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Trade facilitation is at the centre of the policy agenda for regional integration among the transition economies in Central Asia. UNECE has been a resolute partner, supporting countries’ efforts to achieve their trade-related policy-priorities. The Kyrgyz Republic is one…
Les investissements dans la transformation du secteur des transports pourraient créer des millions de nouveaux emplois et aider les pays dans leur transition vers des économies plus vertes et plus saines, indique un nouveau rapport.
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Investment in transforming the transport sector could create millions of new jobs and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, says new report.
The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be a return to business…
How will urban mobility change in the aftermath of COVID-19 lockdowns? In the short term, if passengers avoid public transport due to health fears, passenger car journeys could increase significantly, which would choke cities with traffic and pollution. Many cities have…
During the lockdown, city- and town-dwellers enjoyed clear blue skies and clean bodies of water thanks to reductions in air pollution and began to hear birdsong owing to lower levels of noise pollution. Pollution levels in Barcelona, for instance, dropped by an estimated…
Fairtrade International has signed UNECE’s Declaration for Gender Responsive Standards and Standards Development, on the anniversary of its opening. The Declaration, which has 64 signatories, aims to provide a practical framework for standard bodies seeking to make the…
Dirty air endangers UNESCO World Heritage Sites and produces high costs
Pollution in the air is not only harming human health and the environment but is also degrading surfaces of historical buildings and monuments. The impact of dirty air on materials is enormous and can destroy our cultural heritage, an important component of our…
Statistics on social and demographic topics are usually produced from surveys of individuals living in private households. But what about older people who are not part of a private household, but who instead live in an institution, such as a care home or assisted living…
UN/CEFACT standards will support digitalization of maritime transport
When ships enter and leave ports, vital information about cargoes, dangerous goods, crews, vessel details and many other things has to be exchanged with the authorities ashore. Under International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) so-…
Political cooperation across borders protects water resources in Drin Basin
Shared among Albania, Greece, Kosovo*, Montenegro and North Macedonia (the five ‘Riparians’), the Drin River Basin provides water resources for drinking, energy, fishing and agriculture, biodiversity, tourism and industry. The Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the…
Securing critical raw materials supply is key to the response to COVID-19
With almost half of the world under lockdown, the continued supply of certain critical raw materials needed for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a concern.
The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and…
Prevention, preparedness and response are key pillars of the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents which will celebrate its 20th anniversary of entry into force on 19 April 2020.
The Convention was negotiated in…
The world is facing a crisis like no other. Policymakers are pursuing the combined aims of saving lives and minimizing the adverse economic, social and environmental impacts, and to do so they must take hard decisions and bold moves, quickly and…
Coronaviruses, including the one responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, are a large family of viruses that are common in animals, and can occasionally be transmitted to humans – a phenomenon known as “zoonosis”.
Ensuring proper controls on the…
It is clear that the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic cannot simply be a return to business as usual. With the mobility that societies take for granted severely limited in many countries due to emergency measures, one area that calls for a critical re-assessment is how…
Countries adopt blueprint to improve road safety systematically, harnessing UN legal instruments
Faced with a road safety emergency that costs 1.35 million lives a year, the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, held in Stockholm, launched a call for unprecedented efforts to halve road fatalities by 2030. The milestone Stockholm Declaration recognizes…
Improving energy efficiency is one of the most cost-effective options for meeting growing energy demand, ensuring more rational use of energy, contributing to a better environment and to energy security in most countries, and securing economic well-being and improved…
Расширение использования внутренних водных путей может ускорить экологизацию транспортной отрасли и обеспечить устойчивое дополнение к перевозке грузов автомобильным и железнодорожным транспортом. Водный транспорт также повышает безопасность, надежность и уменьшает…
La généralisation de l'utilisation des voies navigables peut accélérer la décarbonisation du secteur des transports et offrir un complément durable au transport de marchandises par route et par rail. Le transport par voie navigable améliore également la sécurité, la…
UNECE issues recommendations to unlock green and cost-saving potential of inland water transport
Scaling up the use of inland waterways can accelerate the decarbonisation of the transport sector, and offer a sustainable complement to the shipping of goods by road and rail. Transport by water also improves safety, reliability and reduces congestion. As a cost-…