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From Soil Carbon to Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, UNEP Year Book Highlights Key Emerging IssuesFrom Soil Carbon to Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, UNEP Year Book Highlights Key Emerging Issues
13/ 02/ 2012
Dramatic improvements in the way the world manages its precious soils will be key to food, water and climate security in the 21st century.
African Heads of State Mark 40th Anniversary of UNEPAfrican Heads of State Mark 40th Anniversary of UNEP
30/ 01/ 2012
Heads of State from over thirty African countries have taken part in an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Countries Adopt Manila Declaration to Strengthen Protection of Global Marine EnvironmentCountries Adopt Manila Declaration to Strengthen Protection of Global Marine Environment
27/ 01/ 2012
Representatives from 65 countries have agreed to step up efforts to protect the world's oceans from land-based activities, while underlining the central role played by the marine environment in the transition to a green economy.
Green Investments in the Marine Sector Can Bring a Tide of Economic and Social BenefitsGreen Investments in the Marine Sector Can Bring a Tide of Economic and Social Benefits
23/ 01/ 2012
Ecological health and economic productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems, which are currently in decline around the globe, can be boosted by shifting to a more sustainable economic paradigm that taps their natural potential
Global Organizations to Expand Cooperation on  Green Growth for DevelopmentGlobal Organizations to Expand Cooperation on Green Growth for Development
12/ 01/ 2012
Four leading global organizations today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, a cutting edge global initiative that will identify and address major knowledge gaps in green growth theory and practice.
UNEP's Year in Review 2011: July to DecemberUNEP's Year in Review 2011: July to December
03/ 01/ 2012
2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012.
UNEP's Year in Review 2011: January to JuneUNEP's Year in Review 2011: January to June
30/ 12/ 2011
From UNEP's contribution to the UN's 'International Year of Forests' to the rapidly evolving analysis of how to catalyze a global transition towards a Green Economy, 2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012.
UN System Provides its Perspectives on a Green EconomyUN System Provides its Perspectives on a Green Economy
14/ 12/ 2011
In the first-ever inter-agency report on the Green Economy, the Environment Management Group (EMG), representing the work of UN agencies, the Bretton Woods Institutions and other intergovernmental bodies - many of whom have a human and social development mandate - outlines steps and policies for pursuing a green economic transformation that generates new sources of sustainable and equitable economic growth that will assist in a global economic recovery.
On the Road to Rio+20, Countries Accelerate Plans for Green Economy TransitionOn the Road to Rio+20, Countries Accelerate Plans for Green Economy Transition
16/ 11/ 2011
Countries are developing Green Economy strategies and activities to spur greater economic growth and jobs, environmental protection and equality.

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