RIO+20
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10:00 am to 11:30 am (EDT)
The recent Durban Climate Conference made important progress towards clarifying the international operational framework for Nationally...
Rio+20 Side Event on Water, Food, and Energy Nexus: Why Mountains Matter will be jointly organised by Government of Nepal, ICIMOD and Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) on 26 March 2012, Monday, 13:15 –14:45 at UN NLB Building in New York in the sideline of 3rd Intercessional Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable...
Recognizing the importance of civil society, the Rio+20 Bureau’s co-chair Ambassador Kim invited Major Groups to submit their amendments to the Rio+20 "Zero draft" outcome at the Bureau meeting with Major groups on 27 January 2012.
Your support to mountains in the "Zero Draft"...
Stakeholders across the UNECE region are invited to participate in a discussion on developing an Action Plan on Forests and the Green Economy. A brainstorming and structured discussion in working groups will be organized by the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on 10-11 May 2011 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Issue 49 - Month 2 - Year 2012
UNEP to implement EUR 2.3 million project rehabilitating the water towers of Kenya
A new three-year intervention to rehabilitate the Northern Mau Forest at the cost of EUR 2.3 million is set...
Initial discussions on the Zero Draft document took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 25 through 27 January 2012. Chapters I & II were reviewed. Statements are available here.
The First Round of...
As part of their efforts to contribute to sustainable forest management discussions under the auspices of United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), Major Groups participating in the UNFF process are organizing an international workshop in support of UNFF on the theme: Forests and Economic Development: Positioning Forests to Contribute to Green Economy.
The workshop will take place from 13-...
The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges
With reference to the message below, please note that the deadline for submission of proposed changes to the “Zero Draft” has been postponed to 29 February 2012.
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Initial discussions on the Zero Draft document took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New...
A three day gathering at Stanford University of global policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators on the use of connection technologies (SMS, mobile, web, etc.) to advance sustainable development solutions in the fields of health, the environment, agriculture, and sustainable economic growth. We will explore existing and proposed technologies and the opportunities as well as attributes of...
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