On February 20, at the Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council, UNEP launched the Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5) Summary for Policy Makers. The summary, a prelude to the full report, calls for policies that go beyond protection and mitigation into addressing the actual key drivers of environmental change. The Summary for Policy Makers is the product of [...]
A new report, released November 3, 2011, by the Higher Education Climate Adaptation Committee highlights the critical role of institutes of higher education in anticipating and adapting to the “new normal” climate change will create. Already, we have seen record-breaking heat, flooding, storms, and drought. As these dramatic climate events become the norm, it is [...]
The need for economic instruments to value biodiversity is a fundamental element towards its conservation. The negative implications of non-sustainable practices include lower productivity, biodiversity and forest loss, natural disasters and the perpetuation of poverty and underdevelopment. That is why developing countries need to work together in the definition of a common route to protect their [...]
In preparation for the upcoming 26th Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Nairobi, the Civil Society Advisory Group on International Environmental Governance was tasked to produce a paper that would inform governments about views from civil society on the IEG reform. It has now been issued as an official Information Document [...]
By Walker Young, GEG Youth Voices Contributor The Role of Monitoring in Global Environmental Governance At the 2009 Global Environmental Governance Forum in Glion, Switzerland, former UNEP Executive Director Elizabeth Dowdeswell gave an honest and direct assessment of the challenges which have plagued global environmental governance (GEG) to date, stating that there exist “some real [...]
The World Resources Report (WRR) provides policymakers around the world with analysis and insight about major environmental and development issues. Produced by WRI in collaboration with UNEP, UNDP and the World Bank, the WRR 2010: Decision Making in a Changing Climate will focus on the challenges faced by decision makers having to respond to the demand [...]
