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World Environment Day Special EventReMake the Trend: Youth for Circular LifestylesJoin us for an interactive, youth-led experience exploring e-waste, circular lifestyles, and behaviour change. Let’s rethink how we consume, use, and reuse technology—and take action for a zero-waste future.
Osaka Expo: A Food Waste Breakthrough – Cutting Emissions by Reducing Food WasteTime/date: 21 September 2025 10:00–11:00 JST
The first technical meeting of the UNEP/EC Working Group took place in Brussels in September 2024, bringing together over 20 experts from various organisations, as well as UNEP and the European Commission, to discuss and propose a conceptual framework to attend to the objectives laid out by the project.
Junior EXPO 2025 Educational Programme at the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025“World Environment Day 2025 Youth Event: Towards a Future Free of Plastic Waste”
UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre Global Dialogue & Youth Day: Circular Economy Model of Waste ManagementMonday 17th - Tuesday 18th February 2025: UNEP Global DialogueWednesday 19th February 2025: Youth DayVenue: UNEP-IETC Office in Osaka, Japan
This Working Group aims to develop a toolkit to identify and quantify the sources of plastic pollution in the aquatic environment which is established under the UNEP/EC project: Global: Identifying and quantifying plastic contaminant sources and leakages into the aquatic environment.
When: 12 August 2024 | 2pm - 3:15pm (UTC)Where: Online - register on Zoom
25 June 2024
13:15-14:45 CEST
Wed, Jun 05
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CEST
Online event
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Following the publication of the Global Waste Management Outlook in 2015, the world has faced transformative events, including a global pandemic, leading to increased population, consumption, and waste generation.
Join Us for a Transformative Webinar on Building Zero-Waste Cities!
Zero Waste Futures: Youth Leadership and Solutions from the Asia Pacific to the Caribbean
Organizers: UNEP (Caribbean Sub-Regional Office and International Environment Technology Centre), Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP (CYMG)
When: 28 February, 14:30 Hrs EAT
Where: Nairobi, Kenya
The publication launch will also be streamed on UN Web TV.
UNEP-IETC Gender and Waste Management Webinar
“How to mainstream gender into national waste management policy ”
Welcome to our 90-minute online webinar on Gender and Waste Management, hosted by UNEP's International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC). In this insightful session, we aim to shed light on the crucial connection between waste management and gender.
UNEP-IETC Report Launch Event
"Towards Zero Waste: a catalyst for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals"
UNEP-IETC World Environment Day Webinar
“Tackling Plastic Waste: Global progress to drive the transition to a circular economy”
10:00-11:30 (EAT)/16:00-17:30 (JST)
Tuesday 6th June 2023 via Zoom
REGISTER HERE
Background:
UNEP-IETC will co-host a stamp rally event with Tennoji Zoo on November 19 (Sat.) and 20 (Sun.), 2022. While having fun by participating in the stamp rally and mini lectures, participants will think about the connection between animals and waste issues, as well as other environmental issues and how to reduce waste in our daily lives.
In this stamp rally, there will be a total of four stamp stands. Children who attend a mini-lecture will receive a special stamp and a prize at the ZOO MUSEUM at the end of the rally.
UNEP-IETC will hold a joint event with Kaiyukan on Sunday, October 30, 2022, titled "Only One Earth - protecting marine life in the ocean protecting life in the ocean" will be held on Sunday, October 30, 2022.
Register today to join us for the UNEP-IETC's 30 anniversary main event with a panel discussion on sustainable waste management towards a zero waste society!
When: Monday, 3 October 2022
15:00-17:00 Osaka, Japan (UTC+9)
08:00-10:00 Geneva, Switzerland (UTC+2)
Where: Live stream from Osaka, Japan
This year, the International Environmental Technology Centre, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-IETC) is celebrating its 30th anniversary. UNEP-IETC was established in 1992 based on the decision of the UNEP Governing Council with a mandate to facilitate the transfer of environmentally sound technologies focusing on urban environmental and freshwater issues. In recent years, UNEP-IETC focused its activities on environmentally sound management of solid waste to implement UNEP’s Medium-term Strategies and Programme of Work.
About the Webinar Series
Africa’s urbanization rate is 3.5%, the highest in the world. Due to the rapid urbanization in recent years, municipal solid waste management has become a big challenge for many cities, as lower-income cities in Africa are expected to double their municipal solid waste generation within the next 15-20 years.
About the Webinar Series
Africa’s urbanization rate is 3.5%, the highest in the world. Due to the rapid urbanization in recent years, municipal solid waste management has become a big challenge for many cities, as lower-income cities in Africa are expected to double their municipal solid waste generation within the next 15-20 years.
Achieving a pollution-free planet through sustainable waste management
UNEP's International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) has been working on various projects under its mission of promoting environmentally sound waste management. In the age of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is necessary to consider sustainability from the perspective of waste management. A pollution-free planet cannot be achieved without efficient circularity of resources and reduction of waste both at individual and societal levels.
The current COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading, thus intensifying its impact upon the world’s healthcare systems and economy. During this time, ensuring reliable and safe municipal solid waste management services provision is a must for all local governments to protect public health and contain the spread of the virus.
UN-Habitat (Waste Wise Cities Campaign) and the Wuppertal Institute are organizing this series of webinars, under the Urban Pathways Project, to support local governments and work together in combatting COVID-19.
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The mandate of IETC, as agreed in Decision 16/34 of UNEP Governing Council, is the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (EST) to developing countries and countries with economies in transition.