As the world prepares for massive investments in infrastructure over the coming years and decades, the United Nations Environment Management Group (EMG) has endorsed a revised second edition of the International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure. The updated principles reflect the breadth of knowledge and perspectives from across the UN system. They seek to […]
Rescuing the world’s oceans from the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution will require ambitious action by governments, industry and civil society around the world. Recognizing that the causes of and solutions for these three crises are intertwined, the United Nations (UN) has produced a new assessment of existing global efforts, […]
As 2021 draws to a close, the EMG looks back on a busy and productive year. Together, we published five collaborative reports, which are briefly described below. This year’s annual EMG Senior Officials Meeting launched two new processes – one on next June’s Stockholm+50 international meeting, the other on a pollution-free planet. The eight ongoing […]
The UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination has endorsed a comprehensive strategy to mainstream sustainability considerations across all functions of the UN system and UN entities. The strategy, also known as “Sustainability Strategy II,” describes ten essential environmental and social sustainability principles that should apply across the board, from the management of staff and facilities, […]
Sustainable Infrastructure for the SDGs 26 February, 2019, Palais des Nations, Room IX Given infrastructure’s cross-cutting relevance to all of the SDGs, as well as the complex, networked properties of infrastructure systems themselves, an integrated approach to infrastructure planning and development is crucial. This approach considers the interlinkages between different infrastructure systems, sectors, project phases, locations, […]
Environment, Peace and Security 24 January 2019, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland Maison de la Paix, Petal 4 – Conference Room 1 13:00 – 17:30 (Geneva Time, GMT+1) To watch the recording of the event please click here The aim of this Nexus Dialogue isto contribute to a common understanding of ways in […]
Law for Environmental Sustainability Nexus Dialogue on Law for Environmental Sustainability 19 November 2018, International Environment House II, Geneva, Switzerland 13:00 – 18:00 (Geneva Time, GMT+1) Click to access the recording of the dialogue The Dialogue was a response to the call by the Senior Officials of EMG to address the issue of law for […]
The 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly hosted a plethora of important high-level meetings. Among these was the 24th UN Senior Officials Meeting of the UN Environment Management Group which was held in the margins of the High Level Segment of the UNGA. It gathered an unprecedented number of UN agencies, and the Bretton-Woods […]
Greening the Belt and Road Initiative The Senior Officials of the Environment Management Group decided at their 24th Meeting in September 2018 to establish an interagency Task Team to consider strengthened collaboration among UN entities with regard to the environmental sustainability of the Belt and Road Initiative. The Task Team may serve as a platform for […]
The United Nations System-wide Framework of Strategies on the Environment (SWFS) is as a platform where, participation, collaboration, and data inputs by Member Agencies aims to generate added value, not only to the UN System as a whole, but also to individual agencies. The SWFS provides annual and updated gaps-and-opportunities analysis to Member Agencies and […]
The Senior Officials of the UN have agreed at EMG SOM 24 in the margins of UNGA to form a Coalition to Combat Sand and Dust Storms. Major tasks of this coalition will include raising awareness, convening stakeholders and raising the proper amount of funds to help combat this phenomenon. A few other key technical […]
Greening with Jobs: A Just Transition to Sustainability The Dialogue was organized in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the 23 October 2018, at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Many UN agencies contributed to this Dialogue, including, UN Environment, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Office of the […]
Electrical and electronic waste, or e-waste, is a growing challenge all around the world. But what is e-waste? It can be defined simply as items of all types of electrical and electronic equipment and its parts that have been discarded by the owner as waste without the intention of re-use (Step, 2014). The effects on […]
The UN Food Gardens (UNFG) is a voluntary UN staff initiative establishing food gardens on the premises of the UN Headquarters in New York. Its mission is to advocate environmental responsibility, food security, small-scale urban agriculture and community building by leading by example and showcase the process of growing food in an increasingly challenging urban landscape. The […]
