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"The science and likely impacts of climate change have become ever clearer. So as to have the abundant social, environmental and economic opportunities possible from a transition to low-emission-even zero emission-societies, we must act now." Achim Steiner - Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
| Major Achievements The First CN Net Virtual Conference (2009)This conference presented the first online knowledge - sharing opportunity for the then 160-plus CN Net participants around the world, including countries, regions, cities, major companies, leading NGOs, universities and UN agencies. Read more...
The Second CN Net Virtual Conference (2011)The conference was an opportunity to share CN Net successes and challenges. Most importantly, It enabled the participants to discuss a range of issues concerning the continuity and ongoing viability of the CN Net programme. Read more...
CN Net GrowthCN Net has grown from 13 participants in 2008, to over 300 participants by November 2011. The number of visits to the CN Net website has also gone up gradually, with an average visit of 24,418 every year. Read more...
CN Net PublicationsCN Net came up with "A Case for Climate Neutrality: Case Studies on Moving Towards a Low Carbon Economy" – a successful publication showcasing green business strategies from the network’s members. Read more... | Events World Environment Day (WED)CN Net participants have been actively involved in the WED events individually and as organizations, since the network began. Activities have included planting trees, walk to work, among others. Read more...
Hamburg Climate WeekCN Net was actively involved in the Hamburg Climate Week held in Hamburg, Germany. The highlight of the event was the Climate Night on September 23, where Hamburg’s climate scientists spoke about their practical work. In person and in movies, they presented experiments and expeditions relating to climate change.
Phoenix Design Aid, one of CN Net's participant, was able to show one of its project's (ARTDOORS) doors to the visitors of the UNEP booth at the Hamburg Climate Week. Read more...
UNEP Governing CouncilCN Net organized and was in charge of the UNEP booth at the Governing Council in 2011.CN Net, together with Henley Media, also organized all the materials for the Green Technology Exhibition. CN Net participants present at the GC were invited to the Green Technology Exhibition cocktail reception, to discuss amongst each other about their exhibitions. Read more...
| Projects UNEP Eco-tourism Project: CN Net had very successful trips to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater (June 2011) in Tanzania, and the Kigio Wildlife Camps and the Malewa Wildlife Lodge in Gilgil. All the videos were highlighted on the CN Net website. Read more... | Other Activities CN Net presentationsThe Climate Neutral Network team has made an average of 30 presentations per every year to students and visitors of UNEP explaining what the Climate Neutral Network is all about, and encouraging more registrations on to the network.
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We would like to invite participants to build on their activities and continue to pursue a low carbon, climate neutral direction by joining other existing initiatives that offer paths that may be now better able to assist in evolving and achieving their long-term goals.
These have been identified as:
- Caring for Climate (www.unglobalcompact.org)
- ICLEI (www.iclei.org/)
- The Climate Group (www.theclimategroup.org/)
As we bring CN Net to a close at the end of this year, we would like to thank you all for your collaboration and support and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. We hope that you will continue on the journey to reducing your carbon footprint and becoming "climate neutral". | |
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Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium
coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers enables developing countries to gain
access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science research
http://www.oaresciences.org/en/
Greening the Blue was launched in 2010 to communicate with all UN staff as well as external stakeholders. The aim is to raise awareness of the
importance of sustainability throughout the UN system and highlight what's been achieved, what's happening next and how staff can get involved.
http://www.greeningtheblue.org
tve works with partners worldwide to make films which inspire change.
We inspire viewers to lead a greener life. Entrepreneurs to take up the sustainability challenge. Corporations to see why they need to
go green. Parents to educate their daughters as well as their sons. Decision-makers to think, and act, differently.
http://www.tve.org
The 12th special session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will be held from 20 to 22 February 2011
at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The ministerial consultations during the twelfth special session will focus on emerging policy issues under the overall theme of
"The environmental agenda in the changing world: from Stockholm (1972) to Rio (2012)"
http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-xii/
Welcome to GEO - UNEP's flagship report series and a consultative, participatory process for conducting integrated environmental assessments. GEO reports on the state,
trends and outlooks of the environment to inform decision-making and aims to facilitate the interaction between science and policy. Four assessments have been
published so far. GEO-5 is currently on-going and will be available in early 2012.
http://www.unep.org/geo
UNEP's Submission to the Compilation Document for RIO+20.
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