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ECE/TIM/DP/67 The ECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission emerged from the International Timber Conference held in 1947 as the key elements of the United Nations tasked with working on matters related to the forest sector in Europe. During their first 70 years of joint activity, the Committee and the Commission have contributed to post war reconstruction, to the expansion
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This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides a series of case studies on smart governance, smart people and smart economy, which will catapult successful smart city practices into the global spotlight.ENG
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This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides a study of the advantages of using ICTs to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 11, by facilitating the missing linkages that exist between sustainability policies and urban-planning practices through digitally-enabled
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This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides an overview of how cities can use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also maps the case studies to the various international agreements as well as the SDGs.
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This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides cities with a methodology on how to collect data or information from key performance indicators (KPIs) for smart sustainable cities (SSC). This set of KPIs for SSC were developed to establish the criteria to evaluate ICT's contributions in making cities smarter
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A small landlocked country, the Republic of Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in South East Europe, with the economy showing continued dependence on low value-added manufacturing and agriculture along with remittances from workers abroad for income generation. The country is yet to reap the benefits of the intensive reform efforts, which have been
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The present publication contains the third Environmental Performance Review of Tajikistan. The report takes stock of progress made by the country in the management of its environment since 2010. It also covers issues of specific importance to the country related to legal and policy frameworks, the financing of environmental policies, greening the economy, and integrating environmental concerns
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The present publication contains the third Environmental Performance Review of Tajikistan. The report takes stock of progress made by the country in the management of its environment since 2010. It also covers issues of specific importance to the country related to legal and policy frameworks, the financing of environmental policies, greening the economy, and integrating environmental concerns
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The GHS addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims at ensuring that information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals be available in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals.The GHS
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This policy brief synthesizes the main findings and recommendations from the assessment of the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus, linked with a study of benefits of transboundary cooperation, in the Drina River Basin, mainly shared by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia which was carried out from 2016 to 2017 in the framework of the UNECE Water Convention’s Programme of Work.
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The United Nations General Assembly designated 21 March as the International Day of Forests to celebrate the importance of forests and trees to all life on earth. Therefore, it is quite fitting that this day was chosen by the UNECE and the FAO in 2014 to showcase and discuss the role of forests in greening the world of fashion. Why does this link between forests and fashion matter?
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Energy for Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region. If the world is to develop sustainably, it will be necessary to secure access to affordable,reliable, sustainable, and modern energy services while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the carbon footprint of the energy sector. The brochure
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The objective of the Inventory of Main Standards and Parameters of the E Waterway Network (“Blue Book”) is to establish an inventory of existing and envisaged standards and parameters of E waterways and ports in Europe and to show, on an internationally comparable basis, the current inland navigation infrastructure parameters in Europe as compared to the minimum standards and parameters
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These recommendations have been developed in the light of technical progress, the advent of new substances and materials, the exigencies of modern transport systems and, above all, the requirement to ensure the safety of people, property and the environment. They are addressed to governments and international organisations concerned with the regulation of the transport of dangerous goods. The
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) issued the REN21 UNECE Renewable Energy Status Report 2017. The UNECE Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report 2017 provides a comprehensive overview of the current
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The publication contains the authentic text of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in Transboundary Context in English, French and Russian, as edited following a correction procedure that addressed editorial errors of a technical nature identified in
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 on access to energy and the related targets set the ambition for increasing the share of renewable energies in the energy mix. Their achievement is closely linked water management (part of SDG 6 on water and sanitation) but also to many other SDGs, notably on food security and sustainable agriculture (SDG 2
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This publication (volume LVIII) presents statistics and brief studies on transport along with tables on energy consumption for transport. Data covers Europe, Canada and the United States. Download the publication (PDF)