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1 November 2020
Knowledge news

INVESTING IN A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WITH 'GREEN BONDS'

Developing infrastructure fit for the future while simultaneously achieving climate goals? With green bonds, that is possible.
29 October 2020
Call for Applications

Call for facilitator for e-course “Towards a green transition in eastern partnership countries” (consultant) - home-based

To upscale the abilities of key stakeholders to design and implement green economy policies, UNEP and UNITAR are joining forces to provide a tailored e-learning course for nominated civil servants in line Ministries and other key government agencies in the 6 EaP countries. To support this work, UNITAR has issued this call for a home-based consultant to act as a moderator for the pilot edition the e-course “Towards a Green Transition in Eastern Partnership Countries”.
22 October 2020
Other News

QFFD and GGGI sign an agreement to support climate resilience and sustainable development in SIDS and LDCs

On October 22, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to support Small Island Development States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) achieve climate resilience and green growth in line with UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement.
21 October 2020
Call for Applications

Call for proposals: Technical assistance for SME self-assessment in Latin America and Caribbean #GO4SDGs

UNEP invites universities, research centres, think-tanks, business associations, National Cleaner Production Centers, NGOs and other civil society organizations to submit their proposals to provide technical assistance for the GO4SDGs “SME Assessment” work stream in Latin America and the Caribbean. Proposals must be submitted in PDF format by 16 November 2020, 18.00 (EST).
20 October 2020
Call for Papers

Call for contributions: From science to practice

Help transform research and knowledge from International Geneva into progress on global development goals.
19 October 2020
Call for Papers

UN CC:Learn's 100K Challenge: 100,000 Stories for Climate Action

The One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) has issued a challenge "100,000 Stories for Climate Action" to mark the issuance of the 100,000th certificate of course completion.
14 October 2020
Other News

Don’t ignore economic lessons of the Great Recession: new UNEP report

“The world today finds itself in the worst financial and economic crisis in generations. The crisis has triggered an unprecedented policy response: interest rates have been dramatically reduced, in some cases down to almost zero, and hundreds of billions of dollars in liquidity support and fresh capital have been provided to banking systems around the world.”
7 October 2020
Call for Papers

Call for proposals: Keeping nature at the heart of post-COVID recovery

MAVA is seeking innovative ideas to better promote nature in the (post)-COVID-19 world that is currently being shaped. This call for proposals seeks to support activities that strengthen nature conservation in the immediate recovery phase and the mid-term (re)construction phase of the COVID crisis. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 23 October 2020.
7 October 2020
Other News

Amid COVID-19, these 10 countries are aiming to kickstart their economies by repairing nature

In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$ 10 million for emergency conservation efforts under the New Deal, putting unemployed Americans to work.

6 October 2020
GGKP News

Measuring nature’s contribution: The latest from the GGKP Expert Group

In response to the growing recognition of the importance of natural capital – soil, water air and all living things – the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), through its Expert Group on Natural Capital, has released five reports to advance the state of knowledge on natural capital valuation for green growth and ensure they are reflected in national decision-making processes and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

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