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UNECE issues guidelines for measuring the circular economy

Moving to a more circular economy is increasingly recognized as vital to sustainable development, decarbonization, resource efficiency and competitiveness. More and more countries are adopting national policies that are directly or indirectly related to the sustainable management of natural…

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2024 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development: harnessing opportunities in key SDG transition areas

The 2024 UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development brought together over 800 participants to generate momentum for a regional push for SDG acceleration. Governments and other stakeholders exchanged and learned from each other on effective policies for speeding up progress towards SDG…

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Uzbekistan commits to improving water and health governance and safe management of industrial and tailings facilities, with support from UNECE and Switzerland

Today, a new project to be implemented by UNECE with the support of Switzerland was launched in Tashkent, underscoring Uzbekistan's commitment to improving water and health governance and safe management of industrial and tailing facilities.  

Uzbekistan, the most populous Central Asian…

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UN Network on Migration and UNECE host review of Global Compact for Migration implementation

More than 280 member state representatives, partners and stakeholders met on 11 March in Geneva for the Regional Review of efforts to implement the guiding principles and 23 objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in the United Nations Economic Commission…

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UN Environment Assembly highlights rising global role of UNECE Multilateral Environmental Agreements to address triple planetary crisis   

Faced with increasing impacts of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, which together constitute the “triple planetary crisis”, no country can act alone. Like nature itself, these challenges know no borders, which makes international cooperation a crucial part of action to address…

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L’Envoyé spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour la sécurité routière en visite en Côte d'Ivoire pour promouvoir les gestes qui sauvent sur les routes

L'Envoyé spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour la sécurité routière, Jean Todt, se rendra en Côte d'Ivoire (29 février-3 mars) pour y soutenir les actions des autorités nationales en faveur de la sécurité routière. L'Envoyé spécial participera notamment au lancement africain de la…

Road safety Cote d'Ivoire

The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety is visiting Côte d'Ivoire to raise awareness on life saving actions

The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, will visit Côte d'Ivoire (29 February - 3 March 2024) to support national authorities' road safety initiatives. In particular, the Special Envoy will launch the United Nations Global Campaign for Road Safety, in…

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UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention releases a position paper on state repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience

On 28 February 2024, the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, Michel Forst, released a position paper on state repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience: a major threat to human rights and democracy.

The position paper provides an…

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United Nations adopts landmark global decarbonization strategy in transport by road, rail and inland waterway 

UN member States took a decisive step towards sustainable low carbon mobility with the adoption on 23 February of the Inland Transport Committee’s (ITC) Strategy on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Inland Transport. 

Transport accounts for some 23% of annual GHG emissions. Inland…

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24Seconds: mobilizing brands for safer roads through the UN Road Safety Fund

Every year approximately 1.19 million people die, and 50 million people are left with life-altering injuries. The urgency is clear: road crashes are not just statistics; they are a global epidemic affecting children, young adults, and communities at large. If current trends continue, road…

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Executive Secretary to highlight global relevance of UNECE Multilateral Environmental Agreements at UN Environment Assembly

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) will be at the forefront of discussions at the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) on how to tackle the triple planetary crisis. 

Executive Secretary Tatiana Molcean will lead a UNECE delegation to UNEA-6, the…

sdgS REPORT COVER MONTAGE

Кризисы еще больше замедляют устойчивое развитие в Европе, Северной Америке и Центральной Азии, предупреждается в докладе ЕЭК ООН о прогрессе в достижении ЦУР

Усилия по достижению Целей устойчивого развития (ЦУР) к 2030 году сталкиваются с сильными препятствиями, связанными с последствиями пандемии COVID-19, потрясениями, вызванными изменением климата и войной против Украины, высокими процентными ставками и сохраняющейся высокой инфляцией.  

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Crises are further slowing sustainable development in Europe, North America and Central Asia, warns UNECE report

Efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 are facing strong headwinds from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, shocks arising from climate change and the war against Ukraine, high interest rates and still-elevated inflation.  

New data available for this year’s…

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Executive Secretary’s visit to EU Commission underscores mutual benefits of cooperation, with a strong focus on normative work 

In her first visit to Brussels as UNECE Executive Secretary, Tatiana Molcean held strategic discussions this week with European Commissioners for environment and energy, and high-level officials responsible for industrial policy, trade and…

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UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety visits Timor-Leste to advocate for safer mobility

Special Envoy Jean Todt is visiting Timor-Leste from 7 until 10 February, to meet H.E President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, ministers and representatives of the public and private sector, and civil society, to advocate for the effective implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of…

Emissions from tyres

UNECE to introduce the first ever methodology to measure particle emissions from tyres

Following the adoption last year of a methodology to measure the emissions from braking systems, UNECE’s World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) now turns to tackling emissions from tyres.   

Made from a mixture of natural and synthetic rubber and plastic polymers,…

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New UN regulation paves the way for the roll-out of additional driver assistance systems

UNECE’s Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles has adopted the draft of a new regulation that defines provisions for the approval of vehicles with Driver Control Assistance Systems (DCAS) and provides minimum safety requirements for vehicles equipped with the Advanced…

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UN extends its cyber security management regulation to motorcycles and scooters

UNECE’s Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles today decided to include motorcycles, scooters and electric bicycles with speed exceeding 25 km/h in the scope of the UN Regulation No. 155 on cyber security and cyber security management. 

In force since January 2021,…

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Uzbekistan's accession to the Protocol on Water and Health opens new opportunities for stronger action on water, sanitation, hygiene and health

Uzbekistan has joined to the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health, thereby becoming its 29th Party and the first country in Central Asia to join this treaty. Accession to the Protocol is expected to serve as a catalyst to further drive and streamline national action on water, sanitation…

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New UN regulation will ensure durable batteries for electric vans

Batteries fitted to electric vans will be required to be of high quality and durable over the years thanks to a proposal agreed today by UNECE’s Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE).  

The proposal will now be submitted to the UNECE-hosted World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle…