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City of Edmonton a model of...

Type: Press Release
1 year 30 weeks ago

In recognition of the need to complement Parties’ uptake of decision X/22 and the associated Plan of Action on Subnational...

European Celebration of the...

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1 year 31 weeks ago

UN-HABITAT Representation Office to the European Union and Belgium has celebrated the World Habitat Day 2011 in a high-level event...

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Fifth Call For Applications...

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15 weeks 1 day ago

Nairobi, January 2013: The UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund will for the fifth year in a row provide grants...

Myanmar press release on sustainable land management in the urban context training launched by URDI

Yangon, Myanmar 11th September 2012 : The Urban Research and Development Institute (URDI) launches first training on ‘Sustainable Land Management in the Urban Context’
Author: n/a - Posted by Ed Kerry - Wed 12 Sep, 2012

Rio + 20 outcome recognizes importance of biodiversity for sustainable development

Rio de Janeiro 22 June 2012. The nations of the world have recognized the crucial role ofbiodiversity in ensuring sustainable development in the outcome document of the Rio + 20conference and called for greater efforts to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Author: n/a - Posted by Ed Kerry - Wed 27 Jun, 2012

United Nations and world’s insurers launch global insurance principles at Rio+20 to propel sustainable development

Landmark principles create United Nations-backed global insurance industry initiative to support the development of a green economy and resilient communities
Author: n/a - Posted by Ed Kerry - Thu 21 Jun, 2012

Sustainable water management is achieving economic, social and environmental benefits, say countries

Results of UN Survey of 130 Countries Provides In-Depth Status Report on Global Efforts to Improve Water Management Rio de Janeiro, 19 June 2012 – Over 80 per cent of countries have reformed their water laws in the past twenty years as a response to growing pressures on water resources from expanding populations, urbanization and climate...
Author: n/a - Posted by Ed Kerry - Thu 21 Jun, 2012

THE UIA AT RIO+20

  UIA President Albert Dubler will lead a delegation of architects from around the world at the United Nations conference on sustainable development Rio+20 in Brazil, on June 20 - 22. Christiano Lepratti, director of one of the UIA work programme dedicated to responsible architectural design will be among the members of the UIA delegation....
Author: Catherine Hayward - Posted by Catherine Hayward - Mon 18 Jun, 2012

Negative outlook for sovereign credit raters

  A rating of raters by think-tank Infrangilis shows credit rating agencies (CRAs) are failing to make the grade.
Author: philip monaghan - Posted by philip monaghan - Fri 8 Jun, 2012

Message of the UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner - June 5th 2012

A few years ago, the idea of a Green Economy with its links to sustainable development and poverty eradication, was a novel concept confined to development practitioners and academics. This year, it is among the top two issues that will be deliberated by policymakers at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The 2012 WED theme,...
Author: n/a - Posted by Edna Osebe - Tue 5 Jun, 2012

The range of sustainability - Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment Brazil

Twenty years after it first hosted the event, Brazil will once again lead the global celebrations for World Environment Day on 5 June 2012. And just two weeks after World Environment Day, Brazil will also host the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development, or Rio+20. We are honored by the international recognition Brazil has received...
Author: n/a - Posted by Edna Osebe - Tue 5 Jun, 2012

Message of the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon - 5 June 2012

As the world gears up for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), World Environment Day is an opportunity to highlight the need for a paradigm shift towards a more sustainable world.  This year’s theme, “Green Economy: Does it include you?”, underscores the need for everyone to play their part in...
Author: n/a - Posted by Edna Osebe - Tue 5 Jun, 2012

New Climate and Clean Air Coalition Expands to 13 Members: New Initiatives Assessed for Fast and Scaled-up Action on Black Carbon, Methane, and HFCs

Stockholm, 24 April 2012 - Five transformational initiatives aimed at accelerating and scaling-up action against a range of health, crop and climate-damaging pollutants were given the go-ahead by ministers meeting in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
Author: n/a - Posted by Ed Kerry - Fri 27 Apr, 2012

In time for Earth Day 2012: Fleetwide series educates guests on ocean conservation

SEATTLE, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In collaboration with the Marine Conservation Institute – a national and globally focused nonprofit organization based in Washington State dedicated to maintaining healthy, living oceans – Holland America Line will debut an in-stateroom video series onboard all its 15 cruise ships...
Author: n/a - Posted by Ed Kerry - Fri 20 Apr, 2012

World Environment Day 2012 aims for record participation

Nairobi, 19 April 2012 - World Environment Day (WED) - to be held on 5 June 2012 - is aiming higher than ever before. For WED 2012, people across the world will be challenged to register and carry out an environmental activity for 5 June 2012, and help break the record for the greatest number of activities registered in WED’s four decade...
Author: n/a - Posted by Edna Osebe - Fri 20 Apr, 2012

The Importance of the Exeperienced Attorney in the Florida DUI Cases

You got pulled over and arrested for drunk driving or DUI in Florida. You were released over the weekend, and currently that you just aren't bound what are you trying to do?
Author: n/a - Posted by Norman Bell - Thu 5 Apr, 2012

BioCities and Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at Harvard Graduate School of Design launch their inaugural event, "How food systems shape cities: ecological and economic perspectives"

APRIL 2, NEW YORK, NY: BioCities and the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure will debut their first seminar in an educational series entitled, Transforming Cities. This inaugural event takes an in-depth look at the ecological and economic issues of food systems in the urban built environment, from the micro to the regional scale.
Author: n/a - Posted by Edna Osebe - Wed 4 Apr, 2012

Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the CBD, on the occasion of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

The global South comprises more than 70 per cent of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Developing countries face tremendous challenges in halting the loss of biodiversity and mitigating the risks of biodiversity losses. For the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries, small island developing States...
Author: n/a - Posted by Edna Osebe - Tue 20 Dec, 2011

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