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Algeria and Morocco are currently looking into revising their national legislation on environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to reduce the environmental impact of economic activities both nationally and across borders, while ensuring sustainable…
Trade facilitation measures contribute to reducing trade costs, thus fostering economic growth and employment. In order to put all the actors in international trade around the same table, UN/CEFACT is completing a set of recommendations which will support implementation of the WTO Trade…
UNECE will be contributing to the Seventh World Water Forum, to be held from 12 to 17 April in Daegu and Gyeongju, Republic of Korea. The Forum, the world’s largest meeting on water, is where the water community — policy and decision makers, parliamentarians, civil society and experts from around…
As populations across the UNECE region and around the world are ever more affected by the realities of ageing, it is becoming increasingly important to design policies to promote active and healthy ageing. Such policies are vital to foster the economic, social and physical well-being of people…
Have you noticed the forest inside the Palais des Nation, tasted food from the forest or followed the debates on sustainable forest management? On Friday 20 March, UNECE, FAO and UNOG joined forces to celebrate the International Day of Forests at the Palais des Nations. The Italian corner served…
Thanks to UNECE and its Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Programme, the global “data revolution” needed to ensure sustainable development and monitor progress in achieving the future sustainable development goals (SDGs) is well under way in the countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe,…
With 80 percent of new vehicle registrations in emerging countries being two and three wheeled vehicles, addressing safety for these vehicle types is essential to addressing the high rate of road fatalities.A roundtable – initiated by the Governments of France, Italy and the United States of…
The launch of an eTIR pilot project between Georgia and Turkey kick-started in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 5 March. The aim of this project is to further facilitate legitimate trade and transport between both countries through an extended use of information and communication technologies and to increase…
Experts from UNECE member States and the secretariat are visiting Belarus from 17 to 25 March for a field mission in the framework of the third environmental performance review (EPR) of the country. Following today’s plenary meeting, the team will meet governmental officials and representatives…
UNECE has been actively engaged in the preparations of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai, 14-18 March). At the conference, UNECE Executive Secretary Christian Friis Bach will showcase at various sessions how UNECE work helps member States reduce disasters risks, build…
Azerbaijan is assessing a draft law on Environmental Impact Assessment prepared with support from UNECE. Following a first round of discussions with all stakeholders (representatives from the relevant Ministries, members of Parliament, local authorities, representatives from NGOs and the private…
Air pollution is a key factor in the degradation of surfaces of historical buildings and monuments. The impact of pollutants emitted into the atmosphere on materials is enormous and often irreversible. Corrosion caused by chemicals and soiling caused by particles can lead to economic losses but,…
The stereotype of irreversible physical decline and dependency of older people doesn’t match today’s reality: the ‘new old’ of the 21st Century are on average healthier than any older generation before them. They can and want to participate in all spheres of life, and they have diverse demands…
What is the best way to effectively identify and notify the public concerned about proposed activities affecting the environment? Are countries providing early public participation when all options, including the “zero” option (doing nothing), are genuinely open? Is it right if at public hearings…
Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will demand substantial resources and a strengthened global partnership for sustainable development. Estimates of annual investment requirements for infrastructure alone amount to $5-7 trillion globally. The means to address these vast…
A new study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) shows that current legislation in Europe, while significantly improving air quality, is insufficient to remove the region’s many pollution hotspots . Hosting a centre for the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring…
Statistical offices have to respond to a growing demand for more detailed and timelier statistics from all sectors of society. The statistical community also needs to prepare to measure the ambitious post-2015 development agenda and the high number of indicators that will be contained in the…
Source: UNECE Statistical Database (www.unece.org/stats/data), Eurostat, CISSTAT and national statistics. Data for 2014 in the EU are based on quarterly statistics and do not include the fourth quarter for Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia and Sweden yet. Data for…
From 24 to 27 February, UNECE will host the Sustainable Land Management Week at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The series of events held during the week will highlight the needs and priorities of land administration in the UNECE region in support of the post-2015 development agenda and the…
The Executive Secretary will be in Madrid on 23 February to participate in the sixth meeting of the Environment and Health Ministerial Board. On this occasion the Ministers of Environment of Armenia, Montenegro, Portugal and the Russian Federation, who were appointed by the Committee on…
The policy segment opening the 77th session of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC), which will be held from 24 to 26 February, will be dedicated to “Rethinking sustainable urban transport and mobility to meet the challenges of a new era”. Statistics show that in the European Union 80 per cent of…
Twenty-one government officials, project developers and experts from 13 countries of South-Eastern and Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia participated in The Inter-regional Workshop and Study Tour Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects and Policies in Israel. The event, held from…
A natural gas car is like any other car to drive. The only difference is that it uses natural gas instead of petrol or diesel. Substituting natural gas for conventional fuels provides tangible environmental benefits: cars driven on natural gas emit significantly less carbon-dioxide (CO2), sulphur…
The United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources (UNFC) is under consideration by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) as a resource management tool for application to polymetallic nodules.UNFC was presented at a workshop on Polymetallic Nodules…
Twenty representatives of Governments, international organizations and academia took part in the discussions at the preparatory meeting of the UNECE Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency on 1 September 2014 in Geneva. UNECE Executive Secretary Christian Friis Bach emphasized that to make green…