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Input to Compilation DocumentResponses from Synthesis Report
Statements (5) External Web site
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Focal PointMs. Juanita Castaño
Director
New York Office
juanita.castano@nyo.unep.org
Side Events at Rio+20
- Green Jobs: a chance for Youth! - 15 Jun 2012
Meetings & Activities
- 11:00 to 12:00: Eye On Earth: Next Steps
22 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 11:00 to 12:30: UN System: Together for the Future We Want
22 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012, Rio Centro T-2 - 12:00 to 13:00: Partnership and Implementation of Sustainable Development: What has Worked?
22 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:45: Global MEAs for Atmosphere, Hazardous Substances and Biodiversity: What are the Lessons for Future Synergies?
22 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:30: Decent Work and Social Protection Floors for Sustainable Development (with ILO, IMF and UNEP)
22 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-F - 15:00 to 17:00: Advancing the Sustainability Science Agenda: To Support Sustainable Development and the Green Economy
22 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 17:00 to 19:00: Synergies among the Rio Conventions: Exploring Opportunities for a More Integrated Reporting to the Rio Conventions by LDCs and SIDS
22 Jun 2012 - 22 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 10:00 to 13:00: Partnerships for Advancing Gender Equality and Sustainability
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Major Group Pavilion, Rio Centro - 11:00 to 12:00: Eye On Earth: Access for All
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 11:00 to 12:30: Tax and Subsidy Reform
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Rio Centro - 12:00 to 13:00: Microsoft - A Private Sector View: Business Reengineering for Sustainable Business Practices
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:45: A Catalyst for Change: Increasing Impact Through Combining Environmental and Poverty Reduction Policies
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:30: Creating Wealth and Prosperity in a Resource Constrained World: Country Experiences and Best Practices in Designing Inclusive Green Economies
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Rio Centro T-6 - 15:00 to 16:45: Rio Goes Cycling - Scenarios for Rio de Janeiro- and Delta Alliance Young Professionals Award
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 17:00 to 19:00: When Cities Breath, People Progress: Europe's Cities Building Partnerships to Implement the Green Agenda
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, EU Pavilion, Athletes Park - 17:00 to 18:30: Green Economy: Achievements & Perspectives in the Adriatic-Ionian Region
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-E - 19:00 to 20:30: Education for a Sustainable Future
21 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Rio Centro T-2 - 11:00 to 13:00: World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability - Ceremonial Closing
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 11:00 to 12:00: Eye On Earth: Eye on Biodiversity
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 12:00 to 13:00: Food Security: The Ecological Dimension and the Sustainability Solution
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 12:45 to 14:00: Japan Day
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Japanese Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:30: Multi-lateral Co-operation Towards Sustainable Development
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Rio Centro - 13:00 to 14:45 Protecting the Protected Areas: Partnering to Expand the Most Precious 17% of the Planet
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:45: Breaking Down Political Barriers to Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Banco the Caixa - 15:00 to 16:45: Commitments On Gender and Sustainable Development: A Global Call for Action for Rio+20 and beyond
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 17:00 to 19:00: GEO-5 Main Messages For Sustainability
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 19:00 to 20:30: Seizing Eco Labelling and Sustainable Public Procurement Opportunities - Ministerial Dialogue with Nordic and Southern Cone Countries
20 Jun 2012 - 20 Jun 2012, Rio Centro T-8 - 17:00 to 19:00: Outcomes of World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law
20 Jun 2012 - 21 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 08:30 to 18:00: Choosing our Future: Open and Participatory Sustainable Development Governance
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, FGV Law School, Praia de Botafogo, 190 - 13� andar - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP 22250-900 - 11:00 to 12:00: Eye On Earth: Special Initiative Submission. New Funding Models for International Development
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 12:00 to 13:00: Microsoft Technology Advances Supporting Green Economies
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:45: From Resource Efficiency to Resource Potential: the International Resource Panel's Findings on Understanding the Hidden Opportunities for People, Planet and Prosperity
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:30 to 15:00: Launch of a Higher Education Sustainability Initiative for Rio+20
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-6 - 14:00 to 18:00: Green Innovation in Sustainable Tourism
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, SENAC Barra da - 15:00 to 18:30: Broadband and ICTs for Smart, Inclusive and Sustainable Societies
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Espa�o do CNO no Parque dos Atletas, audit�rio CNO 1 - 15:00 to 16:45: Human Rights at the centre of sustainable development - Honouring Rio Principle 1 Joint Report UNEP and OHCHR
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Rio Centro - 15:00 to 16:45: 21 Issues for the 21st Century: Input to the New and Emerging Challenges Discussions
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 16:00 to 18:00: Overcoming Barriers to Subsidy Reform for a Greener Economy
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Hotel Othon Palace, Copacabana - 17:00 to 19:00: Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to the Development, Management and Use of Water Resources
19 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 14:00 to 15:30: Building a Common Framework for Resource Efficient Cities and Buildings
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, ICLEI Global Townhall - 09:00 to 18:00: World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability
18 Jun 2012 - 19 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 09:00 to 16:30: TEEB Day at the ISEE 2012 Conference
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Windsor Guanabara Palace Hotel, Conference Annex, Velasquez Hall. Rio de Janeiro - 09:00 to 18:00: Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues on Trade Opportunities in the Context of a Green Economy Transition
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Hotel Othon Palace, Copacabana - 10:00 to 12:00: Marine Litter - Preventing our Oceans from Becoming Dumps
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Banco the Caixa - 11:00 to 12:00: Eye On Earth: Eye on Oceans and Blue Carbon
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 11:30 to 14:00: Cities and Sustainable Development - Contributions of Local Authorities and Businesses to Achieving Sustainable Development. Special Focus on China
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, Global Townhall - 12:00 to 13:00: How Research can inform the Green Economy Transition - Discussion tables with EU-funded project officers
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:00 to 14:00: Natural Capital and Economic Development: Bridging or Breaking?
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 13:30 to 15:00: Promoting Inclusive Green Growth and Building a Green Economy as a means to Achieve Sustainable Development - Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges faced by Africa's LDCs, Landlocked Developing States and SIDS
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Rio Centro T-3 - 14:00 to 17:00: UNEP-SEE Joint Event: China Going Green - Forum on Civil Society and Green Economy in China
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 14:30 to 16:30: TEEB Advisory Board Meeting
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Hotel Mariott, Kaimbe Room - 15:30 to 17:00: The Role of Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in a Transition to a Green Economy - from Tbilisi to Rio+20
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-F - 15:30 to 17:00: Legal Preparedness for the Green Economy
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-B - 17:00 to 19:00: Achieving Social and Environmental Goals through Sustainable Public Procurement
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 18:30 to 20:30: Leadership by Business to Account for Natural Capital
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Rio Conventions Pavilion - 19:30 to 21:00: Aiming Higher: Unlocking Tertiary Education�s Potential to Accelerate Sustainable Development and the Transition to a Fair and Green Economy Venue: Rio Centro, P 3-B
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-B - Delivering sustainable development and enabling the transition to the green economy through sustainable public procurement
18 Jun 2012 - 18 Jun 2012, UNEP Pavilion, Athlete's Park, Rio de Janeiro - 09:00 to 10:30: Inspire Invest Innovate: Opening Panel: The Business Case for the Green Economy
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 09:30 to 14:00: UNEP-Bright Moon Joint Event: Get Together in Rio-Summit on Green Economy and Sustainable Development
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Sheraton Rio Hotel and Resort, Avenue Niemeyer - 10:00 to 11:00: Forward +50 Rio - The Alternate Reality Game that can help Change the World
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 10:00 to 12:00: Nutrients: For Food or Pollution? The Choice is Ours!
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Banco the Caixa - 11:00 to 12:00: Eye On Earth: Eye on Global Network of Networks
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 11:00 to 12:30: Inspire Invest Innovate: Getting from A to B - Financing the Green Economy
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 12:30 to 14:00: Transition to Sustainability: The Inclusive Wealth Report
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 14:00 to 15:45: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): from Analysis to Action
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 14:00 to 15:30: Inspire Invest Innovate: The Resource Efficiency Revolution: Decoupling for Change
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 14:00 to 15:30: Inspire Invest Innovate: The Path to Resource Efficient Cities: Innovation in Action
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 16:00 to 17:30: Secure Food Systems, Drivers for a Sustainable Tomorrow
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 16:00 to 17:30: From 1992 to 2012-20 years of Mainstreaming in the Financial Sector
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 16:00 to 19:00: World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability - Ceremonial Opening
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 17:00 to 19:00: Partnering for Green Growth - Asia is doing it. SWITCH Asia event on SCP projects
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, EU Pavilion, Hosted by the EC - 17:30 to 19:00: ICTs: the Foundation of Our Sustainable Future
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-6 - 17:30 to 19:00: Siemens Event on Affordable Healthcare
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 17:30 to 19:00: UNEP FI 20 Years Celebration - Special Focus on Latin America
17 Jun 2012 - 17 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 10:00 to 11:00: Eye On Earth: Eye on Disaster Management
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Banks, Sustainable Development and Rio+20 - Addressing the Missing Link
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, UNEP Pavilion, Athlete's Park - 10:00 to 11:00: Global Environmental Challenges and the GEF: Science Strategies to Support a Green Economy
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Banco the Caixa - 11:00 to 13:00: Banks, Sustainable Development and Rio+20 - Addressing the Missing Link
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 11:30 to 13:00:Balanced and Inclusive Green Economy (EMG)
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Rio Centro P3-F - 11:30 to 13:00: UN Perspectives on a Green Economy
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Rio Centro - 13:00 to 14:45: REDD+ as a Catalyst for a Green Economy Transformation
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Banco the Caixa - 14:00 to 15:30: Launch of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD)
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Windsor Barra Hotel - 15:00 to 16:00: Siemens 'Technology in Action' Launch Event
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 16:00 to 19:00: Siemens Students for Sustainability Debate
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - 17:00 to 19:00: Delivering a Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production in Food and Agriculture
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Global Compact - 17:00 to 19:00: Delivering a Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production in Food and Agriculture
16 Jun 2012 - 16 Jun 2012, Part of the UN Global Compact Corporate Sustainability Forum - Green Economy and Trade – Assessing Risks and Opportunities Organizing Partners: International Trade Centre (ITC) – Lead partner, UNEP, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Riocentro - Green Economy and Trade – Assessing Risks and Opportunities Organizing Partners: International Trade Centre (ITC) – Lead partner, UNEP, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Rio Centro T-3 - Eye on Earth: Eye on Community Sustainability and Resiliency
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Green Jobs: A Chance for Youth!
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Rio centro T-4 - Addressing the Short Lived Climate Pollutant Challenge: The New Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short lived Climate Pollutants
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Screening of Youth Climate Report
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Prepare Your (Organic) Popcorn! Launch of the Second Edition of the Itinerant Film Festival “FICMA: Cinema and the Environment 2012” in Latin America and the Caribbean
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Financing a Green Economy
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - IPCC Side Event
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Rio Centro - Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Countries
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, EU Pavilion - Coastal Climate Change Solutions – from Principles to Practice
15 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Rio Conventions Pavilion - Eye on Earth: Eye on Environmental Education
14 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Eye on Earth: Eye on Environmental Education
14 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Driving innovation towards a Green Economy: Lessons Learned and Recommendations from the Field in Asia and the Pacific
14 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Greening the Blue World: Green Economy Approach for Oceans, Coasts and SIDS
14 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Turning Wastes into Valuable resources or energy: a concrete contribution to a Green Economy
14 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012, Japanese Pavilion - Progress and Barriers for Meeting Environmental Goals
14 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012, Athletes Park, UNEP Pavilion - Wasted Opportunity? Getting More out of Waste in a Green Economy
14 Jun 2012 - 14 Jun 2012, Japanese Pavilion - Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability (GUPES) Launch
5 Jun 2012 - 6 Jun 2012, Tongji University, Shanghai, China - Side Event - One UN for SCP. Promoting joint efforts for a 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production
21 Mar 2012 - 21 Mar 2012, United Nations Church Center, 2nd floor (corner East 44th Street and 1st Avenue, NYC) - 12th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
20 Feb 2012 - 22 Feb 2012, Nairobi, Kenya - 3rd Intergovernmental Review of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment form Land-Based Pollution (GPA), UNEP/GPA
1 Dec 2011 - 1 Dec 2011, To be confirmed - UNEP High-Level International Forum on Ecosystem Management and Green Economy
18 Nov 2011 - 18 Nov 2011, Beijing, China - 23rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal, Protocol on Ozone Layer Protection, UNEP
14 Nov 2011 - 18 Nov 2011, Bali, Indonesia - Finance Initiative Global Roundtable, UNEP
19 Oct 2011 - 20 Oct 2011, Washington D.C., USA, Ronald Reagan Building - Major Groups & Stakeholders Asia-Pacific Meeting ?The Road to Rio 2012: Charting our Path?
17 Oct 2011 - 18 Oct 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea - Greenbuild 2011
4 Oct 2011 - 7 Oct 2011, Ontario, Canada - First Plenary Meeting of IPBES
3 Oct 2011 - 7 Oct 2011, Nairobi, Kenya - Eighteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, UNEP/ROLAC
1 Oct 2011 - 1 Nov 2011, To be confirmed - Global consultation on Rio+20, UNEP
1 Sep 2011 - 1 Sep 2011, Bonn, Germany - 4th Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development
30 May 2011 - 31 May 2011, Budva, Montenegro
Publications
Decoupling Natural Resource use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth , UNEP, International Resource Panel
News
21 Feb 2012 - Special issue - UNEPs' Our Planet Magazine
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine for environmentally sustainable development
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine for environmentally sustainable development
Background papers/Position papers
Discussion Paper: Improving Public Participation
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
A UNEP publication series that presents views from Major Groups and Stakeholders of Civil Society or about issues
that are relevant for them. PERSPECTIVES is coordinated by UNEP?s Major Groups and Stakeholders Branch/
Division of Regional Cooperation. The presented views are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNEP.
Peoples? Sustainability Treaties for Rio+20
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
A UNEP publication series that presents views from Major Groups and Stakeholders of Civil Society or about issues
that are relevant for them. PERSPECTIVES is coordinated by UNEP?s Major Groups and Stakeholders Branch/ Division of Regional Cooperation. The presented views are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNEP.
POLICY BRIEF 8 - 2012: Promoting Upstream-downstream Linkages Through Integrated Ecosystem Management in the Greater Mekong Subregion
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
POLICY BRIEF 7 - 2011: Putting Ecosystem Management in the Vision of Africa’s Development
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
POLICY BRIEF 6 - 2011: Restoring the natural foundation to sustain a Green Economy
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
POLICY BRIEF 11-2012: Sixty Years of Paradigm Shift in China (1949-2010): Change of Policies and Practices on Ecosystem Management
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Outcomes of Governing Bodies
Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal on its tenth meeting
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its fifth Meeting
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Report of the Chemical Review Committee on the work of its sixth meeting Geneva, 15?19 March 2010
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Report of the eleventh special session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, Bali, Indonesia, 24-26 February 2010
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Report of the simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Bali, 22?24 February 2010
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Report of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its fourth meeting, Geneva, 4?8 May 2009
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Other documents
Global Environmental Policy Programme
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
The announcement for GEPP?s Global Environmental Policy Dialogue and the Registration Form
Nairobi-Helsinki Outcome
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Consultative Group of Ministers or High-level Representatives
New Climate and Clean Air Coalition Expands to 13 Members New Initiatives Assessed for Fast and Scaled-up Action on Black Carbon, Methane, and HFCs
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
Rio+20: Opportunity to Fast Track Transition to Green Economy, Lift Millions Out of Poverty
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
New Report Presents Key Policies and Building Blocks to Unlock Prosperity, Reduce Poverty and Support Environmental Sustainability
Press material
New Report Warns Ecological Foundations that Support Food Security Are Being Undermined
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
New Report Warns Ecological Foundations that Support Food Security Are Being Undermined
A Transition to a Green Economy Can Assist in Fast Tracking Food Security and More Diverse and Productive Landscapes
New Countries to Start Phase-Out of Inefficient Lighting, with Major Economic and Climate Benefits
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP))
UN to Present National Lighting Assessments for Developing and Emerging Countries
Time and Date: 13:00-13:30, Thursday 21 June
Venue: UN Media Centre, Pavilion 3, Riocentro
Speakers to include: Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico
David Rodgers, The Global Environment Facility
Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Philips Lighting
Everton Mello, CEO, OSRAM Brazil
Yamina Saheb, Senior Energy Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency