"The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted unanimously by UN member states in September 2015, have given the international community and national governments a number of targets and principles – chief among them, to advance an...
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted unanimously by UN member states in September 2015, have given the international community and national governments a number of targets and principles – chief among them, to advance an...
The gender equality-environmental nexus appeared in the international debate more than two decades ago. Still, a lot needs to be done. The international community gathers to discuss how to achieve gender equality in the context of...
Together with the EU support, UNIDO has been very active in working with and for the private sector towards sustainable development and climate action. A study on private sector involvement in Post-2015 and concrete examples of projects that foster sustainable transfer of environmentally sound technologies and innovative chemicals management will be presented. Special highlight: Presentation of 10 Years of Experience in Chemical Leasing, a green business model for shifting the traditional sales of chemicals towards a value-added approach. Introduction ·Zissimos Vergos, Team Leader for Private Sector Development Policy, DEVCO C4 Private Framework Development, Trade, Regional Integration Facilitator ·Petra Schwager, Officer-in-Charge of Industrial Resource Efficiency Unit, UNIDO ·Reinhard Joas, Managing Director, BiPro GmBH ·Steffen Saecker, Business Manager, SAFECHEM Europe – a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company Conference Language: English Q&A session: English
DG DEVCO, UNIDO
High-Level Panel in New York Seeks to Build Momentum for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Sitting (L-R): Magdy Martínez-Solimán, UNDP Assistant Administrator; Achim Steiner, UNEP Executie Director, H.E. Edna Molewa...
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ) took part in the Multi-Stakeholder Forum on CSR held in Brussels on the 3 rd and 4 th of February. Mr. Christophe Yvetot, the Head of UNIDO Liaison Office to the...
When anaesthetist Kibret Abebe sold his family home in Addis Ababa to buy three second-hand ambulances, his relatives were worried. Eight years on, his ambulance service – the first in Ethiopia - has saved 40,000 lives and shows...
Indigenous peoples make up 5% of the global population, yet they account for 15% of the extreme poor. This is down to historical subjugation, but also ongoing discrimination – especially when it comes to rights over land and...
NEW YORK – Environment ministers and representatives from governments, international organizations, civil society and the finance sector met today to build momentum for new policies that will accelerate the transition to a more...