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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.
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
Man and Nature Exhibition with Focus on Environmental Sustainability Opens at UNEP HeadquartersMan and Nature Exhibition with Focus on Environmental Sustainability Opens at UNEP Headquarters
05/ 01/ 2012
The exhibition demonstrates the role of art as an outreach tool for increasing public awareness with a focus on the environmental pillar of sustainable development, as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012
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.
How Farm Waste Provides Clean Energy for Homes in PakistanHow Farm Waste Provides Clean Energy for Homes in Pakistan
27/ 12/ 2011
A project backed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working to make clean energy a reality for households in a rural region of Pakistan.
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.
Calling all Creatives: UN launches Advertising Competition on WaterCalling all Creatives: UN launches Advertising Competition on Water
09/ 12/ 2011
The competition offers professionals and non-professionals in 48 European countries the chance to design a newspaper advertisement to raise awareness and inspire the European public to find green solutions for the sustainable use of water resources today and for future generations.
New Sustainability Targets for Rice - the World's Most Important Food CropNew Sustainability Targets for Rice - the World's Most Important Food Crop
02/ 12/ 2011
UNEP launches global rice initiative

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