United Nations Environment Programme

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Contributor: United Nations Environment Programme 2010

In the short term the United Nations Environment Programme should be reformed and strengthened to become the world's environmental conscience.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

The Global Reporting Initiative is a non-government organization formed in 1997 by two US based non-profit organizations (the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies and the Tellus Institute) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ).

Perry Romanowski: Is the Beauty Industry "Green-Washing" Sustainability? Perry Romanowski 2011

The Global Reporting Initiative is a non-government organization formed in 1997 by two US based non-profit organizations (the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies and the Tellus Institute) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ).

Perry Romanowski: Is the Beauty Industry "Green-Washing" Sustainability? Perry Romanowski 2011

While the coalition hasn't yet addressed specific actions it wants to take, a recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme identifies more than a dozen steps that could be pursued.

U.S. Joins Effort to Fight Climate Change Tennille Tracy 2012

In government, the United Nations Environment Programme is in the process of completing it's 5th Global Outlook Report GEO-5, a process that engages scientists from around the world to detail the needs of the planet and set an agenda for what needs to be done.

Dr. Dave Randle: Earth, We Have a Problem -- Failure Is Not an Option Dr. Dave Randle 2011

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, 85 percent of the finance required to make the shift will be derived from private investors.

Khadija Sharife: REDD: Seeing the Forest for the Trees 2010

The Hindu reports that the United Nations Environment Programme warns of a "considerable threat" to the Mekong downstream of dams being built in China, but notes, "China says the course and flow of the Mekong have been unaffected by its projects."

Sold Down the River; Fishers Fight for Healthy Rivers 2010

The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is a collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme, the world's foremost intergovernmental organization, and WCMC 2000, a UK-based charity.

Contributor: United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre 2010

"The arrogance of humanity is that somehow we imagine that we can get by without biodiversity," says Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Peter Bosshard: Can We Save the Sturgeon -- and the Planet? 2010