Steven Stone, UNEP: "It's about reframing the way we look at economic progress, going beyond GDP as we measure it, and creating a future that builds on sustainability instead of eroding it." Working towards a Green Economy after...
The seventh annual Partnership Report Saving and Improving Lives: Partnership between the United Nations and the European Union in 2011 conveys results of a vibrant partnership that spans over 110 countries across the globe. The...
The threat of climate change is increasing and its impacts are starting to be felt across the world. Thus developing climate mitigation strategies and policies at local, national and international levels is becoming increasingly...
The constant economic, social and technology change are bringing about profound changes in business structure and supply and demand in labour markets Economic sphere The globalization of markets and free movement of capital has...
Research conducted by the UNEP-administered Basel Convention has contributed to a new directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment. Geneva/Nairobi, 15 August 2012 - The European Union (EU) has adopted new rules on...
RIO DE JANEIRO, 21 June 2012 – Kandeh K. Yumkella, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and head of UN-Energy, said today that more than a billion people in the developing world...
BERNE, 21 May 2012 – The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) will fund a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project to help develop Indonesia’s National Resource Efficient and Cleaner...
BEIJING, 11 November 2010 - The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh K. Yumkella, and other members of a high-level international advisory body that advises top Chinese...
This publication provides an overview of some the most important land-related environmental and climate change problems that the world is facing. Land, Environment and Climate Change offers an overview of the relationship between...