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UN Environment COP22 Events
(2016)
This brochure highlights key UN Environment events during COP22.
Interview with Erik Solheim, Executive Director of UN Environment
(2016)
Following an extensive career focusing on environment and development in government and international organisations, Erik Solheim was elected to become head of UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on May 13, 2016. He took the ...
International Environmental Law: Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(International Publishing House, 2017-05)
Vietnam’s measures to prevent environmental deterioration and to respond to climate change are increasingly driven by commitments under multilateral environmental agreements on the one hand and domestic needs on the other ...
Lessons from UNEA -2: Ensure Broader, Deeper Engagement in a Focused UNEA -3: Voices from Civil Society - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 22
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-09)
The second session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-2) took place in May 2016, as a true mult-stakeholder event, bringing together an unprecedented number of representatives from governments, civil society, ...
The Faith We Share and The World We Want - UNEP Perspectives No. 21
(2016-04)
Successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will require healthy, resilient and sustainable local communities everywhere. Focusing on the health, resilience and sustainability of local communities ...
UNEP and Civil Society: An Exchange: A New Landscape For Stakeholder Engagement In UNEP? - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 20
(2016-03)
This issue of “Perspectives” presents a discourse between Mark Halle and Felix Dodds on the past and future role of civil society organisations and Major Groups and Stakeholders in the context of the United Nations Environment ...
Universal Sustainable Development Goals: A Challenge For The Rich Countries As Well As The Poor - UNEP Perspectives No. 19
(2016-01)
This edition focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); explaining them as global goals that challenge both, developed and developing countries to find new pathways to a more sustainable future. The authors present ...
Pastoralist Participation and Networking in Policy Dialogue - UNEP Perspectives Issue No. 18
(2015-11)
This article analyses the historical challenges to pastoralist participation in policy dialogues, before highlighting the benefits that pastoralist participation creates, not only for their own livelihoods, but also to ...
The State of Biodiversity in Africa: A Mid-term Review of Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-05)
The report identifies opportunities and challenges in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 in Africa and looks ahead to actions which need to be taken by national governments and other decision makers ...