
UNEP
DTIE OzonAction Branch web site |
Certificate
of Appreciation from the President of Senegal
|
|
|
- As part of the ongoing efforts to help liberalise trade
and development while contributing to the sustainable development
and management of one of the Earth's fish resources, UNEP
and WWF jointly hosts a high-level press event during the
WTO Sixth Ministerial Meeting. 14-15 December 2005, Hong Kong,
China. ... more.
| UNEP Press release (9 Dec 2005):
Time to Draw in the Net on Fishing Subsidies |
WWF-UNEP Media Advisory | UNEP
DTIE Director Press statement | UNEP
DTIE Economics & Trade branch web site | See also
UNEP Press release (20 Sep 2005)
UNEP
Warns of Trade Liberalisation Failure if Environment Forgotten
|
UNEP
Fisheries and the Environment Series
|
|
| - Preliminary estimates put
the economic losses at more than US$200 billion with insured
losses running at more than US$70 billion. UNEP Press release
(6 Dec 2005):
2005
Breaks a String of Disastrous Weather Records |
UNEP Finance Initiative web site |
|
| - UNEP FI side event at the UNFCCC
COP 11 / MOP 1. The event will address the importance of future
policies, and the need for certainty about the post-Kyoto framework
in order to incite the urgently needed mid- to long-term investments
in a low-carbon economy. Montréal, 5 December 2005. More
... | See also:
UNEP In Focus: Historic
UN Climate Change Conference About to Start in Montreal
|
UNEP OzonAction Newsletter September 2005 special edition: Ozone
and Climate |
|
|
- A powerful alignment of legal, financial, and investment
interests will see USD trillions directed in the next decade
to evolving markets linked to climate change, clean technology
and sustainable use of natural resources, a report being prepared
for the United Nations predicts. ... more.
|
|
- This publication proposes key
tips to develop appropriate marketing strategies and communication
campaigns on sustainable goods and services. Talk the Walk
notably targets marketing and communication executives, advertising
agencies and communications experts wishing to promote sustainable
products in an efficient way. ... more.
|
|
|
- Düsseldorf, 25 November 2005.
Press
release |
UNEP
Sustainable Consumption website
|
|
| - The report’s ultimate aim is to identify
specific issues and policy integration challenges that need
to be addressed if ecolabels are to be designed and applied
in ways that support sustainable development – balancing
environmental, social and economic outcomes. Download
cover
page | full
report |
Production
& Consumption Branch website |
Economics
& Trade Branch website | Buy
online at EarthPrint.com |
|
| - Iraqi Ministers and representatives
of the international donor community meet in Paris to review
actions to reverse the destruction of the Iraqi Marshlands,
considered by some as the original biblical “Garden of
Eden”. Paris, 6-8 November 2005.
Agenda
|
Press release (7 Nov 2005): Future
of the Iraqi Marshlands - Donor meeting |
Iraqi
Marshlands: On the road to recovery |
UNEP
project to help manage and restore the Iraqi Marshlands
|
|
| - intended to strengthen the capacity of customs
officials to prevent illegal trade of items covered in multilateral
environment agreements (MEAs) while facilitating the monitoring
of legal trade in these items. Thimphu, Bhutan, 29 October -
1 November 2005. Information note: Bhutan
hosts first Asia Pacific sub-regional Green Customs workshop
|
Green Customs web site |
|
| - This year’s Roundtable
will focus on the issues of carbon and responsible investment,
under the theme of environmental risks and opportunities for
financial institutions. UN Headquarters, New York, 25-26 October
2005 ... more
| UNEP Press release:
Spotlight
on Investors' Environmental Responsibility |
|
|
- The UNEP “Industry and Environment Office” was created
in Paris in 1975, following the 1972 Stockholm Conference. The
anniversary is celebrated on 17 October as UNEP DTIE convenes
business, industry and stakeholders to discuss industry Report
Cards being prepared for CSD14.
30 years
of engaging the private sector to mainstream sustainable development
… | UNEP Press release: Industry
groups kick-start new environmental reporting |
CSD
14 | UNEP Press release:
UNEP
to host first global Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the
Environment |
WILL 2006
web site |
|
|
- OPCW Director General, welcomed UNEP’s participation
for the first time in the Chemical Weapon Convention regime
and hoped that such collaboration would help to improve senior
customs authorities’ understanding of the requirements
of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Information
note |
OPCW
Press release |
Green
Customs Initiative web site |
|
| - An easy
to use, self-assessment tool developed by the Global e-Sustainability
Initiative (GeSI) and and the electronics industry to help companies
clearly introduce their social and environmental expectations
and engage with factory level management of their supply chains.
Download
questionnaire |
Press release (4 October 2005): Chain
Reaction: New Tool Helps Suppliers Become Sustainable |
|
- The UNEP/ SETAC Life
Cycle Initiative is inviting groups from developing countries
to participate in an international LCA competition. Call for
applications open until the end of November 2005. ... more. |
|
| - Airlines and airport authorities
in developing countries consider long-term options to manage
dwindling stocks of halons used for onboard and ground fire
protection. ... more. |
|
| - international meeting to discuss
the need for harmonizing assessment approaches, consolidating
assessment methodologies, and enhancing national capacity to
implement integrated assessment. Geneva, 23 September 2005.
... more
| UNEP
Press release: UNEP
Warns of Trade Liberalisation Failure if Environment Forgotten
|
|
| - 16 September 2005. The celebration
this year marks the "mid-point" of the implementation
of the Montreal Protocol in the developing countries (50% phase
out stipulated for production and consumption of CFCs). ...more
|
Message
from the UN Secretary-General |
UNEP Press release: Two
Decades of Protecting the Ozone Layer to be Marked |
La
couche d’ozone, le changement climatique et la mobilité
(conference jointly held by UNEP DTIE and the French Ministry
of Ecology and Sustainable Development) | UNEP
DTIE Director speech |
|
| : a Guide for Policy Makers -
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) combined their efforts to condense
all aspects of the sustainability of tourism into a single publication.
This new Guide is a basic reference book and provides a blueprint
for governments to formulate and implement sustainable tourism
policies. ...more
|
UNEP Press release: UN
Agencies Team Up To Promote Sustainable Tourism |
|
 How to produce effective public campaigns.
Proposes guidelines and features sixteen case studies from around
the world to promote sustainable lifestyles through communication
campaigns. This guide notably targets national and local government
authorities who want to raise awareness among the public on
those issues. ... more.
|
|
|
- The Second International Expert Meeting on the 10-Year Framework
of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production. San
José, Costa Rica, 5-8 September 2005. ... more
|
UNEP
DTIE Director speaking notes | UNEP Press release:
New
UNEP Guidebook on Producing Effective Environmental Campaigns |
|
|
- Platform to exchange ideas and opinions and to assess how
the UNEP Marshlands Project has contributed to the Iraqi environmental
reconstruction and to the local people and communities. Tokyo,
24 August 2005. ... more
|
UNEP
Press release
|
|
|
- Companies who use
the Earth’s natural resources more wisely are likely
to see bigger profits and enjoy more stable and predictable
businesses, a new report published today argues. ...more
|
|
| - “Targeted investments in the
planet’s ecosystems and the services they provide will
give a high rate of return in terms of fighting poverty, hunger
and disease and delivering long lasting economic improvements,”
Klaus Toepfer, UNEP’s Executive Director, said. ...more |
|
| -
The 189 member governments of the Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer will decide this week on how best
to manage the phase-out of methyl bromide, an effective fumigant
and pesticide for strawberries, flowers and other high-valuecrops
that also damages the Earth’s protective ozone shield.
....more |
|
| - The dramatic and, in some cases, damaging
environmental changes sweeping planet Earth are brought into
sharp focus in a new atlas. ....more
| read
online | order
hardcopy from EarthPrint.com |
| |
| - A software “toolkit”
released today will help governments take inventory of the hazardous
chemicals known as PCBs and assess the risks they pose. ....more |
|
|
- Clean ups of old sites
and coherent policy on new mines on the cards under landmark
agreement to boost regional environment and security. ....
more
|
|
:
The UN Secretary General - Mr.
Kofi Annan
The UNEP Executive Director - Mr.
Klaus Toepfer |
|
| - An unprecedented grouping of
pension funds, foundations, European investors and US state
treasurers have joined with the United Nations to back a new
call for urgent action by the global investment community to
tackle the threat of climate change. ....more |
|
|
- For
the first time ever a UN program, the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), has won the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (US EPA) Stratospheric Ozone Protection
Award. ...more
|
US
EPA Awards website
|
|
| - The Stockholm
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) will make
its debut on the world stage in Punta del Este, Uruguay from
2-6 May at a meeting of 800 government officials and observers
committed to ridding the world of some of the most dangerous
chemicals ever created. ....more
|
Stockholm Convention
website |
|
|
 - At six pilot project sites in Thi-Qar,
Basrah, and Missan governorates, it was announced that environmentally
sound technologies (ESTs) will be implemented on a pilot basis
to see how they perform in bringing drinking water, sanitation
systems and wetland management skills to local people and
communities. ... more.
|
|
|
- UNEP releases first results from international effort to map
some of the world’s best solar and wind power sites. Thousands
of megawatts of new renewable energy potential in Africa, Asia,
South and Central America have been discovered by a pioneering
project to map the solar and wind resource of 13 developing
countries. ... more
|
Media
Advisory | SWERA |
|
|
- National agricultural experts
and government officials from Poland, together with representatives
of key UN agencies finalise phase of Poland’s efforts
to eliminate the use of methyl bromide by the end of 2005.
....more.
|
| |
|
- Last issue of UNEP's quarterly Industry and Environment.
Discussing the interrelated environment and development themes
of sustainable use of water, sustainable use of energy and
sustainable agriculture. ... more.
|
|
|
- This UNEP study on the recent Tokage Typhoon is the first
in a series of publications that helps demonstrate the preparedness
measures in place in Japan, and provide valuable lessons for
mitigation and management in other countries facing similar
disasters. ... more. |
|
|
- UNEP and The
International Association of Public Transport (UITP) have
joined forces to promote the environmental and life-style
benefits of public transport in a new TV campaign.
>> Press
release
>> english
| français
| español
| deutsch
|
|
|
- available in English and French - is
composed of fact sheets on 12 different topics: advertising,
eco-design, energies, food, housing, leisure, lifestyles, mobility,
NICT, textiles, tourism and water. ... more.
|
|
Promoting Resource Efficiency in Small & Medium Size Enterprises
(PRE-SME) Resource Kit
Summary
of the Twenty-second Meeting of the Parties (MOP-22) to the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Greening
the Blue wins award for Best Website
Global
partnership for sustainable tourism
New
web-site for the UNEP-UNESCO Natural and Cultural Management
of the Iraqi Marshlands joint project 
Deriving
Climate Benefits from Ozone Layer Protection
Climate
Competitiveness Index 2010
UNEP
Year Book 2010
Private
Financing of Renewable Energy 
UN
Climate Change Conference COP 15
Industry
approaches to climate action
Towards
sustainable production and use of resources: Assessing Biofuels
UNEP
and EU-funded ADAM project publish Climate and Trade Policies
in a Post-2012 World
UNEP-supported
report says ignoring environmental, social and governance
issues may open door to court cases
WTO
and UNEP launch a report explaining for the first time the
connections between trade and climate change
Global
Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2009 Report
NEW
RELEASE - Renewables Global Status Report: Energy Transformation
Continues Despite Economic Slowdown
The
Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles
Frequently
Asked Questions - The Marrakech Process
UNEP
ED hands over SolarChill vaccine cooler to Kenyan Minister
Boosting
the 'Green House' Effect - CDM Reform Key to Climate - Friendly
Building and Construction Sector
Public
Finance Mechanisms to Mobilise Investment in Climate Change
Mitigation
UNEP-UITP
gets Best Green International Campaign
Paper
in 'Short Supply' at International Ozone Gathering
HCFC
Phase out: Convenient Opportunity to Safeguard the Ozone Layer
and Climate
A
Stamp for Sustainable Lifestyles
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
Design
for Sustainability: A Practical Approach for Developing Economies
UNEP
in the World Tourism Forum for Peace and Sustainable Development
2006
Tomorrow’s
Value - 
Carrots
and Sticks for Starters
Solar
Chill wins Environmental Pioneer award
Tara
Sails North
Creative
Gallery on Sustainability Communications
Tourism
and Deserts - A Practical Guide to Managing the Social and Environmental
Impacts in the Desert Recreation Sector
Expert
Workshop on Water Related Risk Management Guidelines for Financial
Institutions
Retail
and Environment
Sustainable
Building and Construction Initiative (SBCI)
Activities
and Performance 2005
UNEP
Report on Chemical Spill Incident in the Songhua River 
Advancing
Sustainable Consumption in Asia 
Fisheries
Subsidies Disciplines in the WTO: Challenges and Opportunities
Talk
the Walk - Advancing Sustainable Lifestyles through Marketing
and Communications
The
Trade and Environmental Effects of Ecolabels: Assessment and
Response
UNEP
FI 2005 Global Roundtable
UNEP
Represents Green Customs Initiative at Chemical Weapons Convention
Making
Tourism More Sustainable
Exemptions
& $420m Phase-out Support Considered in Ozone Meeting 
“One
Planet Many People” Atlas Launched to Mark World Environment
Day 2005
UNEP
Wins 2005 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award
Found:
Thousands of Megawatts of New Renewable Energy Potential
Launch
of UN-backed Public Transport Campaign
The
UNEP Resource Kit on Sustainable Consumption and Production
