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| Title: | Build national capacities to assess, design and implement policies that maximize the development gains from trade-related policies in the agricultural sector while minimizing the impact on agricultural biodiversity (2005/5-2009/12) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UNEP-DTIE Economics and Trade Branch | ||||||||
| Description: | The initiative is aimed at building national institutional and governmental capacities to identify and quantify the environmental, social and economic effects of trade-related production and consumption patterns and other policies impacting the agricultural [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | www.unep.ch/etb | ||||||||
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| Title: | Capacity Building support to nine countries on Sustainable Trade and Poverty Reduction (2004/1-2006/12) | ||||||||
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| Description: | The objective of the initiative was to assist countries to use integrated assessment and planning as a tool for balancing environmental, economic and social objectives and relating them to poverty reduction and trade enhancement. Capacity building [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | www.unep.ch/etb | ||||||||
| Title: | Capacity building for Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agriculture in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) (2005/7-2007/12) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UNEP-DTIE Economics and Trade Branch | ||||||||
| Description: | Organic agriculture (OA) is a unique production system which offers a range of environmental, social and economic benefits for developing countries. To reap the multifaceted benefits of OA, however, governments must create an enabling environment that [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf | ||||||||
| Title: | Clean Air Initiative (CAI) (-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | World Bank | ||||||||
| Description: | The Clean Air Initiative (CAI) advances innovative ways to improve air quality in cities by sharing knowledge and experiences through partnerships in selected regions of the world. | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.cleanairnet.org/ | ||||||||
| Title: | Cleaner Production (CP) Programme (1994-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UN Environment Programme -UN Industrial Development Organization | ||||||||
| Description: | The cleaner production (CP) programme aims at building national CP capacities, fostering dialogue between industry and government and enhancing investments for transfer and development of environmentally sound technologies. Through this programme, UNIDO [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.unido.org/cp | ||||||||
| Title: | Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP) (1999-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | CLASP Secretariat | ||||||||
| Description: | CLASP serves as the world's primary international voice and resource for energy efficiency standards and labeling (S&L) worldwide. CLASP facilitates the design, implementation, and enforcement of energy efficiency standards and labels for appliances, [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.clasponline.org/ | ||||||||
| Title: | Collaborative Working Group on Solid Waste Management in Low- and Middle-income Countries (1995-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | SKAT Foundation | ||||||||
| Description: | The CWG network is a forum to encourage interaction between partners on key solid waste management issues and to provide the opportunity for improving the standards and sustainability of solid waste management. It covers the wide range of aspects that [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.skat-foundation.org/activities/ws.htm#cwg | ||||||||
| Title: | Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (1991/2-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UN Economic Commission for Europe | ||||||||
| Description: | The Espoo (EIA) Convention stipulates the obligations of Parties to assess the environmental impact of certain activities at an early stage of planning. It also lays down the general obligation of States to notify and consult each other on all major projects [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.unece.org/env/eia/ | ||||||||
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| Title: | Database on Economic Instruments and Voluntary Approaches in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management (2000-ongoing) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | European Environment Agency -Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | ||||||||
| Description: | The OECD and the European Environment Agency have, in co-operation with the European Commission, developed a database on the use of market-based instruments for environmental policy and natural resource management (environmentally related taxes, fees [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.oecd.org/env/policies/database | ||||||||
| Title: | Designing Country Profiles on Sustainable Energy Development (2002/8-2008/12) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | International Atomic Energy Agency | ||||||||
| Description: | The major objective of this initiative is to design and implement a comprehensive and forward-looking approach that will allow the overall assessment of a country's energy system following a sustainable development approach. With this approach, overall [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/ST/NE/Pess/3-e_countrycasestudies.shtml | ||||||||
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| Title: | ECOPROFIT (ÖKOPROFIT) (1992/1-2017/12) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | STENUM -STENUM GmbH | ||||||||
| Description: | ECOPROFIT (ÖKOPROFIT) is a city based initiative initiated by the city of Graz commissioning STENUM to do a regional cleaner production programme. Each year appr. 15 companies of the city are involved in a series of ten workshops and consulting to identify [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.oekoprofit.at | ||||||||
| Title: | Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects (1994-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | Energy Charter | ||||||||
| Description: | The Energy Charter Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects (PEEREA) was negotiated, opened for signature (1994) and entered into force at the same time (1998) as the Energy Charter Treaty. Building on the provisions of the Treaty, [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.encharter.org/index.php?id=4 | ||||||||
| Title: | Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE) (1987/1-2008/9) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | International Energy Agency Energy Technology Data Exchange | ||||||||
| Description: | ETDE is an Implementing Agreement under the International Energy Agency (IEA). Through its member countries and international partners, ETDE provides an extensive bibliographic database (plus full text links) announcing published energy research and technology [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.etde.org/ | ||||||||
| Title: | Enhancing National Capacities in Madagascar, Nicaragua, Uganda, and Vietnam to assess Wildlife Trade Policies in Support of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (2006/1-2007/12) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UNEP-DTIE Economics and Trade Branch -UNEP-DTIE Economics and Trade Branch | ||||||||
| Description: | Objective: Production and consumption patterns are a major threat to biodiversity. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was created to help devise wildlife trade polices that ensure safety of endangered [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | www.unep.ch/etb | ||||||||
| Title: | Environment for Europe Programme (1995-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UN Economic Commission for Europe | ||||||||
| Description: | The Programme is the first attempt to set long-term environmental priorities at the pan-European level and to make Agenda 21 more operational in the European context, particularly its provision relating to the integration of environmental policy with [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.unece.org/env/wgso/welcome.html | ||||||||
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| Title: | Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) (1994-ongoing) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc. | ||||||||
| Description: | The Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) is a non-profit association of third-party, environmental performance labelling organizations founded in 1994 to improve, promote, and develop the "ecolabelling" of products and services. The mission of the GEN [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.gen.gr.jp/ | ||||||||
| Title: | Global Environment Facility (GEF) (pre 1992-ongoing) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | Global Environment Facility Secretariat | ||||||||
| Description: | The Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps developing countries and economies in transition fund projects and programs that protect the global environment. GEF grants support projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://gefweb.org/index.html | ||||||||
| Title: | Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) (2002-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UN Development Programme -World Bank | ||||||||
| Description: | GVEP is a voluntary Partnership that brings together developing and industrialized country governments, public and private organizations, multilateral institutions, consumers and others in an effort to ensure access to modern energy services by the poor. | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.gvep.org/ | ||||||||
| Title: | Guidelines and Indicators for the Development of National Strategies on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (2006/11-2008/11) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | United Nations Environment Programme | ||||||||
| Description: | The Second International Expert Meeting on the Marrakech Process (September 2005, Costa Rica) requested the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) to develop non-prescriptive [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.unep.fr/pc/sustain/ | ||||||||
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| Title: | IFCS - Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (1995/4-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety | ||||||||
| Description: | The Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS) is a mechanism to develop and promote strategies and partnerships among national governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. The purposes of the Forum are: provide policy guidance; [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.ifcs.ch | ||||||||
| Title: | Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development (ISED) (2002/7-2008/12) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | International Atomic Energy Agency | ||||||||
| Description: | The goal of this project was to derive a set of energy-related indicators that could present energy, economic, environmental and social data to policy makers in a coherent and consistent form, showing their inter-linkages, and capable of being used for [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/ST/NE/Pess/ISED.shtml | ||||||||
| Title: | Integrated Product Policy (IPP) (2001-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | European Commission | ||||||||
| Description: | Integrated Product Policy (IPP) seeks to minimise the environmental degradation caused by all products, whether from their manufacturing, use or disposal, by looking at all phases of a products's life-cycle and taking action where it is most effective. The [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ipp/home.htm | ||||||||
| Title: | Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) (1995-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | World Health Organization | ||||||||
| Description: | The Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) is the pre-eminent mechanism for initiating, facilitating and coordinating international action to achieve the WSSD 2020 goal for sound management of chemicals. | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.who.int/iomc/en/ | ||||||||
| Title: | International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption (ICSPAC) (-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | |||||||||
| Description: | ICSPAC aims to provide an effective information exchange and networking vehicle for NGOs and citizen organizations promoting sustainable production and consumption (SPAC) policies and practices. | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.icspac.net | ||||||||
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| Title: | Joint UNEP-University of McGill Masters Programme on Integrated and Environmental Impact Assessment (2006/1-2007/6) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UNEP-DTIE Economics and Trade Branch | ||||||||
| Description: | The objective of this joint programme is to develop an international pool of trained experts in disciplines related to trade, environment, integrate assessment, and sustainable development. Launch of Masters programme in collaboration with McGill University, [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.mcgill.ca/nrs/graduate/environment/ | ||||||||
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| Title: | Life Cycle Initiative (2002/4-2010) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UN Environment Programme - Division for Technology, Industry and Economics | ||||||||
| Description: | The first phase of the Life Cycle Initiative (LCI) started in 2002 and was completed in 2006. The aim was to promote life cycle thinking worldwide. Three programs were established: Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and life cycle thinking development, [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.uneptie.org/pc/sustain/lcinitiative/home.htm | ||||||||
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| Title: | OECD Work Programme on Sustainable Consumption (1997-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | ||||||||
| Description: | The OECD Work Programme on Sustainable Consumption provides new data and analysis to help countries reduce the environmental impacts from household consumption patterns. It combines empirical studies of consumption trends in OECD countries with conceptual [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34331_1_1_1_1_1,00.html | ||||||||
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| Title: | Photovoltaic Market Transformation Initiative (1998/6-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | International Finance Corporation | ||||||||
| Description: | The Photovoltaic Market Transformation Initiative (¿PVMTI¿) is an initiative of the International Finance Corporation and the Global Environment Facility, which aims to promote the sustainable commercialisation of PV technology in the developing world [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.pvmti.com/homepage.htm | ||||||||
| Title: | Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (2003/5-ongoing) | ||||||||
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| Description: | The Kiev (SEA) Protocol, once in force, will require its Parties to evaluate the environmental consequences of their official draft plans and programmes. SEA is undertaken much earlier in the decision-making process than EIA, and it is therefore seen [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.unece.org/env/sea/ | ||||||||
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| Title: | Sustainable Waste Management for African Countries (pre 1992-ongoing) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UN Human Settlements Programme | ||||||||
| Description: | The project's objective is to strengthen the regional capacity for solid waste management in Africa, through developing waste management programmes that include concepts such as waste minimisation, recycling and reuse, and informal sector micro-enterprises [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.unhabitat.org/programmes/urbansanitation | ||||||||
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| Title: | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992-) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat | ||||||||
| Description: | The Convention sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle climate change. It establishes an objective and principles and spells out commitments for different groups of countries according to their circumstances and needs. It also [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://unfccc.int/ | ||||||||
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| Title: | Workshops and Seminars to Build Capacity for Promoting Production and Trade of Organic Agriculture (2006) (2006/1-2006/12) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | UNEP-DTIE Economics and Trade Branch | ||||||||
| Description: | The objective is to facilitate vibrant and continuous national and regional multistakeholder dialogue among all relevant parties, including representatives from the ministries of agriculture, environment and trade, farmers, exporters, NGOs, research institutions, [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf | ||||||||
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| Title: | Year of Action Against Waste (2005-2006) | ||||||||
| Lead organization: | Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme | ||||||||
| Description: | The Year of Action Against Waste programme was part of a long term regional program that is aimed at assisting all the Pacific Island member countries of SPREP in addressing their solid waste management issues in an environmentally sound manner. The [...] | ||||||||
| Web site: | http://www.sprep.org.ws/solid_waste/index.asp | ||||||||
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